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ular breeder and perhaps further careful work in certain portions of 

 the marsh will prove it to he more abundant than our present data 



leads us to suppose. 



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40. *Porzana Carolina, Sora Rail. 



A common summer resident and breeder. Sept. 19, 190G, we found 

 certain parts of the marsh alive with them and both juveniles and 

 adults rose readily from the grass. The shooters call it the "Little 

 Rice Bird." Gardner reports that he saw no more after Oct. 9, 1906. 



41. *GaUinnl<t fialeaia, Florida Galliuule. 



This species, called locally "Rice Bird," is a common summer resi- 

 dent, and without doubt breeds. Our latest record is one reported by 

 Gardner Oct. 9, 190G. 



42. *Fulica amcricana, American Coot. 



Likely a few breed as we have noted them on all spring visits as 

 late as May 30 (1907), and in the early fall, Sept. 2 (1907). During 

 October their numbers are very largely augmented by the migrants, 

 when large beds of them are to be observed in the center of the 

 ponds, and every little mud hole in the marsh contains several or 

 many. 



43. *Philolicla minor, American Woodcock. 



A common migrant and undoubtedly a regular breeder. From the 

 reports of the shooters and our own experience we judge that the 

 number gradually increases the latter end of August until the end of 

 the month, when the vast majority of them leave. We have never 

 found many of them in September, though from August 24 to 31, 1907, 

 they were very common. Sept. 1 they were all gone, and though we 

 stayed until the 6th, no stragglers were seen. 



44. *GaUinaf/o dclicata, Wilson's Snipe. 



Reported by the residents to be a common migrant. First fall date, 

 Sept. 19, 190G. Oct. 13 of the same year they were reported very 

 common and the next day along the edges of the Lake Pond we saw 

 about twenty and took several. Gardner reports having seen occa- 

 sional individuals during the summer months, and a breeding record 

 would not surprise us greatly. 



45. *Tringa canutus, Knot. 



Sept. 15, 1906, on the eastern beach, Taverner secured an immature 

 male Knot. May 30, 1907, he took another, an adult male this time, 

 in very nearly the same place, but on the marsh side of the sand dune. 

 A little later in the day, two more were seen flying by, but were not 

 secured. Both the above birds are in Mr. Taverner's collection num- 

 bered 365 and 867 respectively. 



