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  FAUNA. 
  

  

  Scolopacldae. 
  

  

  Numenius 
  longirostris. 
  Spanish 
  curlew. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  Bartramius. 
  Gray 
  plover. 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  Wilsoni. 
  American 
  snipe. 
  

  

  Rusticolar 
  minor. 
  "Woodcock. 
  

  

  Railidse. 
  

  

  Ortygometra 
  Carolinensis. 
  Rail. 
  

  

  Podicapidse. 
  

  

  Fulica 
  Americana. 
  Coot, 
  or 
  mud 
  hen. 
  

  

  V. 
  RASORES. 
  

  

  Pliasianidae. 
  

  

  Meleagris 
  galliparvo. 
  Wild 
  turkey. 
  

  

  Tetraonidae. 
  

  

  Ortyx 
  Yirginiana. 
  Partridge, 
  or 
  quail. 
  

  

  Eemarks. 
  — 
  The 
  foregoing 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  defective 
  list 
  of 
  

   our 
  birds 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  aquatic 
  tribes 
  especially. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   the 
  Incisores, 
  or 
  perchers, 
  are 
  also 
  omitted, 
  and 
  some 
  very 
  

   familiar 
  ones 
  have 
  doubtless 
  escaped 
  notice. 
  

  

  Of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  catalogue, 
  some 
  

   casual 
  observations 
  will 
  be 
  offered 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  which 
  

   they 
  occur. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  nighthawk, 
  or 
  whippoorwill, 
  we 
  have 
  two 
  varie- 
  

   ties, 
  distinguishable 
  perhaps, 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  difference 
  of 
  

   note. 
  In 
  size, 
  plumage, 
  and 
  habits, 
  I 
  believe 
  they 
  are 
  

   alike. 
  

  

  The 
  variety 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   (south 
  of 
  about 
  32° 
  30' 
  north 
  latitude), 
  is 
  known 
  famili- 
  

   arly 
  as 
  the 
  Spanish 
  whippoorwill, 
  or 
  Chuckwill's 
  widow. 
  

   The 
  other, 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  counties, 
  is 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  whippoorwill 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  States. 
  

  

  Of 
  our 
  single 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Humming-bird, 
  the 
  plu- 
  

   mage 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  rich 
  and 
  beautiful. 
  

  

  