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15. Branta canadensis — Canada goose. A frequent migrant. 

 IG. Botaurus lentiginosus — American bittern. A summer resident, 

 altliougli only one or two are seen eacli year. 



17. Ardetta exilis — Least bittern. 1903, Aug. 7, one seen on tliis 



date and several times afterwards; 1908, May 13, one specimen 

 seen. 



18. Ardea herodias — Great blue heron. One or two pairs spend the 



summer in this vicinity. They have been known to stay as 

 late as the last week in December. 



19. Butorides virescens — Green heron. A common summer resident. 



20. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius — Black-crowned night heron. 1909, 



May 23, one seen in Bennington. 



21. Rallus elegans — King rail. One spent four weeks during May and 



June, 1910, on an island in a mill pond in the village of Ben- 

 nington. His call was heard day and night during his stay, 

 although it was possible only on two or three occasions to 

 drive him out of the rushes so as to be seen. This is the only 

 record of the king rail in Vermont. 



22. Rallus virginianus — Virginia rail. 1909, Aug. 12, one seen. 



23. Porzana Carolina — Sora rail. One shot Nov. 11, 1904, and another 



shot Sept. 16, 1911. 



24. Philohela minor — American woodcock. A common summer resi- 



dent. 



25. Gallinago delicata — Wilson snipe. 1908, Oct. 16, four shot in 



Shaftsbury. 



26. Actrodramas miuntilla — Least sandpiper. 1907, May 22, one seen 



— had only one leg; 1908, May 22, eight seen in one flock. 



27. Calidris arenaria — Sanderling. An injured one captured alive 



Sept. 25, 1911. It died in a few days and is now in the State 

 Museum. 



28. Limosa haemastica — Hudsonian godwit. An injured one cap- 



tured in Woodford, Sept. 5, 1911. 



29. Totanus melanoleucus — Greater yellow-legs. 1909, May 3, one 



seen in Bennington. 



30. Totanus flavipes— Yellow-legs. 1909, Sept. 12, one seen in Ben- 



nington. 



31. Helodromas solitarius — Solitary sandpiper. Are seen almost 



yearly both in spring and fall migrations. 



