510 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 — tenuirostres — Cut. 



Sitta Carolinensis, white breasted nuthatch: S. Canadensis, 

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

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

 T. palustris, 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 Americanos, blacks 

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



ORDER— GALLING— CUV. 



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

 tridge. Tetrao umbcllus, ruftcdgrous or pheasant. Columba 

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



ORDER— GRALL^.— CUV. 



Caladris arenaria, sand plover. Charadriuspluvialis, golden 

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

 Squatarola helvetica, field plover. Tringa pectoralis, pectoral 

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



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

 Late in Novojnber, 183G, the writer obtained several individuals in this vi- 

 cinity, from a fluck of fifteen or twenty. 



fThe wild turkey is still occasionally met with on the northern confines 

 of the county. A few arc also known still to exist on Chesnut hill ridge. 

 Several years ago an individual was shot near Chiques creek, on the ground?^ 

 now the property of S. Boyi^ Esq. hy Mr. F. Kagle. 



