8 BlI.LETlX No. 1 



It was voted to hold the next field meeting about July first on Mt. 

 Mansfield. 



The Treasurer, G. H. Ross, reported a balance of $39.00 on hand. 



A LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN RUTLAND COUNTY, CHIEFLY 

 BETWEEN THE YEARS 1888 AND 1906. 



(Read at 1903 Meeting by G. H. Ross, Rutland.) 



The list is deficient in water birds as few observations were made in 

 the western part of the county which is Ijordered by Lake Champlain. 

 The Otter Creek valley from Danby to Pittsford probably contains about 

 all species found inhabiting the lower altitudes of Vermont. In the east- 

 ern end of the county, in Shrewsbury, Mendon and Sherburne there are 

 three mountain peaks which have an altitude of 3,900 feet, so this county 

 has most, if not all, the species found in the higher altitudes of the 

 state. Thus, the iiirds of Rutland county are fairly typical of the birds 

 of Vermont. 



Podilynibus podiccps. Pied-billed (irebe. Migrant and sunmier resi- 

 dent. 



Urinator iniber. Loon. Migrant. 



Uria troile, Murre. One specimen taken in East Wallingford late in 

 the autumn, so exhausted it could not fly. 



Anas obscura, Black Duck. Migrant and summer resident. 



Aix sponsa, Wood Duck. Rare summer resident. 



Braiita canadensis, Canada Goose. Migrant. 



Botaiirus lentiginosus, American Bittern. Migrant and summer resi- 

 dent. 



Ardea hcrodias, Great Blue Heron. Migrant and summer resident. 



Ardea virescens, Little Green Heron. Migrant and summer resident. 



Nycticorax nycticorax nacvius, Black-crowned Night Heron. 

 Migrant. 



Porcana Carolina, Virginia Rail. Migrant and summer resident. 



Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. Migrant. 



Gallimda galeata. Florida Gallinule. Summer resident, Lake Bomo- 

 seen. 



Fulica aiiicricana, Coot. Migrant. 



Philohcla minor, American Woodcock. Migrant and summer resi- 

 dent. 



Gallinago dclicata, Wilson's Snipe. Migrant, occasionally winters 

 near open springy spots. 



Totanus melanolencus. Greater Yellow Legs. Migrant. 



