SCIKNTIFIC LISTS 309 



Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius {Linn.). 

 Not uncommon ; all gone. 



Mourning Dove. Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). Very 

 rare ; accidental. 



Spruce Partridge. Canachites canadensis canace 

 (Linn.). Common. 



Canadian Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus togata 

 (Linn.). Common. 



Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias Linn. Common. 



American Egret. Ardea egretta Gmcl. Very rare ; 

 Grand Mauan. 



Snowy Heron. Ardea candidissima Gmcl. Very rare ; 

 Grand Manan. 



Green Heron. Ardea virescens Linn. Rare. 



Black-crowned Night-Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius (Bodd.). Rare. 



American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag .) . 

 Very common. 



Least Bittern. Ardetta exilis (Gmcl.). Rare. 



American Oyster-catcher. Hsematopus palliatus 

 Tcmm. Grand Manan ; accidental. 



Turnstone. Arenaria morinella (Linn.). Fall; not rare. 



Black-bellied Plover. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). 

 Not very common. 



Golden Plover. Charadrius dominicus Mull. Not 

 very common. 



Semipalmated Plover. yEgialitis semipalmata Bo?iap. 

 Common in summer. 



Piping Plover. yEgialitis meloda (Ord.). Rare; said 

 to breed on the islands. 



American Woodcock. Philohcla minor (Gmcl.). 

 Plenty ; breeds early. 



