Night Heron—few are generally seen 
about meadows in spring and fall. I 
once visited a grove at Rocky Hill 
where a colony of them were breeding. 
On nearly every tree there were from 
four to six nests, composed entirely of 
sticks and containing from two to four 
eggs. On being disturbed the birds 
would fly front their nests by dozens 
making a loud squawking noise. 
! Bittern Stake Driver—few are usu¬ 
ally* seen about Little river during fall 
months. 
Least Bittern—summer resident but 
seldom seen and are not generally 
known. Several pair breed on Little 
river meadows. 
Virginia Rail—summer resident— 
are but seldom seen in summer keep¬ 
ing well concealed in the long meadow 
grass—breed here. 
Carolina Rail—probably a common 
summer resident. They are but sel¬ 
dom seen except in fall. Are -then nu¬ 
merous among the wild oats along the 
shores of Little river and many of them 
are shot—breed on the meadows. 
Coot Mud Hen—usually seen in small 
flocks among the wild oats about Little 
river in fall—do not breed here. 
Canada or Wild Goose—seen in flocks 
flying over during migrations in spring 
and fall. 
Black Duck—seen during migrations. 
Green Winged Teal—seen only dur¬ 
ing migrations. 
o o 
Blue Winged Teal—not uncommon 
some seasons during migrations. 
Wood Duck—seen during migrations 
—probably breed about this vicinity— 
breed in hollow trees. This is a very 
handsome species of duck. 
Red Breasted Merganser—seen in 
flocks about the river in spring and fall. 
! Have seen them in winter about the 
glades in the river. 
Hooded Merganser—sometimes seen 
during migrations. 
Double Crested Comorant—a fine 
specimen of this species was shot on 
the Connecticut river near Willow 
island, October 29, 1S75, and was once 
in my possession. This is a very rare 
species in this vicinity and was prob¬ 
ably a straggler from the sea coast. 
Richardson’s Jaeger—a specimen of 
this species was killed on the Connec¬ 
ticut river in the fall of 1875, and was 
givento me. A rare species here, a 
straggler from the coast. 
Bonapartcs Gull—are sometimes seen 
about the river and a few have been 
taken. 
Herring Gull—several are usually 
seen flying about the river during 
spring and fall mouths. I saw some 
flying up the Connecticut river Feb. 5, 
1883 when the river was covered with 
a thick layer of ice. Are a large species 
of gull measuring about four and one 
half feet across the wings. 
Loon or Great Northern Diver—have 
been seen here on the river. I once 
saw one on East Hampton pond while 
fishing. 
Horned Grebe—seen about the river 
during migrations—most common iu 
fall—are a difficult bird to shoot as they 
dive so quickly. 
Sea Dove or Dovekie—a straggler in 
this vicinity from the sea coast—A few 
have been taken here after severe 
storms. 
