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Mergellus albellus (Linn£). Smew. — Accredited by Samuels to 

 Massachusetts, but apparently without good reason 



Chenalopex aegyptiacus (Linn6) Stephens. 

 Egyptian goose. 



Salvadori, Cat. birds British mus., 1895, vol. 27, p. 169; Gould, Birds 

 of Europe, 1837, vol. 5, pi. [353]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 36, pi. 12, fig. 1. 



Anas aegyptiaca Linn£, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 197. "in 

 Aegypto?" 



Rivers and marshes; nests on the ground. 



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

 visitors or escapes. 



Ardea occidentalis Audubon. Great white heron. — Recorded from 

 Massachusetts in error for Herodias egretta. 



Scolopax rtjsticola Linne. European woodcock. — Doubtful refer- 

 ence to this species at Newport, R. I. ; ? Maine. 



Totanus nebularius (Gunnerus). Greenshank. — This Old World 

 species was accredited to Connecticut by Linsley who states that a speci- 

 men was killed at Stratford in fall of 1842. 



Oreortyx pictus (Douglas) Baird. 



Mountain partridge; Plumed partridge. 

 Ortyx picta Dough, Trans. Linn. soc. London, 1829, vol. 16, p. 143. 

 "interior of California." 



Ortiz plumifera Gould. Audubon, Birds of Amer., vol. 5, p. 69, pi. 291. 

 Thickets and open woods; nests on the ground. 

 Mass — Introduced unsuccessfully about 1890. 



Lophortyx californicus (Shaw) Bonaparte. 



California partridge or quail. 



Tetrao californicus Shaw, Naturalist's miscellany, 1797 (?), vol. 9, pi. 

 345 and text. "California." 



Callipepla calif ornica (Shaw). Gould, Monogr. of Odontophorinae 

 No. Amer., 1850, p. [57], pi. [16]. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 1, fig. 8-10. 



Bushy lowlands; nests on the ground. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced in Berkshire Co. about 1890. 



Conn. — Introduced: Bridgeport, Dec. 1840. 



Lophortyx gambelii Gambel. 



Gambel's partridge. 

 Gambel (ex Nuttall), Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1843, p. 260. "west 

 of California." 



