172 RAMBLES ABOUT HOME. 



Telltale. Totanus melanoleucus. 



Common during the spring, summer, and early part of autumn, 



Yellow Shanks. Totanus flampes. 



Even more abundant than the preceding, with which they are 

 usually associated. 



Solitary. Totanus solitarius. 



Common. Migratory. Frequents upland localities. 



Teeter. Tringoides macularius. 



Abundant everywhere from May to October, both inclusive. 



Field-Plover. Actiturus Bartramius. 



"Plentiful from the middle of April till late in September" 

 (Turnbull). 



Great Blue Heron. Ardea Herodias. 



" Common, arriving in April. A few, however, remain during 

 winter " (Turnbull). 



This species is quite common near Bordentown, New Jersey, on 

 the meadows. 



Great White Heron. Herodias egretta. 



" Bather rare, arriving about the middle of May " (Turnbull). 



Snowy Egret. Garzetta candidissima. 



A few are seen every summer, along the Delaware River, asso- 

 ciated with herons of other species. 



Blue Heron. Florida ccerulea. 



" Rare " (Turnbull). I am surprised to find this species men- 

 tioned as rare in New Jersey. It is always abundant about the 

 meadows and river-banks, from Trenton southward to the capes. 



Green Heron. Butorides mrescens. 



Abundant. Migratory. April to October, both inclusive. 



Night-Heron. Nyctiardea grisea. 



Abundant. Migratory and resident to a limited extent. 



Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Nyctherodiw violaceus. 

 " A rare straggler from the south " (Turnbull). I have found 

 it frequently along the river, north of Trenton, New Jersey. 



