LIMICOLtE — CHARADRIID^E. 



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Family PERDICID^ : Partridges. 

 170. (156.) Ortyx virginiana (Linn.) Bp. Partridge; "Bob White." 



Eesident all the year round, and still not uncommon in the District and 

 immediate vicinity during the fall and winter months. It is naturally 

 one of the most domestic of birds, and, being very prolific, holds its own 



Fig. 76. — Partridge. 



well, if not too hard pressed ; the cultivation of the land being in fact 

 rather a favoring circumstance than the reverse. During the proper 

 season the markets are always plentifully supplied. [571J 



Order LIMICOLiE : Shore Birds. 



Family CHAEADRIID^E : Plovers. 



171* (166.) Charadrius dominicus Mull. (C. rirginicus of the original edition.) 

 Golden Plover. 

 A spring and autumn migrant. Passes quickly through in early 

 spring; is more numerous and leisurely in the fall, during the latter 



Fig. 77. — Golden Plover. 



part of October and the whole of November, in old fields, plowed lands, 

 and along the river flats. , [581] 



