*217. Actiturus bartramius Son. UPLAND PLOVER. Common 

 summer resident. 



218. Tryngites rufescens Cab. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 

 Rather uncommon spring and autumn visitant. 



219. Numenius longirostris Wils. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. A 

 not very common spring and autumn visitant. 



220. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. HUDSONIAN CURLEW. Rare 

 spring and fall migrant. 



221. Numenius borealis Lath. ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. Rather 

 common spring and autumn migrant. 



222. Falcinellus igneus Gray. (Ibis ordi auct.) GLOSSY IBIS. 

 Accidental. Several records of its occurrence, but only one recent 

 (Nantucket, Sept., 1869, Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, Feb., 1870, 637). 



*223. Ardea herodias Linn. GREAT BLUE HERON. A not com- 

 mon summer resident. 



224. Ardea egretta Gm. GREAT WHITE EGRET. Accidental. 

 Several comparatively recent instances of its capture have been re- 

 corded. (Hudson, Ashland, and Lynn, Alien, Am. Nat., Ill, Feb., 

 1870, C37; Westford, 1873, Purdie, Am. Nat., VII, 693.) 



225. Ardea candidissima Jacq. LITTLE WHITE EGRET. Acci- 

 dental. There are fewer recorded instances of the occurrence of this 

 species than the preceding, and none recent. 



226. Ardea cserulea Linn. LITTLE BLUE HERON. Accidental. 

 No recent record of its occurrence. 



*227. Ardea virescens Linn. GREEN HERON. Common summer 

 resident. 



*228. Nyctiardea grisea var. nsevia Allen. NIGHT HERON. 

 Common summer resident. Stragglers have been observed at Cam- 

 bridge in winter. 



229. Nyctiardea violacea Swain. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT 

 HERON. Accidental. One record (Lynn, Oct., 1862, Allen, Am. Nat., 

 Ill, Feb., 1870, 637). 



*23O. Botaurus minor Bon. BITTERN. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



*231. Ardetta exilis Gray. LEAST BITTERN. Not generally com- 

 mon, but rather frequent at some localities. 



232. Rallus longirostris Bodd. CLAPPER RAIL; SALT-WATER 

 MAHSH HEN. Accidental. One instance (Boston Harbor, May 4, 

 1875, Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, Jan., 1877, 22). Has been re- 

 peatedly taken in Connecticut (Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 1877, 115). 



233. Rallus elegans And. KING RAIL ; FRESH-WATER HEN. Ac- 

 cidental. One instance (Nahant, Nov. 21, 1875, Purdie, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, II, Jan., 1877, 22). A rare summer resident in Southern 

 Connecticut (Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 116). 



