so 



and Franklin Counties, I have often found them, while in 

 southwestern Pennsylvania they are regular breeders. 



277. Aegialiti3 raeloda ( Ord ). Piping Plover. 



- The Piping Plover formerly nested regularly, tho 

 never commonly, along the outside beach of the Peninsula at 

 Erie, Erie County. Persecution has now reduced them until 

 but a pair or two breed there. Mr. R. B. Simpson of Warren, 

 appears to have collected the only set taken in the state, 

 and I quote from his letter concerning it, "A pair of Piping 

 Plover (possibly two pairs) nest each season on the wide 

 outside beach of the 'Peninsula' where, on May 31st, 1911, I 

 found a set of three slightly incubated eggs. This is the 

 only spot in the state where the Piper nests, as it is 

 about the only place that really suits them for a nesting 

 site." 



289. Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linn.). Bob-white. 



This well known game bird formerly occurred 

 thruout nearly the whole of the state. The rigorous 

 winters of the northern and mountain counties were; apparent- 

 ly too much for them, and it is now rare and almost unknown 

 thru most of the section covered by the Canadian faunal 

 zone. It is generally much less common than heretofore 

 owing to the great number of gunners. In the southeastern 



