[Bulletin 

 Princeton 

 Bird Club 



48 (263). Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia 



(Linn.). 

 A tolerably common summer resident arriving very regularly the 

 third week in April and in a few days becoming abundant along the 

 water courses. The majority, however, pass on to more northern breed- 

 ing grounds in May and only a comparative few remain to nest in this 

 locality. The eggs are laid late in May. The return migration extends 

 from the middle of August until October, but I have one unusually late 

 record, November i. 



Family Charadriidse. Plovers. 



49 (272). American Golden Plover; Greenback. 



Charadrius dominicus Mi'tll. 

 Dr. Farr tells me that this species is occasionally common during 

 August on the mud flats of Cranbury Bog. At Princeton it has never 

 been taken. 



50 (273). Killdeer. ^gialitis vocifera {Linn.'). 



In this locality the Killdeer is a tolerably common summer resident 

 and a common but very irregular migrant. Arriving from the south as 

 a rule early in March, they frequent the tilled fields and pasture lands 

 for two or three weeks. The majority, however, pass on in April to 

 more northern breeding grounds and only a comparative few remain 

 for the summer in this locality. A few pairs nest every year in a corn 

 field near the old golf links, the eggs being invariably laid by May 15. 

 During some seasons the Killdeer are much rarer than in others, but a 

 few always occur as summer residents. The birds may be seen here 

 from March i to November 10. 



Order GALLINyE. Gallinaceous Birds. 

 Family Tetraonidae. Grouse, Bob-whites, etc. 



51 (289). Quail; Bob-white; Partridge. Colinus 



virginianus {Linn.). 

 A resident species decreasing in numbers. During the autumn of 

 1900 I flushed but five coveys of these birds though I hunted almost 

 every day, which is a good index of their scarcity. Last spring (1900) 



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