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12. Florida cserulea. Little Blue 

 Heron — Not a rare southern wanderer 

 in July and August, and remaining 

 until September 1, which is my latest 

 record. Reported plentiful during the 

 nights of "white herons" in 1900 and 

 1902, and all birds seen were in the 

 immature white plumage. 



13. Butorides virescens. Green 

 Heron — Common summer resident. 



14. Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius. 

 Black-crowned Night Heron — Common, 

 but most of these birds are feeding 

 and roosting individuals from nearby 

 heronries. There is, however, a small 

 heronry in a woods close to the creek. 



15. Rallus elegans. King Rail — 

 There are no records of this species 

 but it probably occurs as a rare breed- 

 er. 



16. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail 

 — Common summer resident. 



17. Porazana Carolina Sora. 



18. Creciscus jamaicensis. Black 

 Rail. 



19. Gallinula galeata. Florida Gal- 

 linule. 



20. Fulica americana. Coot — Rare 

 summer resident. My father saw one 

 or two birds in late July, 1912, and I 

 observed one on July 8, 1913. Sever- 

 al years ago a farmer found a nest 

 containing a dozen eggs which he tried 

 to hatch under a hen. 



21. Philohela minor. Woodcock — 

 Rare summer resident. 



22. Pesolia minutilla. Least Sand- 

 piper — I saw two or four birds on 

 July 8, 1913, on the North Branch, 

 probably unusually early transient. 



23. Bartramis longicando. Upland 

 Plover. 



24. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sand- 

 piper — An abundant breeder. 



25. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer — 

 Not a rare summer resident. 



26. Colinus virgianus. Bobwhite — 

 Rare and decreasing. 



27. Bonasa umbellus. Ruffled Grouse 



— Formerly on the extreme upper 

 branches, according to the accounts 

 of old residents. 



28. Phasianus torquatus. Ring-neck- 

 ed Pheasant — Now a resident as it 

 has recently been liberated in the vi- 

 cinity. Several pairs breed near the 

 creek during the summer of 1913. 



29. Zenaidura macroura carolinen- 

 sis. Mourning Dove — Common sum- 

 mer resident. I have eggs from this 

 creek which I took from Rolin, Purple 

 Grackle and Brown Thrasher's nests, 

 and have found incubated eggs as 

 early as April 13. 



30. Cathartes aura spetentrionalis. 

 Turkey Vulture — Stragglers are daily 

 seen. Undoubtedly breeds on the ex- 

 treme upper branches. 



31. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk 

 — Occasionally seen and must breed. I 

 saw one on August 1, 1912, an adult fe- 

 male, on the North Branch. 



32. Accipiter velox. Sharp shinned 

 Hawk — Rare breeder. 



33. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's 

 Hawk — Scarce breeder. 



34. Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk 

 — Decidedly rare. 



35. Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered 

 Hawk — Rare. 



36. Buteo Platypterus. Broad-wing- 

 ed Hawk — Scarce and probably in- 

 creasing. 



37. Haliffitus leucocephalus. Bald 

 Eagle. 



38. Pandion haliastus carolinensis. 

 Osprey — The Fish Hawk is occasion- 

 ally seen but probably does not now 

 breed although it formerly nested. 



39. Falco sparverius. Sparrow 

 Hawk — An uncommon breeder. 



40. Aluca practincola. Barn Owl — 

 Rare breeder. 



41. Asio wilsonianus. Long-eared 

 Owl — Not a rare resident. 



42. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared 

 Owl. 



43. Strix varia. Barred Owl — Ex- 

 ceedingly rare breeder. 



