SCIKNTIFIC LISTS 309 



Passenger Pigeon. Kctopistcs migratorius {Linn.). 

 Not uncommon ; all gone. 



Mourning Dove. Zenaidura macroura (Zmw.). Ver^^ 

 rare ; accidental. 



Spruce Partridge. Canachites canadensis canace 

 {Linn.). Common. 



Canadian Ruffed Grou.se. Bonasa umbellus togata,^ 

 {LJnn.). Common. 



Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias Linn. Common. 



American Egret. Ardea egretta Gmcl. Very rare ; 

 Grand Manan. 



Snowy Heron. Ardea candidissima Gmel. Very rare ; 

 Grand Manan. 



Green Heron. Ardea vircscens IJnn. Rare. 



Black-crowned Night-Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius {Bodd.). Rare. 



American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus {Montag.). 

 Very common. 



Iveast Bittern. Ardetta exilis (6'w<?/.). Rare. 



American Oyster-catcher. Haematopus palliatus 

 Tcmm. Grand Manan ; accidental. 



Turnstone. Arenaria morinella (Z.m?/.). Fall; not rare. 



Black-bellied Plover. Squatarola squatarola {Lin7i.). 

 Not very common. 



Golden Plover. Charadrius dominicus MUll. Not 

 very common. 



Semipalmated Plover, ^gialitis semipalmata Do7iap. 

 Common in sunmier. 



Piping Plover. /Egialitis meloda (Or^.). Rare; said 

 to breed on the islands. 



American Woodcock. Philohcla minor {Gmcl.). 

 Plenty ; breeds early. 



