BIRDS- OF EAST PEXXSYLVANIA. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Blue Heron. . . 

 Least Bittern. . 

 Bittern. . . . 



Green Heron. 

 Night Heron. 



Golden Plover. 



Killdeer Plover. 

 Wilson's Plover. 



Ardea herodias. Blue Crane. Com- 

 mon, arriving in April. A few, 

 however, remain during Winter. 

 (S.) 



Ai'dea caerulea. Rare, but it has 

 been found breeding at Cape 

 I\Iay. (S.) 



Ardetta exilis. Not uncommon along 

 the Delaware. It arrives early in 

 May. (S.) 



Botaurus lentiginosus. Quaavk. 



DuNKADOo. Indian Hen. Plen- 

 tiful from the middle of April to 

 October. (S.) 



Biitorides virescens. Fly -up -the - 

 Creek. Abundant from early in 

 April to October. (S.) 



Nyctiardea Gardeni. QuA Bird. 

 Frequent. Arriving early in April, 

 and leaving in October. This 

 species is very like Nyctiardea 

 grisea of Europe, but is, however, 

 distinct. (S.) 



Charadrius Virginicus. Frost Bird. 

 Bull Head. Common, appearing 

 in the end of April, and again early 

 in September. It is smaller than 

 Charadrius pluvialis of Europe, 

 and quite distinct from that species. 

 (S. & A) 



Aegialitis vociferus. Killdeer. 

 Plentiful, and especially abundant 

 along the sea-shore in Winter. 



Aegialitis Wilsonius. Eather rare. 

 Arrives early in May. On the 

 original drawing of this bird now 

 before me, by Wilson himself, I find 

 he has named it Great- billed 

 Plover. (S.) 



