BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. 47 



NOTES FROM PORTLAND, CONN., ON THE BIRDS 

 INCLUDED IN "BIRD-LIFE." 



BY JOHN H. SAGE. 



Pied-billed Grebe. Transient Visitant, April 12 ; common, 

 September 9 to November 22. 



Loon. Not common, Transient Visitant, April 21 ; Sep- 

 tember 25 to December 1. 



Herring Gull. Not common Winter Visitant, October 6 

 to March 8. 



Wood Duck. Common Transient Visitant, March 20 to 

 April 8 ; September to December 3 ; a few breed. 



Pintail. Casual Transient Visitant, October 9 to 12. 



Mallard. Rare Transient Visitant, November 5. 



Green-winged Teal. Uncommon Transient Visitant, April 

 6 to 8 ; September to November 26. 



Blue-winged Teal. Uncommon Transient Visitant in fall, 

 September 13 to October 20. 



Canada Goose. Common Transient Visitant, March 10 to 

 May 8 ; October 13 to December 15. 



Great Blue Heron. Common Transient Visitant, April 3 

 to May 11 ; August 21 to November 25. 



Little Green Heron. Common Summer Resident, April 

 28 to October 14. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Uncommon Summer Resi- 

 dent, April 15 to October 14. 



American Bittern. Not common Summer Resident, April 

 8 to October 24. 



Sora. Summer Resident, April to November 5. 



Coot. Transient Visitant, rare in April and May ; com- 

 mon, September 19 to November 14. 



Woodcock. Common Summer Resident, February 25 to 

 November 28. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Common Summer Resident, April 22 

 to September 29. 



Wilson's Snipe. Common Transient Visitant, March 18 to 



