284 BIRDS OP NOVA SCOTIA. 



*Meadow Lark^ {Sturnella ludoviciana.) Very rare ; inland ; one 

 instance. 



Kuby-throated Humming Bird, (TrocMlus colubris.) Abundant ; 

 arrives beginning of April ; departs about the 20tb September. 



Pileated Woodpecker, (Pzcws^Ji^ea^"?.) Inland; rare; resident. 



Hairy Woodpecker, (P. villosiis.) Very common ; resident. 



Downy Woodpecker, (P. puhescens.) Common ; resident. 



Yellow-bellied Woodpecker^ (P. variiis.) Inland ; not common ; 

 migrates. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, (P. arclicus.) Eather rare ; resi- 

 dent. 



Golden-wing Woodpecker, (P. auratus.) Common ; arrives about 

 1st May ; departs in November. 



*Black-billed Cuokoo, {Coccyzus erythropthalmus.) Very rare. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, (C. americanus.) Eare ; arrives about 1st 

 June ; breeds. 



*Carolina Long-tailed Dove, (Edpiestes caroUnus.) 



Passenger, Pigeon, (Columha migratoria.) Sometimes very abun- 

 dant ; arrives about end of July. 



Eufted Grouse, {Tetrao umhellus.) Abundant ; resident ; young 

 fly about 20th August. 



Canada Grouse, {T. canadensis.) Not very common. 



American Coot, (Fulica americana.) Not common ; depends on 

 setting in of the frost ; 1st to end of November. 



Yellow-breasted Eail, (Rallus noveboracensis.) Eare ; depends on 

 setting in of the frost ; 1st to end of November. 



Sora Eail, {11. caroUnus.) Not common ; depends on setting in of 

 the frost ; 1st to end of November. 



American Bittern, {Ardea lentiginosa.) Very common ; leaves end 

 of October. 



*Least Bittern, {Ardea exilis.) Accidental. 



Great Blue Heron, {A. herodias.) Common ; breeds. 



Snowy Heron, {A. candidissima.) Very rare. 



American Golden Plover, {Cliaradrius marmoratus.) Arrives in 

 flocks 15th August. 



Piping Plover, (0. melodus.) Eare. 



Black-bellied Plover, {C. helveticus.) Not common ; arrives in 

 August ; leaves in October. 



American Eing Plover, {Q. semipalmaius.) Abundant ; arrives in 

 August ; leaves in October. 



Turnstone, {Strepsilas interpret.) Not common. 



Ash-colored Sandpiper,t {Tringa islandica.) Abundant ; August 

 and September. 



Eed-backed Sandpiper, {T. alpina.) Abundant ; August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Semi-palmated Sandpiper, {T. semipalmata.) Abundant ; August 

 and September. 



Little Sandpiper, (P. pusilla.) Abundant ; August and September. 



Pectoral Sandpiper, {T. pectoi^alis .) Eare. 



Schinz's Sandpiper, (P. schuizii.) Not common. 



