5i BIEDS OF EAST PENNSYLVANIA. 



Florida Gallinule. . . GalUmda galeata. Water Hen. 

 Common Gallinuxe. A very rare 

 Summer visitant, from the middle 

 of jNIay to late in October, on the 

 Delaware and Susquehanna. It is 

 very like GalUmda chloropus of 

 Europe, but is distinct. Mr John 

 Cassin has informed me that one 

 of these birds flew into a house iu 

 Philadeljjhia last season, by an open 

 window, and that he kept it for 

 some time in confinement. (S.) 



ORDER— NATATORES. (Swimming Birds.) 



American Swan. . . . Cygmis Americanus. Frequently seen 

 on its Spring and Autumn migra- 

 tions. It winters on Chesapeake 

 Bay. (W.) 



Snow Goose Anser Injperhoreus. White Brant. 



Rather rare. It arrives in Novem- 

 ber, and again late iu February. 

 (S. & A.) 



