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HISTORY OF 



tor,* pine grosbeak. Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse : P. palus- 

 tris, blaek-capped titmouse. Alauda alpistris, shore lark. — 

 Garrulus cristatus, blue Jay. Corvus corone, common crow. 

 Quiscalis, versicolor, crow blackbird : Q. baritus, slender billed 

 blackbird: Q. ferrugineus, rusty blackbird. 



Family — tenuieostres — Cuv. 



Sitta Carolinensis, white breasted nuthatch: S. Canadensis, 

 red-bellied nuthatch. Certhia familiaris, brown creeper. — 

 Troglodytes fulvus, house wren: T. curepteus, winter wren : 

 T. pahistris, marsh wren. Mellisuga colubris, ruby throated 

 humming bird. 



ORDER— ALCYONES—TEMMiNCK. 

 Alcedo alcyon, belted king fisher. 



ORDER— SCANSORES— Cuv. 



Colaptes auratus, golden wood pecker or flicker. Picus pi- 

 leatus, log-cock: P. erythrocephalus, red-headed wood pecker: 

 P. varius, yellow-bellied wood pecker: P. Carolinus, red- 

 bellied wood pecker, : P. villosus, hairy wood pecker: P. pu- 

 bescens, downy wood pecker. Coecygus Americanus, black- 

 billed cuckoo: C. dominicus, yellow-billed cuckoo. 



ORDER— GALLING— cuv. 



Malcagris gallopavo,f wild turkey. Ortyx Virginiana, par- 

 tridge. Tetrao umbellus, ruifcdgrous or pheasant. Columba 

 Carolinensis, turtle dove: C. migratorias, wild pigeon. 



ORDER— GRALLiE— cuv. 



Caladris arenaria, sand plover. Charadriuspluvialis, golden 

 plover: C. melodia, ring plover: C. vociferus, kildeer plover, 

 Squatanda helvetica, field plover. Tringa pectoralis, pectoral 

 sand piper: T. Wilsonii, Wilson's sand piper. Ileteropoda 



•It is not often that this species extends its einigiations tliis far south. — 

 Late in Novombcr, I8:}fi, the writer ohtaiiu'd sevei-al indiviiluals i)i this vi- 

 cinity, fmm a flock of filti'en or twenty. 



f'i'lie wild turiicy •« still occasionally met with on tlie northern confines 

 oi the c(>uiity. A few are also known still to exist on Cliesnut hill ridge. 

 Several years ago an individual was shot near Chiques creek, on '.he groundB, 

 now the property of y. Eoyi', Esq. by Mr. F. Kagle. 



