Birds noted at North Truro, Mass., b y G.S. Miller & W. Brewster
1891
May 31 - June 3.
33. Tyrannus tyrannus. - Common & gen. dist. in pine plantations & about thickets & houses.
34. Contopus virens. - Small's. One singing June 2, one seen June 3. Poplars & apple trees about house.
35. Chaetura pelagica. - Gen. dist. but not common. Perhaps 3 to 5 seen daily.
36. Chordeiles virginianus. - May 31. - One flying over Eel Pond at sunset.
37. Colaptes auratus. - Gen. dist. & common but nowhere numerous.
38. Ceryle alcyon. - One or two, about the Eel Pond.
39. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. - Common in thickets on hillsides & in trees about houses.
40.  Pandion carolinensis. - June 1-3. One fishing in the Eel Pond.
41. Nycteardia nivaea. - June 1, two; June 3, one - flying over Eel Pond.
42. Botaurus lentiginosus. - At least a dozen [males] pumping in Eel Pond cat-tails. Also breed in cat-tails in village.
44. Ardetta exilis. - June 2. Adult [male] shot by Miller in cat-tails at Eel Pond.
45. Tringa fuscicollis. - One heard flying over Highland House night of May 31.
46.     "        minutilla. - May 31 - June 2. About the Eel Pond in small flocks.
47. Erennetes pusillus. - June 1.  two flocks about Eel Pond. June 2. four shot, three on beach, one Eel Pond.
48. Totanus melanoleucus. - June 1. One flying over Eel Pond whistling.
49. Actitis macularius. - Common along beaches & shores of Eel Pond.
50. Rallus virginianus. - Very common among cat-tails about Eel Pond.
51. Porzana carolina. - Abundant             "              "           "         "       "
52. Gallinula galeata. - At least a dozen pairs nesting "     "    "    "    "
53. Erismatura rubida. - June 1. A single adult [male] in Eel pond
54. Somaterica dresseri. - June 3. six seen by Miller near shore in the Bay. One adult [male].
55. Phalacrocorax dilophus. - June 1. Tree flying together over Eel Pond.
56. Larus marinus. - June 2. Adult bird flying                           "        "       "
57.       "    smithsonianus. - Seen daily in consid. numbers. Fully 300 "bedded" on sand hill June 2. All immature
58. Urinator Imber. - One or two daily flying along shore or over Eel Pond