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ToTANUS soLiTAEius. Solitary Tattler.— Common -, breeds; taken 

 from 42° to 45° 20' 1^. Lat. ; never gregarious. 



Teingoides macularius. Spotted Sandpiper.— Very abundant from 

 April to October ; breeds plentifully south of 43°. 



ACTITUEUS BAjRTRAMius. Field Flover. — YQTj common summer 

 resident; breeds. 



Tkyngites eufescens. Buff-hreasted Sandpiper.— Bare migrant; 

 shot two September 17, 1875. 



NuMENius LONGiROSTKis. Long-UlUd Curlew.— ^ot a rare migrant. 



NuMENius HUDSONicus. Sudsonian Cur leic— Hare ; only two taken 

 to my knowledge. 



:N'umenius borealis. Esqiiimaux Curlew.— One specimen, taken by 

 Benjamin Syke, IJfov., 1879. 



AEDEID^. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron.— A generally distributed and 

 common summer resident; breeds in large colonies. 



Herodias egretta. White ^eroii.— Occasionally taken south of 

 Lat. 43<^ ; rare summer visitor. 



Garzetta candidissima. Snowy Reron.— Summer sojourner ; prob- 

 ably breeds. 



Florida ccerulea. Little Blue Reron.—Rare accidental visitor. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS. Green Seron.— Common in spring and sum- 

 mer; breeds. 



Nyctiardea grisea n^via.— Common summer resident in some 

 localities; breeds. 



Nyctherodius violaceus. Yelloiv-croivned Night Heron.— Bare 

 straggler. 



BoTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS. Stalce-driver.—Common resident; breeds. 



Ardetta exilis. Beast Bittern. — Common summer sojourner; 

 breeds. 



GEUID^. 



Grus AMERICANA. White or Whooping Crane. — Accidental visitor. 



Grus canadensis. Sandhill Crane.— ^^ Common summer resident " in 

 Monroe County, Lat. 42°, according to Mr. Jerome Trombley ; has been 

 found breeding. 



EALLID^. 



Eallus crepitans. Clapper Bail— Bare, accidental visitor. 

 Eallus elegans. King Bail.—:Sot a rare summer sojourner ; said 

 to breed. 



Eallus virginianus. Virginia Bail—Yery common ; a well-dis- 

 tributed species ; breeds plentifully south of 43°. 



PORZANA CAROLINA. Carolina Bail— Very common from May to Sep- 

 tember; breeds. 



PoRZANA noyeboracensis. Yellow Bail.— Bather rare; occasion- 

 ally taken in spring; probably breeds. 



