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4. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 



Nycticorax nycticorax navius 



Two Night Herons upon two occasions, 

 May 20, 1903, and May 18, 1907, flew into 

 the Garden and about the pond for a few 

 minutes and were gone. The species, there- 

 fore, is only a casual visitor. The visits re- 

 corded were in the very early morning, and 

 on one of the occasions the weather was 

 cloudy. 



5. AMERICAN WOODCOCK 



Philohela minor 



Mr. Bradford Torrey furnishes this gra- 

 phic account of a Woodcock which he saw 

 in some year previous to 1900. 



"I once saw a Woodcock flying down 

 Beacon Street, just in front of the second- 

 story windows. It was on a Sunday morning. 

 He was under full steam and turned into a 

 place or street shortly before getting down 

 to Charles Street. 'T was a queer sight. 

 He was close to the houses, as I remem- 

 ber it, over the sidewalk, and, I should 



