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Least Sandpiper, Tringa wilsonii. Nuttall. Common In spring and 

 fall. 



Skmipalmated Sandpiper, Ereunectes petrijicatus. 111. Common in 

 spring and fall. 



WiLLET, Symphemia semipalmata. Ilartl. Common. Summer visitor. 

 Occasionally breeds ; nests on the ground ; eggs 4 ; laid in April or May. 



Tell-Tale, Gambetta melanoleuca. Bonap. Not common in fall and 

 spring. 



Solitary Sandpiper, RhyacojMlus solitarms. Bonap. Rather common. 

 Summer Tisitor. Occasionally breeds ; nests on the ground ; eggs 4 ; laid in 

 May or June. 



Spotted Sandpiper, Tringoides macularius. Gray. Common. Sum- 

 mer visitor. Breeds ; nests on the ground ; eggs 4 ; laid in May or June. 



Field Plover, Actiturus bartramius. Bonap. Common in spring and 

 fall. Often breeds ; nests on the ground ; eggs 3 to 4 ; laid in May. 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites rufescens. Cab. Rare. 



Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa. Ord. Rare in autumn. 



HuDSONiAN Godwit, Limosa hudsonica. Sw. Rare in fall. 



Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris. Wils. Rare in fall. 



HuDSONiAN Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus. Lath. Not common in fall. 



Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius borealis. Latham. Not common in 

 migration. 



Clapper, Rail. Rallus crepitans. Gm. Rare summer wanderer. 



Virginia Rail, Rallus virginianus. Linn. Common. Summer visitor. 

 Breeds ; nests in bogs ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in May or June. 



Common Rail, Porzana caroVma. Vieill. Common. Summer visitor. 

 Probably breeds. 



Yellow Rail, Porzana noveboracensis. Gm. Rare. Not known to breed. 



Coot, Fulica americana, Gmelin. Common. Summer visitor. Seldom 

 breeds ; nests in bogs and morasses ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in May or June. 



Snow Goose, Anser hyperboreus. Pallas. Rare in migrations. A speci- 

 men was shot in Boston Harbor in July, 1862. 



Canada Goose, Bernicla canadensis. Boie. Common in spring and 

 fall. 



Brant, Bernicla brenta. Steph. Common in spring and fall. 



Black Duck, Anas obscura. Gm. Common in fall and spring. Often 

 seen in winter, and occasionally breeds ; nests in meadows ; eggs 8 to 10 ; 

 laid in May. 



Sprig-tail, Pin-tail, Dafila acuta. Jenyns. Not common in spring and 

 fall. 



Green-winged Teal, Nettion carolinensis. Baird. Not very common in 

 spring and fall. 



'Blue-winged Teal, Querquedula discors, Steph. Common in the 

 migrations. 



Shoveller, Spatida clypeata. Boie. Rare in spring and fall. 

 Gadwall, Chaulelasmus streperus. Gray. Rare in spring and fall. 



Baldpate, 3Iareca americana. Stephens. Rare in spring and fall. 



