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River. There was a great flight of them in November, 1888, 

 along the New England coast. 1 " Mr. Charles Doe took a set 

 of four eggs at Wickford, May n, 1894, and another at Crans- 

 ton, May 30, 1896. Mr. H. A. Talbot reported them breeding 

 at Warwick, 2 and Mr. F. E. Newbury, of Providence, found a 

 pair nesting at Warwick in 1894 and 1895. 8 Mr. F. T. Jencks 

 writes that a pair bred in Drownville in 1899.* 



March, April, May, August, September, November, December, 

 January and February. 



(114) 274. ^gialitis semipalmata Bonap. SEMIPAL- 

 MATED PLOVER. Ring-neck. Little-ring Plover. Ring Plover. 

 An abundant migrant to the coast and Bay beaches and marshes. 



April 19 to May 15, July 6 to September 25. 



(115) 277. ^gialitis meloda (Ord.) . PIPING PLOVER. 

 Ring-neck. Not an uncommon migrant, and uncommon summer 

 resident. Mr. O. Durfee writes that " a few breed along the 

 Westport and Little Compton beaches," and Mr. H. S. Hathaway 

 writes that " an adult and two young were shot at Charlestown 

 Beach in June, 1895," now in the Smith collection. 



(March) June, August (September) . 



(116) 283. Arenaria interpres (Linn.). TURNSTONE. 

 Rock Plover. Brant-bird. Horse-foot Snipe. Calico-bird. ^ A 

 common migrant to the rocky shores, and Cormorant Rock. 



May, August 4 to September 13. There is a questionable 

 record of four birds reported from Middletown on January 7, 

 1891. 



(117) 289. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). BOB-WHITE. 

 Quail. American Quail. A common, and in some seasons, 

 abundant resident. Reservations in different parts of the State 

 have from time to time been established and stocked. There is 



1 Auk, Vol. VI, No. 3, p. 255. 



2 O. & O., Vol. 9, No. 5, p. 58. 

 3 Nid., Vol. 8?, No. 3, 4, 5, p. 43. 



*F. & S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 249, and Vol. XXVIII, No. 12, p. 225. 



