526 J- A - ALLEN ON BIRDS OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. 



57. Scops asio Bon. Common. 



58. Syrnium nebulosum Gray. " Quite numerous in all the timbered country, though by 

 no means so numerous as they formerly were." (Haymond). 



Falconid^:. 



59. Falco sparverius Linn. Common. (Haymond). 



60. Buteo borealis Vieill. Common. 



61. Circus hudsonius Vieill. Common. 



62. Nauclerus furcatus Vig. Rare. (Haymond). 



Vulturid^e. 



63. Cathartes aura 111. "Numerous throughout the county at all seasons of the year." 



(Haymond). 



Columbid^e. 



64. Zencedura carolinensis Bon. Common. 



The Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoria), though once abundant, is now said to occur rarely 

 in very large numbers. 



MELEAGRIDiE. 



65. Meleagrls gallopavo Linn. " Formerly very numerous, they have now become almost 

 extinct in this section. A very few, however, still linger amongst us." (Haymond). 



Tetraonid^e. 



66. Bonasa umbellus Steph. Common. 



I could not learn that Cupidonia cupido had ever existed here. 



Perdicid^e. 



67. OHyx virginianus Bon. Abundant. 



Charadriule. 



68. JEgialitis vociferus Cass. Common. 



Scolopacid^e. 



69. Tringoides macularius Gray. Common. 



Ardeid^e. 



70. Ardca herodias Linn. " Quite abundant during the warmer seasons of the year." 

 (Haymond). 



71. Butorides virescens Bon. Common. "Very numerous along all our streams." 

 (Haymond). 



Anatid.e. 



72. Aix sponsa Boie. " They breed here occasionally in the hollow trees." (Haymond.) 

 Probably the only species of Anatidce that does breed here. 



Published December, 1868. 



