112 Cincitinad Society of Natural History. 



42. ToTANUS soLiTARius f Wils.) — Solitary sandpiper. 

 Common Spring and Fall migrant in April, May, August 

 and September. 



43. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.) — Willet. Two spec- 

 imens, shot out of a flock of about fifteen, at the Lebanon 

 Reservoir, in the Spring of 18S0, are now in Mr. Gould's col- 

 lection. Wiilets, in such flocks, were not uncommon visi- 

 tants at the old reservoir in the Spring and Fall, but are now 

 rare. 



44. AcTiTis macularia (Linn.) — vSpotted Sandpiper. A 

 common vSummer resident, from April to vSeptember. Breeds. 



Family Ch.\radriid.e.— Plovers. 



45. Cii.VR.VDRius DOMiNicus (Mull.) — Golden plover. Rare 

 Spring and Fall migrant. 



46. ./Sgialitis vocifera (Linn.) — Killdeer. A common 

 Summer resident, from March to November. Breeds. 



Order Gallin.*;. — Gallinaceous Birds. 

 Family Tktraonid.1v— Grouse, Etc. 



47. CoLiNUS virginianus (Linn.) -Quail. An abundant 

 resident. Breeds. 



48. Bonasa UMBELLUs(Linn.) — Ruffed grouse. Formerly, 

 in the early days of the county, before the timber was cleared 

 away, "partridges" w^ere common, many of the older resi- 

 dents of the county remembering them, and, more particu- 

 larly, their drumming in the Spring. They bred, of cour.se. 

 Just when they disappeared from the county is not definitely 

 known, but it was not far from i860. 



Family Phasi anid.i:. — Turkevs. 



49. Meleagris (i.vij.OPAVO Linn. — Wild Turkey. Form- 

 erly a common resident, breeding; now extinct in the county. 

 It was never abundant after about 1845. but occurred in the 

 county as late as early in the sixties. 



Oki)1-;k Coeumb.E. — Pigeons and Doves. 

 1"'amily Coh'MBID.i:. — Pigeons and Doves. 



50. FX'TOPiSTi-;s MIGR.VTORILS (Linn.)— Wild Pigeon. l'"orm- 

 erly abundant, the great flights of wild pigeons being well 



