AVES. 93 



GALLINAi:. rilASIAXI. 



TETRAOXIUAE. 



178. Mkleagris gallopavo silvestris (Vifillot) Allen. 

 Wild turkey. 



M('Ua(/ris .tihr.stn'.s Nii'ill., Xouv. diet, d'hist. nat., IS] 7, vol. 9, 

 j). 447. "Illinois Jusyu'X l'isthmk de Panama." 



Mi'lcaf/ri.f (jaUnpavo Liniu'. Audiihon, Hirds of Aiiur., 1S42, 

 vol. 5, J). 42. i)ls. 2S7, 2SS. Kcr^r, Ik-ndiro, 1S<)2, vol. 1, pi. 3, fig. 14. 



Wood.s and thickel.s; ne.sts on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly a resident in .southern eounties fto Mi. Dcvsert?); 

 now extirpated. 



X. II. — Formerly a resident in southern i)art; last reeord in 

 1841 or '42. 



Vt. — Formerly resident in .southern part; now extir|)ated. 



Ma.s.s. — Formerly eommon resident; last reeorded eapture at 

 Mt. Tom, winter of 1850-51. 



U. I. — Formerly eoiimiou resident. 



CoNX. — Formerly eomnnjn resident; last killed about 1813 on 

 Totoket Mt.. Xorthford. 



COLUMBAE. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



17U. EcTOPi.sTE.s .MiGii.\TORius (Linn6) Swainson. 

 Passenger pigeon; Wild pigeon. 



Columba mif/ratoria Linii^', Syst. nat., ed. 12, 17GG, vol. 1, jt. 

 285. "in America septe.ntrionali." 



Ectopisics mif/ratoria (Linn^). Auduhon, Hirds of .Vmer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 25, |)1. 285. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1 . pi. 4, fig. 0. 



Woods and fields; nests in trees in eolonies. 



Me. — Formerly an abundant migrant and local summer nvsident; 

 last specimens taken near De.xter, Aug. Ki, 1890. and at Bar Harbor, 

 early summer 1904. April 7-.Se|)t. 



