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PACK 



CHAPTER X. 



THE SHORE BIRDS. 



Shore birds : One time more abundant than at present 

 Tumbull's account of those which have become rare 

 Phalaropes or " Coot-footed Snipe" Red Phalarope 

 Wilson's Phalarope Stilt Avocet Woodcock : Curi- 

 ous courtship of this bird Common Snipe Robin Snipe 

 The Sand-pipers : Their great variety Teeter-Tiltup 

 Solitary Sand-piper : Its nesting habits Bartram's Tattler 

 or Grass Plover Peeps or Least Sand-piper Black-bel- 

 lied Plover Golden Plover Other Plovers Killdeer: 

 An inland bird Turnstone Oyster-catcher 198-216 



CHAPTER XL 



HERONS, RAILS, ETC. 



Herons : Their common features : One time abundant, but 

 now less common : Nesting in colonies or " heronries" 

 Roseate Spoon-bill Scarlet Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood 

 Ibis Common Bittern : Its curious cry or " booming :" 

 how produced Least Bittern Great and Little Blue 

 Heron American Egret or Snowy Heron Green Heron 

 or Fly-up-the-Creek Night-heron Yellow-crowned 

 Night-heron Cranes: At one time common in New 

 Jersey, when migrating: Now never seen Clapper-rail 

 King-rail : Its nesting habits Virginia Rail Sora 

 Yellow-breasted Rail Purple and Florida Gallinules 

 Coot . 217-238 



CHAPTER XII. 



DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 



Once much more abundant than at the present time Quo- 

 tation from Peter Kalm's travels in North America, 1748- 

 1749 Swans The Trumpeter Swan The Whistling 

 Swan Wild Geese: Eight species, but two of which 

 common on Atlantic seaboard Sheldrakes Ducks 

 Mallard, Black Duck, and other species: Common in au- 

 tumn in our larger river valleys Wood-duck not migra- 



