1853.] 385 



MeLANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS, Li)l7t, 



Common, migratory. 



I have specimens of this Woodpecker shot near Racine in the month of No- 

 vember. 



* COLAPTES AURATUS, Litin. 



Common. 



CeNTURTIS CaROI-INUSj Li7l7l. 



Not an abundant species with us. They remain during winter. 



CUCULID.E, (2 species.) 



* CoccYzus Americanus, Linn. 



Not so numerous as the following. 



* CoCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS, WUsOTl. 



Abundant. 



PSITTACID.^, (1 species.) 



CoNURus Carolinensis, Linn. 



Formerly Paroquets were common on the Mississippi, within this State lat- 

 terly they are seldom met with. 



COLQMBID.^, (2 species.) 



* ECTOPISTES MIGRATORIA, Liuil 



Abundant. 



EcTOPIsrES CAROtilNENSlS, Li7l7l. 



Common. Remain during winter. 



PAVONID^, (1 species.) 



*Meleagris gallopavo, Linn. 



Formerly Turkeys were common in this section, but now none are to be found. 

 The last noticed near Racine was in November, 1846. Abundant in the south- 

 western counties. 



TETRAONIDiE, (6 species.) 



*Ortyx Virginiana, Li7in. 



Within a few years this Partridge has become remarkably numerous. 



*BoNASA UMBELLUS, Z,i7/7i. 



Common in all the timber districts. 



* Tetrao Canadensis, Linn. 



Common on the head waters of Wolf River and vicinity of Lake Superior. 



* Tetrad Cupido, Linn. 



Greatly abundant. Two sportsmen, with one dog, generally bag from fifty to 

 eighty in a day. We challenge the world for finer sporting grounds than the 

 prairies of vViuconsin furnish during August, September, and October. 



* Tetrad phasianellis, Lin7i. 



Formerly quite common near Racine now seldom met with. Abundant in 

 all the northwestern counties. 



* Lagopus Saliceti, Sivai7is. 



In December, 1846, two specimens were caught in a trap ten miles from Ra- 

 cine. West, in the tangle or evergreen swamps of the northwestern parts of the 

 State. Not numerous. 



[To be continued.] 



