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Fam. SCOLOPACIME. 



30. Himantopus nigricollis (Vieill.). 



" Black-neck Stilt. Not common. Eesident"? 



31. Gallinago wilsoni (Teram.). 

 " Snipe. 



"A species not seen by me, described by Mr. Hopkins (one of the 

 lessees of the island) as an English Snipe, in color, flight and voice ; 

 in small numbers ; resident." 



32. Ereunetes petrificatus (111.). 

 " Least Sandpiper. 



u Eesident ; breeds ; now in flocks of 4-6." 



33. Symphemia semipalmata (Gm.). 



44 Willet. Common ; said to breed." 



34. Gambetta flavipes (Gm.). 

 "Yellow-legs (smaller). 



" Common ; resident, or nearly so." 



35. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.)? 

 " Sandpiper. 



" Resident; solitary about the lagoons and fresh-water ponds." 



36. Numenius hudsonicua (Lath.). 



u Curlew. Eesident; breeds; common." 



Fain. LAMDiE. 



37. Sterna maxima, Bodd. T 



" Eoyal Tern. Seen only." 



38. Larus atricilla, Linn. 



"Gull. Breeds; resident." 



Fain. PODICIPITID^, 



39. Podilymbus podicepa (Linn.)? 

 " 4 Diver 7 (Grebe?). 



" Think it resident, as it is irregular in its appearance and disappear- 

 ance." 



New York, Novemher 14, 1878, 



