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(In addition to the three species of duck here mentioned, I have seen 
two or three others, which I was unable to secure and identify.) 
6. Branta canadensis (Linn.), Canada Goose. This species regularly 
migrates over our district in the spring, fall and winter. 
T. Botaurus lentiginosos (Montag.), American Bittern. Rare; I 
have seen only two individuals, Aug. 3, 1887, and May, 1895, respect- 
ively. Both of these I saw very closely, so that there was no possibil- 
ity of a confusion with the Night Heron. 
- 8. Ardea herodias Linn., Great Blue Heron.. An infrequent summer 
resident, becoming rarer each year. I noticed a pair during two sum- 
mers in East Bradford, and have observed a few in the spring. 
9. A. virescens Linn., Green Heron. Common summer resident. 
(I have never found the Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticoryx naevius 
(Bodd.), in this neighborhood, though I have seen it frequently in ad- 
joining parts of Delaware Co.), 
10. Porzana sp., Rail. I picked up a badly decomposed specimen of 
this genus on a country road in late summer—P. carolina (Linn.) ? 
11. Philohela minor (Gmel.). American Woodcock. Infrequent 
migrant during the early spring and late fall. 
12. Gallinago delicata (Ord.), Wilson’s Snipe. A common migrant 
in the early spring (March 16 to April 25) and late fall, in the marshes 
along the Brandywine. It is to be found only occasionally in higher 
localities (West Goshen). 
13. Totanus solitarius (Wils.), Solitary Sandpiper. This species is a 
regular migrant in the late spring, when it is often found in flocks of 
considerable size. Though I have never seen it in the fall, I have shot 
one specimen and seen others in the summer, 80 that it is quite prob- 
able that it sometimes breeds here. 
14. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.), Bartramian Sandpiper. Com- 
mon summer resident in the higher parts of West Whiteland township, 
but I have never met with it elsewhere. 
15. Actitis macularia (Linn.), Spotted Sandpiper. Common summer 
resident, mainly along the larger streams. 
16. Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap., Semipalmated Plover. I shot 
two adult individuals in West Goshen, Sept. 12,1888. These are, I be- 
lieve, the only specimens taken in this county. 
17. Ae. vocifera (Linn.), Killdeer. Common summer resident; ar- 
rives in the spring between March 2d and March 16th. 
18. Colinus virginianus (Linn.), Bob-white. Infrequent resident in 
this vicinity, though it was more abundant ten years ago. 
