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mam- l)red in the lower ]~)art of As^awam and in vSnffickl. In 

 August, iSgS, an unusuall\- lar^i^e innnber appeared here. 



274. Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap. vSemipalmated 

 Plover. Recorded hy Dr. J. A. Allen as a not rare autumn 

 vi.sitor. I ha\-e taken but one specimen, and I think it now 

 occurs here only as a accidental \isitor. 



277. Aegialitis meloda (Ord. ). Pipinc; Plover. 

 Accidental visitcM'. One record only. (vSee Birds of Amherst, 

 page 47.) 



2S3 Arenaria interpres (I/inn.). Tirn.stone. Rare 

 autumn ^•isit()r. 



2.S9. Colinus virginianus (I/inn. ) . B o i? w h i t e . 

 Common resident, but sometimes, during winters when the 

 ground is covered by deep snow for a long period, it is nearly 

 exterminated. On the 17th of September, 1S9K, I found a 

 brood just hatched. 



300. Bonasa umbellus (I/inn.). Rufeed Groise. 

 A common resident, well protected by law, and a growing 

 sentiment in favor of its enforcement. This bird has other 

 enemies besides man ; a species of wood tick often destroys 

 whole broods, some winters the goshawk comes down from the 

 north and persistently follows this grou.se, which is its favorite 

 food, and the house cat is responsible for the de.struction 

 of great numbers of the very young. 



315. Kctopistes migratorius (I/inn.). Passencer 

 Pigeon. In 1.S76, hundreds of thousands of pigeons appeared 

 here, apparently as numerous as in previous },-ears. From then 

 until 1879 or iS.So, a few small flocks only were observed each 

 sea.son. In the .spring of 1884, I saw in Southwick the last 

 pigeon that I have known to have visited this vicinity. 



