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9. Anas cyanoptera. Cusinamun 1ex\l. — Rare iiiigiant. 



10. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. — Common migrant. 



11. Dafila acuta. Pintail. — Common migrant. 



12. Ai.x sponsa. Wood Duck. — Rare summer resident. 



13. Aythya americana. Redhe.\d. — Common migrant. 



14. Aythya vallisneria. Canvasback. — Toierablj' conunon migrant. 



15. Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. — Rare migrant. 



16. Aythya collari.s. Ring-necked Duck. — Tolerably common 

 migrant. 



17. Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. — Rare migrant. 



iS. Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. — Common migrant. 

 Called 'lirant' by the hunters and sportsmen. 



19. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — Common migrant. 



20. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. — Tolerably common 

 migrant. 



21. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Common migrant. 



22. Ardea coerulea. Little Blue Heron. — Common fall visitor 

 (jioung birds). 



23. Ardea virescens. Green Heron. — Tolerably common summer 

 resident. 



24. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crownkd Night Hkron. — 

 Rare migrant. 



25. Nycticorax violaceus. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. — Rare 

 migrant. 



26. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — Abundant migrant. 



27. Porzana Carolina. Sora. — Common migrant. 



28. lonornis martinica. Purple Gallinule. — Rare migrant. 



29. Gallinula galeata. Florida Gallinule. — Tolerably common 

 migrant; probably winters here. 



30. Fulica americana. American Coot. — Common migrant and rare 

 summer resident, nesting in the ornamental lakes west of the citv. 



31. Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. — Rare migrant. 



32. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Common migrant. 



33. Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — Rare migrant. 



34. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. ^ — Common migrant. 



35. Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Common migrant. 



36. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellowlegs. — Common 

 migrant. / 



37. Totanus flavipes. Yellowlegs. — Common migrant. 



38. Totanus solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — Common migrant. 



39. Bartramia longicauda. Bartkamian Sandpiper. — Abundant 

 migrant. 



40. Actiiis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Common migrant. 



41. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Common mi- 

 grant. 



42. Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. — Rare 

 migrant. 



