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In 1910 the largest company on my record frequented Cherry 

 Pond in August and September. On August 10 four birds were 

 noted; on August 17, seven were present. Four of these were 

 perching on one rather small tamarack tree, one on the tip, 

 while a fifth stood on the shore below. They constituted a 

 picturesque group. Sometimes in their flights from shore to 

 shore two or three of the birds alighted upon clumps of pickerel- 

 weed in the middle of the pond and stood erect on the leaves. 

 One to four birds were observed on successive visits to the pond 

 up to September 22. 



26. Butorides virescens virescens. Green Heron. 



A rare migrant or summer resident. On August 11, 1909, 

 two birds were seen by Mr. G. B. Wellman and myself beside 

 Israel's River in lyancaster, perching on willow trees at the 

 water's edge just on the outskirts of the village, about a mile 

 distant from the Connecticut River. They remained in. the 

 vicinity several days and were seen also by Mr. Spaulding, to 

 whom I made known our discovery. In 1910, at nearly the 

 same spot by the river, on June 9, Mr. Spaulding with Mr. F. H. 

 Kennard and Mr. F. B. McKechnie saw a single bird. 



In Dr. Allen's " Birds of New Hampshire " Mr. Spaulding 

 is credited with the record of a bird twelve years earlier, not a 

 mile away from the location of these later birds. The statement 

 is, "On June 6, 1897, while near the Connecticut at that place 

 [lyancaster] in company with Judge J. N. Clark, a bird flew 

 over which the latter gentleman pronounced to be 'unmistakably 

 a green heron.' Mr. Spaulding had never met with the bird 

 there previously." 



27. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. 



A rare summer resident, and possibly a rare fall migrant. 

 I have no record of the species which I can vouch for. On two 

 occasions with a companion we have been quite sure that we 

 have caught a glimpse of one among the grasses on the shore 

 of Cherry Pond, namely, on August 25 and September 8, 1908. 



