522 BIRDS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 



A. 0. U. No 



No. in List. 



212. RAEEUS VIRGINIANUS. 63 



VIRGINIA FAIL,. 



Common. Breeds. 



214. Porzana CAROLINA. 64 



SORA, CAROLINA RAIL. 



Common. Breeds. 



215. PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. 65 



YELLOW RAIL. 

 Occasional. Migrant. Chas. Linden. 



216. PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. 66 



B ACK RAIL. 

 Occasional. Migrant. 



219. GAEEINULA G AREATA. 67 



FLORIDA GALLINULE. 



Common. Breeds. 



221. FULJCA AMERICANA. 68 



AMERICAN COOT. 



Common. Breeds. 



223. PHAEAROPUS LOBATUS. 69 



NORTHBRN PHALAROPE. 



Rare. Migrant. 



225. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA. 70 



AMERICAN AVOCET. 



Accidental. George E. Harris. 



228. PHIEOHELA MINOR. 71 



AMERICAN WOODCOCK. 



Common. Breeds. 



The woodcock occurs in the vicinity of Buffalo, as a fairly 

 common summer resident. It arrives from the South in a normal 

 season about March 20th, and usually within the same week 

 begins nesting. 



The nesting site is most frequently chosen among bushes 

 and second growth in pastures or along the edge of the woods. 

 The nest is often placed at the root of a bush or beside a log. 

 It is a mere depression in the ground lined with a few dry leaves 

 and grasses. The number of eggs in a nest is nearly always 

 four; on one occasion only did we see five, and the complement 



