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The Canada Goose, Anser canadensis, . . 1 



The Red-throated Diver, .... Colynibus septentrionalis, 20 



The Great Red-breasted Rail, or "i ^ „ , ^^ 



> Rams elegans, .... 27 

 Fresh-water Marsh-Hen, . . ' J 



The Clapper Rail, or Salt-water ") -„ „ 



*^*^ > Rallus crepitans, .... 33 



Marsh-Hen, .J 



The Virginian Rail, ...... Rallus virginianus, ... 41 



The American Sun Perch, 47 



The Wood Duck, Anas Sponsa, 52 



The Booby Gannet, Sulafusca, 63 



The Esquimaux Curlew, .... Numenius borealis, ... 69 



Wilson's Plover, Charadrius Wilsonius, . . 73 



The Least Bittern, Ardea exilis, 77 



The Eggers of Labrador, 82 



The Great Blue Heron, .... Ardea Herodias, .... 87 



The Common American Gull, . . Larus zonorhynchus, . . 98 



The Puffin, Mormon arcticus, . . 103 



The Razor-billed Auk, . . . . . Alca Torda, . . . • 112 



The Hyperborean Phalarope, . . Phalaropus hyperboreus, . 118 



Fishing in thje Ohio, 122 



The Wood Ibis, Tantalus Loculator, . . . 128 



The Louisiana Heron, Ardea ludoviciana, . . . 136 



The Foolish Guillemot, .... Uria Troile, 142 



The Black Guillemot, Uria Grylle, 148 



The Piping Plover, ...... Charadrius melodus, . . . 154 



