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Grven-winged Teal.—Tolerably common Transient Visitant. 
Blue-winged Teal.—Common Transient Visitant. 
Canada Goose.—Common Transient Visitant, October 15 
to April 15. 
Great Blue Heron.—Tolerably common Summer Resident, 
April 1 to November 15; rare in winter. 
Little Green Heron.—Common Summer Resident, April 1 
to October 1. 
Black-crowned Night Heron.—Common Summer Resident, 
April 15 to October 15; rare Winter Visitant. 
American Bittern.—Tolerably Common Transient Visitant, 
April and September to November. 
Sora.—Very common Transient Visitant, April and May, 
September and October. 
Clapper Rail.—Very rare in Summer; very common 
Summer Resident at Atlantic City, N. J., April 15 to 
November 1. 
Coot.—Not common Transient Visitant; occasional Winter 
Visitant. 
Woodcock.—Formerly common Summer Resident, now 
rather rare and mainly Transient Visitant and occa- 
sional Winter Visitant. 
Spotted Sandpiper.—Very common Summer Resident, 
April 20 to October 1. 
Wilson’s Snipe.—Tolerably common Transient Visitant, 
March 20 to May 10, and October, and occasional Winter 
Visitant. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper.—Rare. Abundant Transient 
Visitant at Atlantic City, N. J., July 10 to October 1. 
Killdeer.—Tolerably common Summer Resident; occa- 
sional Winter Visitant, March 20 to October 25. 
Semipalmated Plover.—Rare. Common Transient Visitant 
at Atlantic City, N. J., May 10 to June 1; July 19 to 
September 15. 
Bob-white.— Formerly common Permanent Resident ; 
scarcer in winter ; now becoming rare and mainly Tran- 
sient Visitant. 
_ Ruffed Grouse.—Formerly common Permanent Resident; 
now rare ; mainly in fall. 
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