COLUMBID.K ;— TFTRAONID/T: ; SCOI.OrACID.-F, ; ANATDI/E. jgy 



FAMILY TETRAONID^: GROUSE. 



The Spruce Partridge {Canacc Ca)iadciisis Bp.) is a conspicuous absentee 

 among the birds of the Canadian Fauna in the Catskills. 



Bonnsn iiinhellji (L.) Stejjh. Ruffed Grouse. 



Not uncommon, but their drumming- at the times of my visits was 

 rarely heard. A brood of very young- birds was met with June i5, 



1881. 



Note. — The Quail {Ortyx Viroiiiia?ia Bp.), Mr. Burroughs writes 

 me, " abounds in the town of Olive'-' but not amono- the mountains. 



Note. — P'amil)' Ardeidse: Herons. — Though several members of 

 this family undoubtedly breed in the Catskills, their local absence over 

 that portion of the region covered by the present list is explained by 

 the absence of suitable breeding-places. At least four species of the 

 family are reg^ular visitors alone the neiehborino- Hudson River, 

 others being of casual occurrence. Mr. Burroughs has observed the 

 Great Blue Heron [Ardca hcrodias L. ) " along the upper Delaware, 

 in Roxbury. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^: SNIPE; SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



It is not unHkely that the Sohtar}' Sandpiper {JFotamts solitariiis Aud.) 

 is of occasional occurrence in the Catskills in summer. 



Pliilohela minor (Gm.) Gray. Woodcock. 

 Common. — ^John Burroughs. 



Triugoides niaeularius (L.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Frequent along the stony margins of streams in die valleys. A 

 nest with four eggs, May 31, 1874. — G- ^- B- 



FAMILY ANATDI^: WATERFOWL. 



Anas obsenra Gmel. Dusky Duck.. 



Noticed by my brothers at Balsam Lake. 



Aix sponsa (L.) Boie. Wood Duck. 



A female of this species was observed from the train, by Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher, in a pool at the edge of woods beside the railroad. It is un- 

 doubtedly a common summer resident. 



* This township adjoins that of Shandaken, and is principally of moderately elevated and rather 

 level country. 



