LANCASTER COUNTr. 511 



semipalmaia, semipalmated snipe. Totanus vociferus, greater 

 yellow shanks tattler: T. flavipes, smaller yellow shanks 

 tattler: T. chloropygius, green rump tattler; T. macularius, 

 peet-weet snipe. Limosa fedoa, marbled godwit. Numenius 

 longirostris,* long billed curlew: N. hudsonicus esquimax 

 curlew. Scolopax Wilsonii, American snipe. Rusticola minor, 

 woodcock. Rallus Virginianus, Virginia rail. Crex Caroli- 

 nus, soree or rail. Ardea herodius, great blue heron : A. egret- 

 ta, white heron: A. nycticorax. qua-bird: A. lentiginous, bit- 

 tern: A. virescens, green heron or fly-up. the creek : A. exilis^ 

 least bittern. 



ORDER— NATATORES—viEiLLOT. 



Phcenicopterus ruber.f red flamingo. Fulica Americana^ 

 coot. Podiceps cornutus, dobchick. Hydroka Corolinensis, 

 pied-billed dobchick. Sterna argentca,| silvery tern. Larus. 

 capistratus, brown masked gull. L. canus, common gull: L. 

 argentatus, herring gull: Zonorhynchus, ringed-billed gull. — 

 Anser hyberboreus, white snow goose : A. Canadensis, com- 

 mon wild goose : A. barnicla, brent goose. Cynus ferus^ 

 white swan. Anas clypeata, shoveler duck: A. domcstica, 

 mallard duck: A. strepera, gadwall duck: A. acuta, grey or 

 pintail duck: A. Americana, bald pate duck : A. obscura, black 

 duck: A. discors, blue winged teal: A. crecca, green winged 

 teal. Dendronessa sponsa, wood duck. Oidemia fusca, velvet 

 duck: 0. Americana, American scoter duck: O. nigra, scoter 

 duck. Gymura rubida, ruddy duck. Fuligula valisneria, can- 

 vass-back duck : F. ferina, pochard or red-headed duck: F. 

 rufitorques, ring-necked duck. Clangula vulgaris, whistling 

 or golden eyed duck: C. albeola, spirit duck. Harelda glaci- 

 alis, long-tailed duck, or "South southerly." Mergus mergan- 

 ser, goosander or great fisher duck: M. serrator, red breast- 

 ed fisher duck: M. cucullatus, hooded fisher duck. Colymbus 

 glacialis, loon. 



The principal number of the species enumerated in the 

 foregoing catalogue, have come under the observation of the 

 writer ; and are known to be residents, or casual visiters vvithin 

 the limits of the county. Specimens of most of them are in 

 Libhart's "Museum of the Arts and Sciences," in Marietta, 

 and were obtained in that vicinity. 



*This and the following species have been shot on the Conestoga, near 

 Lancaster, — now in the museum of that city. 



+We have been informed that the specimen in the Lancaster museum, was 

 •hot on the Conestoga. When found thus far north they must be considered 

 only as stragglers, 



4 A specimen now in my possession, shot on the Susquehanna in 1840. 



