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Arbor vitae (Thuya occidentalis) is much more plentiful 

 in Bennington county than eastward. Juniper (Juniperus 

 virginiana) occurs on the dry rocky hills in Connecticut 

 Valley towns, but is rarely met with in Bennington county. 

 Chestnut (Castenea dentata) the length of Windham coun- 

 ty in the Connecticut Valley, and I think not above Man- 

 chester in Bennington county. White Oak (Quercus alba) 

 extends further north along the Connecticut than on the 

 western side of the State; red oak (Quercus rubra) is 

 more common. Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) in the 

 mountains of Bennington county, but I have failed to find 

 it in Windham county. 



In some sections the hemlock and spruce forests are fast 

 disappearing, and inroads are being made on the hard 

 woods. Along the Deerfield Valley the hills are shorn of 

 spruce well up into Somerset, and with the extension of the 

 railroad from Wilmington to Stratton the Deerfield Valley 

 Lumber Co. will penetrate to the very heart of the last 

 great stand of spruce timber on Stratton Mountain, and 

 that magnificent forest may fall. 



1. Colymbus holboellii. HOLBOELL'S GREBE.— Stray. 



2. Gavia imber. LOON. — Occasional S. R. 



3. Gavia lumme. RED-THROATED LOON. — W. V. Rare. 



4. Uri3 lornvia. BRUNNICHS MURRE.— Occasional Stray. 



5. Larus argentatus. HERRING GULL.— Stray. 



6. Merganser americanus. AMERICAN MERGANSER. — M. in 

 Eastern part of State. Dr. Ross reports it S. R., not common in 

 Bennington. 



7. Anas boschas. MALLARD. — M., not common. 



P. Anas obsoura. BLACK DUCK.— Uncommon S. R. 



9. Aix sponsa. WOOD DUCK.— Rare S. R. 



10. Anthya villisneria. CANVAS BACK DUCK.— Rare M. 



11. Charitonetta albeola. BUFFLEHEAD. . .Rare M. 



12. Clangula clangula americana. AMER. GOLDEN EYE. — W. V. 



13. Branta canadensis. CANADA GOOSE.— M. 



14. Eotaurus lentiginosus. AMERICAN BITTERN. — S. R. 



15. Ardea herodias. GREAS HERON. — S. R. Not common. 



16. Butorides virescens. GREEN HERON. — S. R. 



17. Rallus virginianus. VIRGINIA RAIL. — M. May breed. 



18. Porzana Carolina. SORA RAIL. — S. R. Not common. 



19. Porzana noveboracensis. YELLOW RAIL. — M. (May breed). 



20. Fulica americana. COOT.— S. R. 



21. Philohela minor. AMERICAN WOODCOCK.— S. R. common. 



22. Gallinago delicata. WILSON'S SNIPE.— M. 



23. Tringa fuscicolus. WHITE-RUMPED SAND PIPER.— Rare M. 



24. Tetanus melanoleucus. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. — M. 



25. Helodromus solitarius. SOLITARY SANDPIPER. — M. 



26. Bartramia longicauda. BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. — S. R. 

 Not common. 



27. Actitis maculana. SPOTTED SANDPIPER.— Common S. R. 



28. Oxyechus vociferus. KILLDEER. — M. 



