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typical ringneck {Phasianus colchicus torquatus) of southeastern China. 

 It thus carries a lighter coloration, suggestive of typical colchicus. 



Family RALLIDAE 



PORZANA CAROLINA (Linnaeus) 

 SORA 



, Two or three M-ere seen and one was taken in a swampy meadow near 

 Muddlety in Nicholas County, May 11, 1936. It was beheved that 

 they were nesting. One was observed on October 14 in a glade near 

 Ghent on Flat Top Mountain. 



Family CHARADRIIDAE 



OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Linnaeus) 

 KlLLDEEK 



A young bird barely able to fly was taken 7 miles east of Philippi on 

 June 4, 1936. One was seen near Moorefield on June 5, 1935. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE 



PHILOHELA MINOR (Gmelin) 



American Woodcock 

 One was recorded in the Cranberry Glades on June 10. 

 Family COLUMBIDAE 



ZENAIDURA MACEOURA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Mourning Dove 



Males were collected 5 miles east of Huntington on April 20 and 

 near Ashton, Mason County, on October 31. These birds were far 

 from common in the localities visited. They were noted near Beaver 

 Dam on Middle Mountain in June. 



Family CUCULIDAE 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS AMERICANUS (Linnaeus) 



Yellow-billed CtrcKOO 



Two males were secured on Cheat Mountain at an elevation of 3,800 

 feet on September 25 and 26, one coming from 3 miles west and one 

 from 8 miles northwest of Cheat Bridge. 



COCCYZUS ERYTHROPTHALMUS (Wilson) 



Black-billed Cuckoo 



Specimens were obtained on Pine Creek, near Enon, on May 8; 

 near Muddlety, Nicholas Count}^, May 13; 5 miles east of Philippi, 

 May 30; and in the Cranberry Glades, Pocahontas County, June 15. 

 The last two were certainly on their breeding grounds. One was seen 

 near Persinger on May 16. 



