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40. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — Rather rare. 
Seen about May 1, and again July 9, in numbers. 
41. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Common. Seen early 
in April. 
42. Ardea egretta. Great White Egret. — Common ; many seen. 
They breed in large numbers about forty miles south, near Townsend’s 
Inlet. 
43. Ardea virescens. Green Heron. — The commonest Heron. 
Breeds in numbers in the cedars. First seen April 20. 
44. Nyctiardea grisea naevia. Night Heron. — Rather rare. 
Breeds in the cedar swamps. First seen April 27. 
45. Botaurus minor. Bittern. — A rather common migrant. First 
seen April 20. 
46. Ardetta exilis. Least Bittern. — Apparently very rare. 
Found one dead on the beach April 1. This species is very common 
further inland, in the neighborhood of Princeton. 
47. Rallus longirostris. Clapper Rail. — Very abundant ; breed- 
ing. First seen May 1. Began breeding about June 1, laying from seven 
to thirteen eggs. 
48. Cygnus americanus. Whistling Swan. — I observed a flock 
of nine individuals passing over Barnegat Bay in November, 1876. 
49. Branta bernicla. Brant Goose. — Very common through 
April; seen as late as May 1. 
50. Branta bernicla nigricans. Black Brant. — I saw two speci- 
mens which were taken by gunners April 5. 
51. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — Abundant migrant. 
Large flocks were seen going north as late as April 15, and up to the 12th 
of May I occasionally saw single birds. 
52. Anas obscura. Black Duck. — Common, breeding in numbers 
about the small salt-water ponds on the Beach. 
53. Fuligula marila. Greater Scaup Duck. — Common. Seen in 
flocks as late as May 1. 
54. Harelda glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. — Abundant winter 
resident. I saw many as late as May 1. 
55. CEdemia perspicillata. Surf Duck. — Abundant, migrating 
in large flocks' to the north late in April. 
56. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — Five or six 
were seen April 5. They became very common by the last of April, and 
were nearly gone by the middle of May. A few, however, apparently 
barren birds remained during the summer. At Little Egg Harbor, on the 
28th of June, I saw a number, and took a male bird in immature plumage. 
This bird had not apparently been shot before. The testes were undevel- 
oped. Three other birds, two females and a male, show the same pecu- 
liarities, being in immature plumage, the generative organs undeveloped. 
57. Graculus dilophus. Double-crested Cormorant. — A very 
common migrant ; going north the last of April. 
