— '27 — 



common bird, appearing' from the north in October and remaining 

 until our bays are frozen, when it retreats farther southward. In 

 April it returns and the migration is not concluded until May. 



83. Branta nigricans (Zawr.). Black Brant. (174.)— 

 This is a western species which is occasionally found on our coasts 

 It has been recorded from Egg Harbor, N. J. {Lawrence), Babylon 

 and Islip, L. I. (DutcJicr, 'Auk, 1893, pp. 266, 271). 



84. Branta leucopsis {Bechst.). Barnacle Goose. (175. ) — 

 An Old World species, occurring accidentally on our coasts. A 

 specimen was killed on Jamaica Bay, L. I., in October, 1876 (Law- 

 rence, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, d. 18). 



85. Olor columbianus (On/.). Whistling Swan. (180.) — 

 Breeds in the far north, and winters as far south as the Gulf of 

 Mexico. It is an exceedingly rare bird on the Atlantic coast 

 north of the Chesapeake. 



Order HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, 

 Ibises, etc. 



Family IBIDID^E.— Ibises. 



86. Guara alba {Linn.). White Ibis. (184.) — A bird of the 

 Southern States, which has been recorded twice from this vicinity, 

 (Raynor South and Moriches, L. I., Giraud). 



87. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). Glossy Ibis. (186.) — 

 An Old World species of "irregular distribution in America." It 

 has been recorded once from Southampton, L. I., and once from 

 Carnarsie Bay, L. I. (Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 271). 



Family ARDEID^E.— Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc. 



*88. Botaurus lentiginosus 1 Afontag.). American Bittern. 

 (190.) -"Temperate North America, south to Guatemala and the 

 West Indies"; breeds but rarely south of Virginia In this vicinity 

 it is not common during the summer. 



89. Ardetta exilis (GmeL). Least Bittern. (191.) — - 

 Temperate and tropical America, breeding as far north as Maine. 

 It is here a locally common summer resident. 



