1875.] 447 [Brewer. 



238. Herodias egretta Gray. Summer visitant. 



239. Florida caerulea Baird. Rare straggler (Mass., coast). 



240. Garzetta candidissima Bon. Summer visitant, rare. 



241. Ardetta exilis Gray. Summer resident, rare (S.N. E.). 



242. Botaurus lentiginosis Steph. Summer resident. 



243. Butorides virescens Bon. Summer resident. 



244. Nyctiardea Gardeni Baird. Summer resident. 

 *245. Nyctherodius violaceus Bd. Accidental (Lynn, 



Mass.). 



*246. Rallus elegans Aud. Accidental (West Haven, Conn., 

 Batty). 



*247. Rallus crepitans Aud. Breeds in S. W. Conn., in salt 

 marshes on shore of L. I. Sound. Not found in any other portion of 

 New England ; quoted as of Massachusetts, on authority of Dr 

 Cabot, but the individual referred to came from Long Island, N. Y. 



248. Rallus virginianus Linn. Summer resident. 



249. Porzana Carolina Vieill. Summer resident. 



* 250. Oreciscus jamaicensis Gm. Rare summer resident 

 (Hazenville, Conn., Batty). 



251. Coturnicops noveboracensis Cass. Rare summer vis- 

 itant (Mass., Conn. Prof. G. B. Goode). 



* 252. Porphyrio martinica Latham. Accidental (Mass., Me.). 



253. Gallinula galeata Bon. Rare summer resident (Mass., 

 accidental Me.) . 



254. Fulica americana Gm. Summer resident. 



255. Cygnus americanus Sharpless. Rare, migratory 

 (Mass.). 



256. Anser hyperboreus Pallas. [Migratory, rare. 



257. Anser gambelli Hartlaub. Rare, migratory. 



258. Bernicla canadensis Boie. Migratory. 



259. Bernicla Hutchinsii Aud. Migratory. 



260. Bernicla brenta Steph. Migratory. 



*261. Bernicla nigricans Lawrence. Accidental (Mass., 

 Henshaw). 



262. Anas boschas Linn. Migratory. 



263. Anas obscura Gm. Resident.. 



264. Dafila acuta Jen. Migratory. 



265. Nettion carolinensis Baird. Migratory. 



266. Querquedula discors Steph. Migratory. 



267. Spatula clypeata Boie. Migratory, rare. 



