BIRDS OF EAST VESISSYLV ASIA. 



Louisiana Heron. . . 

 Yellow-crowned Heron". 



Wliitelbis 



Glossy Ibis. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 

 Ked Phalarope. . 



European Woodcock. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. . 



Anlea Ludoviciana. This 



occasionally been obtained on the 

 New Jersey coast. (S.) 



Nyctherodius violaceus. A rare 

 straggler from the south. It has 

 been seen on the borders of the 

 Schuylkill, near PhUadelphia. (S.) 



Ibis alba. White Cfklew. A very 

 rare visitant so far north. I shot 

 one at Great Egg Harbour in the 

 Summer of 1858. (S.) 



Ibis falcinellus. Last season (1866) 

 Mr John Krider shot a specimen 

 just below Philadelphia. At long 

 intervals, it has been seen on the 

 river Delaware, and also at Egg 

 Harbour. (S.) 



Phalaropus Wilsonii. A very rare 

 straggler. On the authority of 

 Audubon, it has been stated that it 

 breeds at Egg Harbour. (S. & A.) 



Phalaropus fulicarius. Called Geet 

 Phalaeope in Great Britaiu, where 

 it is seldom found in Summer 

 plumage. A few examples of this 

 species are obtained every season; 

 one was shot last September on the 

 Delaware, at the mouth of Timber 

 Creek, and shown to me by my 

 friend, Mr B. A. Hoopes. (S. & A) 



Scolopaic rusticola. A specimen was 

 killed at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 

 in 1859. 



Tringa subarquata. Occasionally shot 

 at Egg Harbour. Wilson must 

 have met with it, as in his port^ 

 folio of drawings I found a figure 

 of this bird in Autumn plumage. 

 (S. & A.) 



