AVKs. 223 



MRnoELLi's ALHELLi-s (Liniic'i. Smew. - Aocrf<lito<l by Samuels to 

 Miissjichusetts, but apparently without ^ood reu.son 



t'uKNM^ipKX AK.iiviTi \< I's fT,inni''> Stephens. 

 Egyptian goose. 



Salvation, ("at. biril.>< British mils., lsy,"», vol. 27, p. 10'.); (iouM, Birds 

 of Kurope, 1837, vol. 5, pi. {'.i')'.i]. Kgg, Seebohm, ISUC), p. 'Mi, pi. 12, fip. 1. 



Anag aegyptiaca Linii^, Syst. nat., <'<1. 12, 1706, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. l'.»7. " in 

 .\e<;vpt<i?" 



Rivers and marshes; nests on the grouiul. 



Mass. — The .several in.stances of capture may relate to either accidental 

 visitors or escapes. 



.\hi)k^\ <«(it)K.\TALis AuiluboM. Great white heron. — Uecorded from 

 Massjiclmsfits in crrnr fur IhrixtiaK lyitta. 



Sroiv«)PA.\ lu.sTKoi.A Liuni'. European woodcock. • Doubtful refer- 

 ence to this species at Newport, H. I. ; .' .Maiia-. 



T<)TA.\i'.>* NKHiLARn-s (riunnenis). Greenshank. — This Old World 

 species was accredited to Connecticut by Lin>liy wiio states that a speci- 

 men was killeti at Stratford in fall of 1842. 



Oreohtyx PicTf.s (Douglas) Baird. 



Mountain partridge; Plumed partridge. 

 Ortyx picta Dougl., Trans. Linn. soc. London, 1829, vol. 10, p. 143. 

 "interior of California." 



Ortix plnmifera Could, .\uilubon. Birds of .\mer., vol. 5, p. 69, pi. 291. 

 Thickets and open woods; ne.st.s on the pround. 

 M.\8.s — Intro«luced unsucee.s.sfully about 1S9(). 



LopHORTVX TALiFORNirrs fShaw) Bonaparte. 



California partridge or quail. 



Telran califurnicus Sliaw, Naturalist's miscellany, 1797 (?). vol. 9, pi. 

 345 and text. "California." 



CdUiftepla ralifornica (.Shaw). Clould, .Monofjr. of t)dontophorinae 

 No. Amer., 18.',(). p. [.->7), pi. [10]. Kpn, Ben.lire, 1S92, vol. 1. pi. 1. fiR. S-10. 



Bu.shy lowlands; nests on the fjrnund. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully intro<luce<l in Berkshire Co. ai)Out 1890. 



Conn. — Introduced: Bridgeport, Dec. 1840. 



LOPHORTYX fJAMBELII (lamU'l. 



Gambel's partridge. 



(lamlH'l (ex .\uttall), Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila.. 1843, p. 260. "west 

 OF California." 



