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38. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. — Rare migrant in March 

 and April. 



39. Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Rare migrant. 



40. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Not uncommon 

 migrant. April 24, 1SS4; April 21, 1SS5. ^ few breed(.?). 



41. Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit. — Very rare migrant. April, 

 1S83. 



42. Tetanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Seen occasion- 

 ally along the streams in spring and autumn. 



43. Tetanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — Migrant; apparently less com- 

 mon than the preceding. 



44. Totanus solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — Rather common 

 migrant. 



45. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper.— Rather common sum- 

 mer resident. 



46. .^gialitis vocifera. Killdeer. — Common summer resident. 

 Usually arrives about March 15. None remain over winter. 



47. Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. — Formerly an abundant resi- 

 dent, but now rare. During the years 1883-1885, I do not think I saw 

 over a hundred Qiiail in the County. Hard winters and greedy pot-hun- 

 ters have about exterminated them. 



48. Bonasa umbellus. Ruffed Grouse. — A rare resident, small 

 numbers being found in certain localities that I know of. These are 

 usually in heavy undergrowth along the streams. March 7, 1878, one 

 shot. August, 1881, several seen. Several seen in the winter of 1881-82. 



49. Tympanuchus americanus. Prairie Chicken. — Rare resident 

 in the northwest part of the County where they can be heard almost any 

 morning during the early spring. A few years ago they were occasionally 

 seen in the eastern part of the County. 



50. Meleagris gallopavo. Wild Turkey.— Up to about 1S70 a com- 

 mon resident. During the winter it was a common practice to trap the 

 Wild Turkey in large rail pens. A trench was dug under one side of the 

 pen, and by scattering corn along it the birds were induced into the pen, 

 and when once inside they were unable to see the way out, a broad 

 board being placed over the trench just inside the rails. 



The last that I saw or heard of in the County was in Februarj', 187S, 

 near Camden. 



51. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. — Until within the 

 past fifteen years Wild Pigeons were very abundant during the spring 

 migrations, and again during the autumn when there was an abundance 

 of 'mast.' Then thousands were caught in nets, especially on the prairie 

 near Pittsburg. A few were killed in the autumn of 1883, and I saw two 

 on May 8, 1884, these being the last I have seen in the County. One 

 seen May 3, 1883. Several seen at Maxinkuckee April 6, 1885. 



52. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — An abundant summer 

 resident, and occasionally a few remain all winter. They generally 

 arrive in the spring about March 16, and full sets of eggs are found as 



