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2^ - TOTANUS SOLiTAEius. Solitary Tattler. — Common; breeds; taken 



from 42° to 45° 20' K. Lat. ; never gregarious. 

 - -/ Tringoides ;ma.culaeius. Spotted Sandpiper.— Vevy abundant from 



April to October ; breeds plentifully south of 43°. 

 2-i' ACTiTUEUS BAETRAMIXJS. Field Plover. — Very common summer 



resident; breeds. 

 ,; fj Teyngites eupescens. Buff-breasted Sandpiper.— Raie migrant; 



shot two September 17, 1875. 

 _ ■/ NuMENiTJS LONGiEOSTEis. Long-Ulled Curlew.— Not a rare migrant. 



;" KUMENIXJS HUDSONiCTJS. Hudsonian Curlew.— ^aie ; only two taken 



to my knowledge. 

 7 '-/ NuMENius BORBALis. Esquimaux Curlew. — One specimen, taken by 



Benjamin Syke, Nov., 1879, 



AEDEID^. 



^ Aedea herodias. Great Blue Scroti. — A generally distributed and 

 common summer resident; breeds in large colonies. 



' Heeodias egeetta. White Heron. — Occasionally taken south of 

 Lat. 43° ; rare summer visitor. 



'i_ Gaezetta candidissima. Snowy Heron. — Summer sojourner ; prob- 

 ably breeds. 



2 Florida cceexjlea. Little Blue Heron. — Eare accidental visitor. 



^ , BUTORIDES VIEESCENS. Green Heron. — Common in spring and sum- 

 mer; breeds. 



J" lyTYCTiARDBA GRiSEA NJETiA. — Common summer resident in some 

 localities; breeds. 



(^ Nyctherodius tiolaceus. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. — Eare 

 straggler. 



y BoTAUETJS LENTiGiNOSTJS. Stoke-driver. — Common resident; breeds. 

 ; 2^ Aedetta exilis. Lea^t Bittern. — Common summer sojourner; 



breeds. 



GEUID^. 



-' ^ Getjs AMERICANA. White or Whooping Orawe.-^ Accidental visitor. 



" " Getjs canadensis. Sandhill Crane. — "Common summer resident " in 



Monroe County, Lat. 42°, according to Mr. Jerome Trombley ; has been 



found breeding. 



EALLID^. 



■^'' ^ Eallus CREPITANS. Clapper Rail. — Eare, accidental visitor. 



,: . „ Eallus blegans. King Bail. — Not a rare summer sojourner ; said 

 to breed. 



-/ 2 Eallus vieginianus. Virginia Rail. — Very common ; a well-dis- 

 tributed species ; breeds plentifully south of 43°. 



■ " / PoRZANA CAROLINA. Carolina Rail. — Very common from May to Sep- 

 tember; breeds. 



,^ PoEZANA NOVEEOEACENSis. Tellow Rail. — Eather rare ; occasion- 

 ally taken in spring ; probably breeds. 



