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38. Aegialitis meloda (Ord). 

 PIPING PLOVER. 



Above, very pale ash; beneath, white; bar across crown (and in the 

 male, incomplete ring around neck), black; band across back of neck, 

 white. Length, 7 inches. 



Rare migrant. One instance. Adam's pond. May, 1884. 

 C. R. Kenfield. 



39. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 

 BOB WHITE. QUAIL. 



Crown, neck and forepart of breast, brownish-red ; above, varied with 

 chestnut, tawny, gray and black; beneath, tawny-whitish regularly barred 

 with black double-crescents; throat of male, white, of female, buff. 

 Length, 9-11 inches. 



Uncommon resident. Raises 1 brood. Eggs white, 8-12 in 

 number, tho 32 are said to have been laid by a single bird. 

 Nest of grass in bushy pastures. Eggs laid in June. Feeds 

 on seeds, insects, etc. Note, the well-known hoh-white. 



40. Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). 

 RUFFED GROUSE. PARTRIDGE. 



Varied grayish-brown and black; whitish beneath, barred with brown. 

 Length, 16-18 inches. 



Common resident. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 8-16, buff. Nest 

 of leaves in the woods at foot of a tree or bush. Feeds on 

 buds, berries, etc. 



4L Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 

 PASSENGER PIGEON. WILD PIGEON. 



Above, iridescent slaty-blue; beneath, in male, purplish-chestnut, in 

 female, brownish-gray; under tail coverts, white; iris, orange. Length, 

 17-18 inches. 



"Uncommon migrant. Earliest arrival, April 5 ; seen again 

 in August and September. Feeds on seeds, insects, etc." 



The above is quoted from the first edition and reveals the 

 status of this interesting bird in 1887. Today it is an open 



