33() Stone, Bird Migration Records of William Bartram. I.iiily 



The autumnal records arc as follows: 



1804. October 20. Flocks of Geese pass south. 



24. Great lli.uht of Geese passing southward. 

 180. r >. October 6. Geese pass to the South. 



November 8 and to. Flocks of ( leese passt by. 

 1S07 . October 17. Wild Geese passing southerly. 

 isis. November 27. Flights of Wild Geese passing southerly. 

 L820. October 25. Wild Geese pass southerly. 



Branta bernicla glaucogaster. Brant. 

 Our record on April L6, 1820 ' Brant Geese passing northerly.' 



Chen hyperboreus nivalis. Greatbb Snow Goose, 



1S07. April 15. Pleasant, clear Forenoon, wind S. which broM a large 



Flight of white Brant Oeese A' a pair of Havens. 

 The former passt on to the north, the latter west- 

 ward. Afternoon & evening wind N. No fruit 



trees yet in bloom. Cornel 'Tree in blossom. 



Ardea herodias herodias Great Blue Eeron. 



Only mentioned once: 



1803. April 11. Ardea Herodias arrived. Misty; sun appeared 2 or 3 



hours about Midday red as blood through thy mist 



or Smoke. 



Butorides virescens virescens . ( \n i i •: \ 1 1 1 •:kon. 



Entered as '( rreen bittern ' or as 'Ardea virescens,' arriving on the follow- 

 ing dales: 



L802. May 22. 1807. April 20. 



1805. May I. L822. May 4. 



1800. April 28. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Ukuon. 



Always entered as the 'Quaw-bird' usually with 'Ardea Nycticorax' 

 added. Arrived: 



1802. April 15. 1820. April 13. 



1803. April 7. 1822. May 1. 

 1805 April 23. 



Philohela minor. Woodcock. 



The records of what was then evidently a very common species are as 

 follows: 



lso'J. February 10. Wood Cock (Scolopax rufa) arived from the 

 southard. 



