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Tetraonid^: Grouse; Quail. 

 Cupidonia cupido Linn. Prairie chicken. Resident ; abundant. 

 Ortyx Virginianus Limu. Bob-white; quail. Resident; abundant. 



Charadriid.e : Plovers. 

 Charadrius fidvus Gm. var. Virginicus Bork. Golden plover. Migratory. 

 ^gialitis vociferus Jjinu. Killdeer plover. Summer resident; abundant; 

 seen as late as November 7, 1880. 



JSgialitis semipalmatus Bp. Ring plover. One specimen. 



Recurvirostrid.e : Avocets. 



Eecurvirostra Americana Gm. American avocet. Migratory; not common. 

 Phalaropodid^ : Phalaropes. 



Phalaropus Wilsoni Sab. Wilson's phalarope. Migratory ; rare. 

 ScoLOPACiDiE : Snipe, Curlew, etc. 



Qallinago Wilsoni Temm. American snipe. Migratory; common. 



Macrorhamphus grisetis Gm. Red-breasted snipe. Migratory. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Say. Long- billed snipe. Migratory; rare. 



Micropalama himantopus Bp. Stilted sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



Ereunetes pusillus Linn. Semipalmated sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



Tringa minutilla Y'leiW. Least sandpiper; migratory; abundant. 



Tringa maculata Yie\]\. Jack-snipe; migratory; common. 



Tringa Bo7iapartii Sch\. White-ru raped sandpiper; migratory; rare. 



Totanus semipalmatus Gm. Willet. Migratory; common. Two specimens 

 taken by Master John Elliott, June 1st, 1880. 



Totanus melanoleucus Gm. Greater telltale. Migratory; common. 



Totanus flavipes Gm. Yellow-legs. Migratory; abundant. 



Totanus solitarius^'ih. Solitary tattler. Not common; probably breeds; 

 taken August 13. 



Tringoides macularius Linn. Spotted sandpiper. 



Actiturus Bartramius WWs. Field-plover. Summer resident; abundant. 



Tryngites rufescensYieW]. BufF-breasted sandpiper. Migratory. 



Numenius longirostrisWih. Long-billed curlew. Summer resident; not 

 uncommon; taken June 17. 



Numenins horealis Forst. Esquimaux curlew. Migratory. 



Ardeid^: Herons. 



Ardea herodias Linn. Great blue heron. Summer resident; common. 

 Four nests in one sycamore tree were a great temptation to me, but I could 

 not reach them. 



Ardea egretta Gm. White heron. Probably breeds, as a family were seen, 

 of which one old one and one half grown were captured by Rev. A. B. Camp- 

 bell, about the 1st of August, 1880. 



Ardea virescens Linn. Green heron. Summer resident; common. 



