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THE WILSON BULLETIN— June, 1922 
Seen daily on Ashley Pond and elsewhere. Perhaps twenty noted 
in all. Has been known to breed here for many years. 
15. Louisiana Heron ( Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis). 
Appeared to be the most abundant Heron on the Island. Breeds. 
16. Little Blue Heron ( Florida ccerulea ) . 
Common and undoubtedly breeding. 
17. Green Heron ( Butorides viresc&ns virescens). 
One nest with eggs examined. Several birds seen. 
Is. Black-crowned Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius). 
Common species; five nests found. 
19. Yellow-crowned Night Heron ( Nyctatiassa violacea ) . 
A dozen or more seen. Doubtless breeds in the swamps. 
20. Wayne’s Clapper Rail (R alius crepitans waynei). 
Often heard calling from the marshes. 
21. Purple Gallinule ( Ionornis martinicus ) . 
Appeared to be common. Its notes often heard in the frasliwater 
marshes about the ponds. 
22. Florida Gallinule ( Gallinula galeata). 
One seen in a pond near the sand dunes. 
23. Least Sandpiper ( Pisobia minutilla). 
Several small flocks were constantly on the beach and the neighbor- 
ing flats. 
24. Semipalmated Sandpiper ( Ercunetes pusillus). 
Were flocking with Least Sandpipers. 
25. Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipcs) . 
On May 3 and 4 a flock of about seventy Yellow-legs were watched, 
as they fed in a shallow fresh water pond near the duck house. 
26. Solitary Sandpiper ( Helodromas solitaries solitaries) . 
Three or four seen about the fresh water ponds. 
27. Willet ( Catoptrophores semipalmates semipalmates) . 
Three or four seen flying about the marshes. Undoubtedly they 
breed here regularly. 
28. Spotted Sandpiper ( Actitis macelaria). 
Several were recorded. 
29. Hudsonian Curlew ( Numcnies hudsonicus) . 
One flock of five was seen in flight May 2. Two birds appeared the 
morning of May 6. 
30. Semipalmated Plover ( JEgialitis semipalmata ) . • 
Perhaps twenty individuals were feeding along the beach May 3 and 4. 
3.i Wilson’s Plover (Ocli thodromes ivilsonius). 
Common on the dry beaches and breeding. 
3l Ruddy Turnstone ( Arcnaria interpres morinella) . 
One flock seen May 3 and two other flocks May 4. 
32. Oyster-catcher ( Hcematopes palliates). 
One found on the beach May 4. 
34. Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo silvestris). 
Wild Turkeys appear to be everywhere on the Island. Mr. Car- 
negie said that the thirty or forty killed every winter seemed to have no 
effect on their numbers, which continue to increase every year. These 
birds were seen frequently in the pasture, in the woods, or along the 
