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208, King Rail; very rare. Brides- 
burg, June 12, 1908; 11 eggs. 
212, Virginia Rail. Not common. 
Bridesburg, June 10, 1909; 10 eggs. 
219, Florida Gallinule; common and 
restricted, Richmond, June 10, 1904; 
10 eggs. 
221, Coot; exceedingly rare. Rich- 
mond, several half grown young shot 
in July, 1906 by illegal gunners. An 
adult was seen here on May 26, of 
this year. 
223, Woodcock, Rare. Occur through- 
out the breeding season at many lo- 
calities as my records indicate, but 
my patient researches for nests have 
all been in vain. 
261, Upland Plover. Rare and for- 
merly. Sandiford, on June 26, 1903 
a bird was seen and evidently nested. 
I have the assurance of farmers that 
a pair had been about all that summer. 
263, Spotted Sandpiper. Common. 
Frankford, May 14, 1897, 3 fresh eggs. 
273, Killdeer; rare. Bridesburg, July 
25, 1903, two family flocks. 
289, Bob-white; very rare, Pair 
bred at Sandiford in 1903, where I saw 
pair in June, but failed to locate their 
nest. 
316, Mourning Dove; not common. 
Blue Grass, May 10, 1902, 2 eggs. 
325, Turkey Vulture. Exceedingly 
rare, Pair was seen all summer of 
1909 at Verusville, and with their two 
young on wing at Rockledge on June 
24, 1909. 
333, Cooper’s Hawk; rare. Walnut 
Hill, April 17, 1902, 4 eggs. 
339, Red-shouldered Hawk, very 
rare. Walnut Hill, May 2, 1908, 2 
eges. (This locality—Walnut Hill-—- 
is just across the Philadelphia County 
line, in Montgomery County. On sev- 
eral occasions have observed both the 
Cooper’s and Red-shouldered Hawks in 
Philadelphia County, but as yet have 
not succeeded in finding a nest, though 
I have seen family flocks of both spe- 
cies.) 
343, Broad-winged Hawk, rare. 
Frankford, deserted nest, April 28, 
1902. 
352, Bald Eagle, exceedingly rare 
during former years. A pair is said to 
have then nested at Jonesdale. I have 
two records of birds seen and undoubt- 
edly stragglers; Jonesdale, May 16, 
1899, and Frankford, June 9, 1899. 
360, Sparrow Hawk; common. 
Frankford, April 14, 1898, 3 fresh eggs. 
364, Osprey; exceedingly rare dur- 
ing former years. One was seen at 
Holmesburg, May 28, 1898. 
366, Long-eared Owl; rare. Frank- 
ford, June 9, 1899, 4 fledglings. (The 
Barn Owl is also a rare summer resi- 
dent, occurring chiefly south of the 
city, but as yet I have never seen it 
in winter or summer.) 
373, Screech Owl; common and de- 
creasing. Frankford, April 15, 1899. 
3 eggs. : 
387, Yellow-billed Cuckoo; common, 
Jonesdale, July 14, 1897, 3 eggs. 
388, Black-billed Cuckoo; not rare. 
Frankford, June 22, 1898, 4 eggs. 
390, Belted Kingfisher; not rare. 
Holmesburg, May 20, 1897, 6 naked 
young. 
393, Hairy Woodpecker; rare. Have 
found inaccessible nests at Frankford, 
Holmesburg and Bustleton on differ- 
ent occasions, 
394c, Downy Woodpecker; common. 
Holmesburg, June 9, 1900, 5 fledglings. 
406, Red-headed Woodpecker; 
scarce. Coopersville, June 9, 1897, 6 
eggs. 
412a, Northern Flicker; abundant. 
Frankford, May 5, 1897, 5 eggs. 
420, Nighthawk; rare. Crescentville. 
May 30, 1907, flushed a female but 
failed to find its nest, though its ac- 
tions and behavior indicated the pres- 
ence of one. 
423, Chimney Swift; common. 
