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(13) PhiloTiela minor — Woodcock. Summer resident; also abun- 

 dant migrant. Occasional in winter. 



(14) Gallinago delicata — Wilson Snipe. A regular spring and 

 fall migrant. Arrives about April 1 and returns November 10. Oc- 

 casionally found during summer months at Greenwood Lake. 



(15) Actitis macularia — Spotted Sandpiper. Common summer 

 resident. Arrives April 18 to May 10 and departs about September 

 15. Nests found at Echo Lake in adjacent corn fields and old stub- 

 bles on May 28, 1907, and June 2, 1910, and near Pompton Lake 

 on May 16 and 22, 1909. At Sterling Forest, Greenwood Lake, 

 two broods were observed on the 10th and 11th of June, 1907, in 

 company with the adult birds feeding along the lake shore. 



(16) Oxyechus vociferus — Killdeer. Common migrant and oc- 

 casional summer resident. Arrives in the spring from March 26 

 to May 15 and returns in the autumn from September 3 to Octo- 

 ber 1. Found at Echo Lake on June 20, 1908; Mud Pond on July 

 4, 1908, and July 16, 1909; Greenwood Lake on August 2. 1910, 

 and along the Pequannock River near Charlottesburg on six dif- 

 ferent occasions between the 15th and 24th of August, 1911. Nests 

 with eggs found at Echo Lake on May 23 and May 25. 1909, and 

 at Greenwood Lake on May 2, 1912. 



(17) Collnus virginianus — Boh-tcliite. Permanent resident in the 

 sparsely settled sections. Nests with eggs found at Haskell along 

 a rail fence on May 3 and 5, 1908, and one near Charlottesburg 

 in a similar position on May 1, 1011. These nests in each case 

 contained twelve eggs. 



(18) Bonasa vmhcUus — Ruffed Grouse. Permanent resident 

 wherever the preceding species is found. Nests of this species lo- 

 cated at Ringwood and Midvale each year since 3909. Prior to 

 this time one with fourteen eggs was found near Echo Lake and 

 one at Upper Macopin on June 7, 1906, the latest date on which 

 the writer has ever located a set of this species on which the fe- 

 male was incubating. 



(19) Zenaidura macroura caroUnnms — Mourning Dove. A com- 

 mon summer resident. Arrives during the latter part of March 

 and early April and remains with us until October. Nests are to 

 be found each year in the sparsely settled districts always in ce- 

 dar and scrub pines. 



(20) Circus 7i«(fso«i«s— Marsh Hawk. A common permanent 

 resident. Wherever there is low marshy ground this hawk is sure 

 to be iiresent and their iiesis are occasionally found in these 

 swamps. 



