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INTRODUCTION 
Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius: Black-crowned Night Heron.—Abundant 
at Alameda in winter; also a colony at Tiberone ; resident. 
Rallus obsoletus : California Clapper Rail. — Abundant in marshes border¬ 
ing the bay in fall and early winter. 
Rallus virginianus: Virginia Rail. — Fall migrant. 
Porzana noveboracensis : Yellow Rail. — Two taken by Bryant in Decem¬ 
ber. 
Porzana jamaicensis: Black Rail. —Locally common in winter; probably 
breeds. 
Fulica americana : American Coot. — Common everywhere ; resident. 
Crymophilus fulicarius : Red Phalarope. — Found commonly, especially in 
calmer waters on bay, from October to January. 
Phalaropus lobatus: Northern Phalorope. — Fall migrant. 
Recurvirostra americana : American Avocet. — Reported from Redwood 
City (Slevin). 
Himantopus mexicanus : Black-necked Stilt. — Fall and winter migrant at 
Miller, Marin Co. 
Gallinago delicata : Wilson Snipe. — Fall, winter, and spring visitant. 
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus : Long-billed Dowitcher. — Fall and early win¬ 
ter visitant. 
Tringa maculata: Pectoral Sandpiper. — One taken by Bryant, October 8. 
Tringa minutilla : Least Sandpiper. — Abundant in fall and winter. 
Tringa alpina pacifica: Red-backed Sandpiper. — Abundant from the 
middle of October till the middle of May. 
Ereunetes occidentalis: Western Sandpiper. — Abundant migrant. 
Calidris arenaria : Sanderling. — Common migrant at Oakland. 
Limosafedoa : Marbled Godwit. — Fall and winter visitant. 
Totanus melanoleucus : Greater Yellow-legs. — Winter visitant. 
Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus: Western Solitary Sandpiper.—Two. 
taken by Bryant, April and September. 
Symphemia semipalmata inornata: Western Willet. — Common in sum¬ 
mer (Bryant). 
Heteractitis incanus : Wandering Tatler. — Two taken by Kobb6 in Sep¬ 
tember. 
Actitis macularia: Spotted Sandpiper. — Taken at Tiberone and Angel 
Island in May and November. 
Numenius longirostris: Long-billed Curlew. — Common at Oakland in 
August (Bryant). 
Numenius hudsonicus : Hudsonian Curlew. — Taken at Oakland in August 
and September (Bryant). 
Squatarola squatarola : Black-bellied Plover. — Fall and winter visitant. 
Charadrius dominions: American Golden Plover.—Taken at Vallejo and 
Menlo Park (Hornung). 
AEgialitis vocifera: Killdeer. — Common everywhere in fall, winter, and 
spring. 
yEgialitis nivosa : Snowy Plover. — Taken on Presidio beach (Slevin). 
Arenaria melanocephala : Black Turnstone. — Two records from Angel 
Island. 
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