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ORNITHOLOGIST 



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Sterna antillarum (Less.), Least Tern. Sum- 

 mer resident, tolerably common. Breeds. 



Hydruchelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.), 

 Black Tern. Migrant, not common. 



Puffinus horealis Cory., Corj'^'s Shearwater. 

 Mr. F. B. Webster reports some specimens sent 

 to him from Bristol, IX. I. in summer of 1880. 

 "They were taken oft" the coast of this county." 



Oceanndromn laucorhoa (Vieill.), Leach's Pe- 

 trel. Resident, occasionally seen ofi'the coast. 



Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl.), Wilson's Petrel. 

 Resident, occasionally seen oft" the coast. 



Phalacromrax carho (Linn.), Cormorant. 

 Winter visitant, occasionally seen off" the coast. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. and Rich.), Dou- 

 ble-crested Cormorant. Winter visitant, oc- 

 curs under the same circumstances as the foi-e- 

 going species. 



Lophod,ytc'.s cucullatus (Linn.), Hooded Mer- 

 ganser. Migrant, common. 



Anas bosclias Linn., Mallard. Migrant, 

 rare. 



Anas ohscura Gmel., Black Duck. Mi- 

 grant, common. A few breed. 



Anas americana (Linn.), Baldpate. Migrant, 

 rare. 



Anas carolinensis Gmel., Green-winged 

 Teal. Migrant, rare. 



Anas discors liinn.. Blue-winged Teal. Mi- 

 grant, fairly common. 



Dajila acuta (Linn.), Pintail. Migrant, rare. 



Aix sponsa (Linn.), Wood Duck. Summer 

 resident, common. Breeds. 



Aythya americana (Eyt.), Redhead. Migrant. 

 Rare, a few instances. 



Aythya vallisneria (Wils.), Canvas-back. Mi- 

 grant, very rare. 



Aythya marila nearctica Stejn., American 

 Scaup Duck. Migrant, tolerably common. 



Glaucionetta clangula americana (Bonap.), 

 American Golden-eye. Winter visitant, very 

 rare. 



Charitonetta albeola (Linn.), Buffie-head. Mi- 

 grant, common. Seen in winter. 



Clangula hyemalis (Linn.), Old-squaw. Mi- 

 grant, common. Seen in winter. 



Somateria dresseri Sharpe., American Eider. 

 Winter visitant, very i-are. Observed oft' the 

 coast. 



Oidemia perspicilJata (Linn.), Sui'f Scoter. 

 Migrant, tolerably common oft" the coast. 



Erismatura rtihida (Wils.), Ruddy Duck. 

 Migrant, rare. 



Branta canadensis (Linn.), Canada Goose, 

 Migrant, common. 



Branta bernicla (Linn.), Brant. Migrant, 

 tolerably common. 



Olor columhianus (Ord.), Whistling Swan. 

 Migrant, irregular. Mr. Elisha Slade saw a 

 flock of five Oct. 16th, 1880, at Somerset, Mass. 

 (Bull. Nutt. Club, vi. 1881, p. 123). 



Botaurus lentiginosiis (Montag.j, American 

 Bittern. Summer resident, rare. Breeds. 



Botaurus exilis (Gmel.), Least Bittern. Sum- 

 mer resident, rare. Breeds. 



Ardea herodias Linn., Great Blue Heron. 

 Seen in summer, rare. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel., Snowy Heron. 



Ardea virescens Linn., Green Heron. Sum- 

 mer resident, common. Breeds. 



Nyctkorax nycticorax ncevius (Bodd.), Black- 

 crowned Night Heron. Summer resident, com- 

 mon. Breeds. 



Ballus virginianus Linn., Virginia Rail. 

 Summer resident, common. Breeds. 



Porzana Carolina (Linn.), Sora. Summer 

 resident, common. Breeds. 



Fnlira americana Gmel., American Coot. 

 Migrant. A large flock seen in TiCe's River, 

 Swansea in November, 1884. 



Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.), Northern Phala- 

 rope. Not common oft" coast. 



Phalaropms tricolor (Vieill.), Wilson's Phala- 

 rope. More common than preceding variety. 



Philohela minor (Gmel.), American Wood- 

 cock. Sunnner resident, tolerably common. 

 Breeds. 



GalUnngo delicata (Ord.), Wilson's Snipe. 

 Migrant, not common. 



Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.), Dowitcher. 

 Migrant, tolerably common. 



Tringa canutus Linn., Knot. Migrant, fair- 

 ly connnon. 



Tringa mac^data Vieill., Pectoral Sandpiper. 

 Migrant, common. 



Tringa minutiUa Vieill., Least Sandpiper. 

 Migrant, common. 



Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues.), Red-backed 

 Sandpiper. Migrant, tolerably common in 

 spring and fall. A few seen in summer. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.), Semipalmated 

 Sandpiper, Migrant, tolerably common. 



Calidris arenaria (Linn.), Sanderling. Mi- 

 grant, fairly common. 



Limosa hccmastica (Linn.) Hudsonian God- 

 wit. Migrant, rare. Excei^tional cases noted. 



Totamcs melanoleucus (Gmel.), Greater Yel- 

 low-legs. Migrant, common. 



Totanus flavipes (Gmel.), Yellow-legs. Mi- 

 grant, common in the fall. 



Totanus solitarius (Wils.), Solitary Sandpi- 

 per. Migrant, rare. 



Symphemia semipialmata (Gmel.), Willet. 

 Migrant, not common on the coast. 



