34 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



American Merganser. Goosander. Sheldrake. Merganser amer- 

 icanus. Accidental visitant. Quasoponagon meadows. December 6, 

 1906. 



Mallard. Anas boschas. Transient visitant. Quasoponagon mead- 

 ows. April and October. 



Black Duck. Dusky Duck. Anas obscura. Quite common sum- 

 mer resident. Quasoponagon meadows. March to December. 



Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Formerly a common permanent 

 resident. Quasoponagon meadows. 



Bufiflehead. Butter-ball. Spirit Duck. Charitonetta albeola. 

 Transient visitant. Baddacook Pond. November. 



Canada Goose. Branta Canadensis. Common migrant. March 

 and December. 



American Bittern. Stake Driver. Thunder Pumper. Marsh Hen. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus. Not common. Summer resident, April 14 to 

 November. Almost every evening in the summer this bird may be 

 heard " booming " in the Quasoponagon meadows. 



Least Bittern. Ardetta exilis. Not common summer resident, 

 Nashua River banks. May 14 to August 20. 



Great Blue Heron. Blue Crane. Ardea herodias. Although this 

 is a Heron, it is often called a Crane. Summer resident. Nashua 

 River banks. March to November. 



Little Green Heron. Poke. Ardea virescens. Summer resident. 

 May I to September. Nashua River banks. 



Black-Crowned Night Heron. Quawk. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius. Common summer resident. April 20 to September. Occa- 

 sionally in winter. Nashua River banks. 



American Woodcock. Philohela minor. Summer resident. For- 

 merly common. Quasoponagon meadows. March 20 to November. 

 Wilson's Snipe. English Snipe. Gallinago delicata. Quasoponagon 

 meadows. Transient visitant, May i and October. 



Least Sandpiper. Meadow Oxeye. Peep. Tringa minutilla. 

 Quasoponagon meadows. Transient visitant, May to August. 



Greater Yellow-Legs. Totanus melanoleucus. Accidental visitant. 

 Said to have been seen once in Groton in Miss Sears's eddy several 

 years ago. 



Solitary Sandpiper. Totanus solitarius. Quasoponagon meadows. 

 Transient visitant. May and October. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Quasoponagon meadows. 

 Common summer resident, April 20 to September. 



