163. Scoter. February 19; October 25. 
165. White-winged Scoter. May 17; August 27. 
167. Ruddy Duck. Flax Pond, Lynn. October 29 to No¬ 
vember 5. 
172. Canada Goose. January 29 to May 21; October 12. 
190. Bittern. April 23 to October 16. On the latter date 
a Bittern alighted in Mr. S. G. Emilio’s asparagus 
patch in Danvers. 
194. Great Blue Heron. March 26 to May 30; August 2 
to December 31. 
201. Green Heron. May 14 to October 1. 
202. Black-crowned Night Heron, March 24; November 23. 
212. Virginia Rail. April 16 to December 19. From De¬ 
cember 14 to 19, Mr. S. G. Emilio watched a Vir¬ 
ginia Rail along a brook in Danvers. 
214. Sora Rail. September 3 to 10. 
228. Woodcock. March 19 to August 14. 
230. Wilson Snipe. March 18 to May 20; August 2 to 
October 8. 
231. Dowitcher. May 21. The want of fall records of this 
species is a good illustration of the need of more 
thorough work in the Ipswich shore region during 
the fall migration. 
234. Knot. May 21; August 31. 
235. Purple Sandpiper. Shag Rocks, Nahant. February 
1 to March 19. 
240. White-rumped Sandpiper. May 21; September 27 to 
November 8. 
241. Baird’s Sandpiper. Nahant Beach. September 2. 
Stubbs. 
242. Least Sandpiper. May 21; July 25 to September 1. 
243a. Red-backed Sandpiper. October 5 to November 8. 
Present in unusual numbers on Nahant Beach 
from November 1 to 8. 
246. Semi-palmated Sandpiper. May 21; July 15 to Oc¬ 
tober 8. Present by thousands on Nahant Beach 
in late August and early September. 
248. Sanderling. May 21 to June 11; July 31 to Novem¬ 
ber 8. 
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