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BIRDS OF DURHAM AND VICINITY. 
Ardea candidissima. Snowy Heron. 197. 
A rare, casual visitor from the south that has been observed in Nova 
Scotia, Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
Ardea ceemlea. Little Blue Heron. 200. 
The Little Blue Heron has been taken in Maine and ALassachusetts 
and presumably occurs here at rare intervals. Its northern limit on 
the Atlantic coast is normally New Jersey. 
Order PALUDICOL/E. 
Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. 206. 
In looking over the birds of Mr. Turner, taxidermist, Portsmouth, I 
discovered a Sandhill Crane, still in strings, with wires protruding. 
Mr. Turner stated that it was shot at Lovell's Pond, Wakefield, this 
state, about 1896. This specimen is now in the college collection. 
Rallus eleg-ans. King Rail. 208. 
This rail is seldom found north of the Middle states, but its occur- 
rence in Maine and other New England states entitles it to a place on 
this list of possibilities. 
Order LIMICOL^. 
Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. 225. 
New Brunswick, Maine, and Massachusetts each have records of the 
Avocet's appearance within twenty-five years. 
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitcher. 
232. 
This is the form which replaces our Dowitcher, or Red-breasted 
Snipe in the west. It ought to be found here under the same circum- 
stances as the common species, though far less abundantly. 
Tringa ferrug-inea. Curlew Sandpiper. 244. 
This wanderer from the old world has been taken a number of times 
at different points on the New England coast, both spring and fall. 
