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if we did, the birds were probably migrants. A night spent at 

 the pond, June 22-23, 1909, failed to furnish any evidence of the 

 presence of the species as a breeding bird. But in Dr. Allen's 

 " Birds of New Hampshire " Mr. Spaulding testifies " that sev- 

 eral years ago a boy found a nest containing about ten eggs on 

 a low meadow near the Connecticut and that Capt. B. F. Goss 

 identified the eggs as of this species." Dr. Allen states that 

 this is the only record he had obtained for the northern part of 

 the State. 



28. Porzana Carolina. Sora. 



A rare summer resident, and a fall migrant. In the early 

 morning of August 21, 1903, one was found dead in the yard of 

 the Pliny Range House on the Highland, having apparently 

 struck a wire in flight in the night. It was brought to me, and 

 I identified it in the hand. On August 28, 1904, an injured 

 bird was picked up by a farmer in his yard, about a mile from 

 the scene of the former fatality, and was given into the care of 

 a neighbor, but it died four days later. This bird also I was 

 called in to see and I identified. On September 18, 1908, one 

 was seen walking on the shore of Cherry Pond at the water's 

 edge. 



But on June 29, 1910, two immature birds were clearly seen 

 on the shore of this pond, when we paddled up the narrow out- 

 let stream bordered with alders and other bushes. They gave, 

 when startled, sharp, harsh calls, which they continued to repeat. 

 At the same time an adult bird was heard calling a short dis- 

 tance away, giving both the ''''kur-wee'" and the '''whinny''' calls. 

 We had several near views of the immature birds. Thus in 

 1910, at least, the species was breeding at Cherry Pond. 



29. Fulica americana. Coot. 



An uncommon migrant. One was seen on Cherry Pond on 

 September 24, 1907, and one on the same pond on September 

 22, 1908. None have been seen the last two seasons. 



