22. Tringa minutilla (Vieill). Least 
Sandpiper. An uncommon mig- 
rant. Common according to Mr. 
L. F. Foster in the fens in 1880. 
Three birds were taken at Weld 
pond, May 8, 1890, by Dr. A. L. 
Reagh; they have also been 
observed at Hall's pond, and on 
Brookline avenue marsh May 8 to 
. to October 13. 
23. Tringa maculata (Vieill). Pector- 
al Sandpiper. Reported as common 
in 1880 in the fens by Mr. L. F. 
Foster, and it still visits the Brook- 
line avenue marsh, or did so up to 
1899. 
24. Tringa fusicollis (Vieill). White- 
rumped Sandpiper. Mr. L. F. 
Foster shot one on November 2, 
1881, in the fens. 
25. Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues). 
Red-backed Sandpiper. One was 
shot by Mr. L. F. Foster on 
October 3, 1881, and some the 
following day in the fens. 
26. Gallinago delicata (Ord. ) Wil- 
son's Snipe. An uncommon mig- 
rant, though still not uncommon 
in the fens. One was shot by Mr. 
L. F. Foster on September 29, 
1882, on the marsh bordering on 
Muddy river, and Mr. N. A. 
Francis records the nest of a Wil- 
son's Snipe in a Brookline marsh 
in 1888. On April 23, 1902, I 
flushed a bird in Warren farms. 
to April 23. September 
29 to October 28. 
27. Philohela minor (Grael. ). Amer- 
ican Woodcock. A not uncommon 
migrant, I doubt if it still breeds, 
though it may do so rarely. March 
22 to . 
28. Ardea herodias (Linn.). Great 
Blue Heron. A not uncommon 
migrant, especially to the Putter- 
ham meadows. A single bird 
spent the week previous to Decem- 
ber 15, 1898, at Hall's pond. April 
3 to June 26. September 9 to 
October 10. 
29. Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius 
(Bodd. ). Black-crowned Night 
Heron. A permanent resident, 
wintering not at all uncommonly. 
Since the destruction of their 
breeding ground back of Walnut 
hill, I am not sure that they breed 
in Brookline, though all summer 
they are to be found about Hall's 
pond, where they also winter. 
