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29-169a. Chen hyperborea nivalis 

 (Forst.). Greater Snow Goose. Upon 

 good authority, I place this species in the 

 list as a frequenter of the waters of Hay 

 Lake and Monosco Bay. 



30-172. Branta canadensis (Linn,). 

 Canada Goose. Plenty of these birds 

 were seen on Monosco Bay and Hay Lake, 

 and I think they breed sparingly in that 

 locality, as I saw old birds in mid-summer 

 on Hay Lake. 



31-180. Olor columbianus (Orel). 

 Whistling Swan. Occasional in the 

 spring and fall. 



32-181. O. buccinator (Rich.). 

 Trumpeter Swan. More rare than colum- 

 bianus, but occasional in spring and fall. 



33-190. Botaurus lentiginosus 

 (Montag.). American Bittern. Com- 

 mon throughout the Island. I found their 

 nests in the long grass on the east side of 

 the Island, near Winter Point Light 

 House, about the middle of June, and up 

 to the first of July I also saw plenty of 

 these birds, both old and young, along 

 Two- tree Creek, east side of Mud Lake. 



34-194. Ardea herodias Linn. 

 Great Blue Heron. Common in this 

 vicinity, and although I did not see the 

 nests, I have no doubt that they breed 

 upon many of the small islands and the 

 mainland. 



35-201. A. virescens Linn. Green 

 Heron. I did not observe any of these 

 birds on the Island, but in the summer of 

 1892 I saw one on one of the little islands 

 in Little Rapids, at the head of Hay Lake. 

 I think I can safely say that it frequents 

 Neebish Island, although I do not call it a 

 common bird by any means — should 

 rather class it as a rare one. 



36-202. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius (Bodd.). Black-crowned 



Night Heron. This bird is reported as 

 breeding on islands in the St. Mary's 

 River, but I did not see one during my 

 three seasons at the Island. It is reason- 

 able to suppose, however, that the bird 

 frequents Neebish Island if it be true that 

 it v breeds anywhere near the St. Mary's 

 River. 



37-206. G-rus mexicana (Mull.). 

 Sandhill Crane. Noted but two of 

 these birds during my stay on the Island. 

 They do not breed there, and are not 

 common. 



38-212. Rallus virginianus Linn. 

 Virginia Rail. I saw a few of these 

 birds on one of the small keys, or shoals, 

 on the south-west side of Neebish Island 

 during the summer of 1893, and presume 

 they breed in the vicinity. 



39-214. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). 

 Sora. A few of these birds breed about 

 the marshy shores of the Island. I record 

 one that I killed as late as the 9th of 

 November, 1893. 



40-228. Philohela minor (Gmd.). 

 American Woodcock. A party of w 'Soo" 

 sportsmen came down to the Island in 

 October, 1894, with the pleasure boat 

 "Gladys." Among the party was Mr. 

 Leon Bellair, Sheriff Hursley, and one or 

 two others whose names I cannot recall, 

 but who were familiar sportsmen, as well 

 as great cribbage players. They stopped 

 a few hours at the Island, while I made 

 some photographs of the boat and game, 

 which they had strung up in the rigging. 

 One of the party toid me that he saw a 

 couple of Woodcock on the mainland op- 

 posite the Island, and carefully question- 

 ing him about the birds, I was satisfied 

 that from his knowledge of the habits of 

 the Woodcock, and his reputation as a 

 sportsman that they were undoubtably 

 Woodcock ; and although I did not see 

 one, nor even signs of one, in the most 

 favorable places, I feel justified in placing 

 them in the list of birds that visit the 

 Island. 



41-230. Gallinago delicata (Ord). 

 Wilson's Snipe. This is not the Jack 

 Snipe, although it is commonly called so. 

 There is a very great difference in the two 

 birds, the Wilson's Snipe has the long 

 bill, while the Jack, or Grass Snipe has a 

 shorter bill, and is in every way an in- 

 ferior bird. The Wilson's Snipe are very 

 plentiful in the fall, and get exceedingly 

 fat and well flavored. I have had most 

 excellent shooting of these birds as late as 

 November, on the east and south sides of 

 the Island. 



42-332. Macrorhamphus scolopa- 

 ceus (Say). Red-breasted Snipe. A 

 few were observed in the spring, on the 

 shores on the west side of the Island. No 

 young nor nests were seen. 



43-239. Tringa maculata Vieill. 

 Pectoral Sandpiper ; Jack Snipe. 

 Abundant along the shore in spring 

 and fall, usually in flocks of from a half- 



