48 The Ornithology of Chester County 
66. Colinus virginianus virginianus Bobwhite, 
“partridge,” “‘patridge,” “quail.” ‘Tolerable com- 
mon resident in some localities, formerly abundant. 
I am told that prior to 1860, it was not uncommon 
for two expert sportsmen to kill as high as sixty 
birds in an afternoon, in this locality. There is 
now only a trace of the fine local strain, and the 
introduced stock being from the south or west Is 
only a temporary success, the exodus begins in a 
short time. 
67. Bonasa umbellus umbellus Ruffed Grouse, 
‘pheasant.’ Rare resident. The wooded hills on 
either side of the Chester valley were famous hunt- 
ing grounds for this king of game birds up to about 
1880. I have a specimen (No. 160, coll. F. L. B.) 
taken Nov. 23, 1889, almost the last individual of 
this once abundant species at Berwyn. Ladd took 
a set of 12 eggs, May 9, 1886 (Ool., iii, 40). 
68. Tympanuchus cupido Heath Hen, “barren 
hen.”? Dr. Michener lists it as a former resident, 
now become extinct. Tradition would have us be- 
lieve that it inhabited the greenbrier thickets, scrub 
oak groves and sterile sedge fields of the barrens in 
early Colonial times and as there are ample proof 
that it existed in very similar situation in the Pocono 
region; I am inclined to give it full credence. 
69. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Wild Turkey. 
Former resident, now extinct. A few may have 
existed in some parts of the county, especially the 
Welsh mountain district; as late as 1830 or even 
somewhat later, since it is listed by Barnard and 
Michener; but it had disappeared from the culti- 
