A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds. 181 



Order Columb^: (Columbine Birds. 



Famil}- Coldmbid^: Pigeons. 



168. EoTOPiSTES MACKOUKA,^ Coues. — Wild Pigeon. — The last large 

 tiight of Pigeons witnessed here, occurred in the fall of 1865, and con- 

 tinued during the greater part of two days. Flocks of from twenty-five 

 to a hundred individuals are still occasionalh' seen, however, during the 

 Tall, winter and spring. 



169. *Zen^dura oarolinensis, Bonaparte. — Carolina Turtle Dove. 

 — A common resident. Congregates in small flocks during the fall and 

 winter. 



Order Gallin.e : Gallinaceus Birds. 

 Famil}- Meleagrid^ : Turkeys. 



170. fMELEACiRis GALLOP Avo, var. GALLOPAVo, Liniueus, — Wild Tur- 

 key. — A former resident. Still common in some heavily wooded por- 

 tions of the State. 



Family Tetraonid^e : Grouse. 



171. fGupiDONiA cupiDO, Baird. — Prairie Chicken. — A former resi- 

 dent, A few are yet found in north-western Ohio (Wheaton). 



172. fBoNASA UMBELLUS, var. umbellus, Stephens. — Ruffed Grouse; 

 Pheasant. — Resident. Several specimens taken at Brookville, Ind., in 

 November, 1877 (Quick). 



Familj' Peruicid.e : Partridges. 



173. fORTYX viRGiNiANDS, Bonapai'te. — Quail; Boh White. — A com- 

 mon resident. 



WATl^B BIRDS. 



Order Limicol^ : Shore Birds. 

 Famih' Charadriid^e: Plover. 



174. Squatarola helvetica, Brehm. — Black-bellied T lover. — A rare 

 spring and fall migrant. 



175. Charadrius fulvus, var. virginicus, Coues. — American Golden 

 Plover. — Migrant with the preceding. 



1 See -B<>(Zs of the yorthwest, p, 766; also, Bulletin IT. S. Geol. >& Geog. Surrey, Vol. 4. 

 No- 3, p. 628; for correction in nomenclature of this species. 



