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 Family MELEAGKID^J. 



Genus Meleagris Linn. 



65. M. gallopavo Linn. WILD TURKEY. Abundant in the wilder 

 portions of the bottoms, especially in Kentucky and Missouri. 



Family PEBDICID2E. 

 Genus Ortyx Steph. 



66. O. virginianus Bonap. QUAIL. But few were seen, although 

 they were reported to be common. 



Family CHAEADBIID^J. 

 Genus JEgialitis Boie. 



67. .33. vocifems Cass. KILLDEER. Not common. A few were 

 observed on sandbars along the Ohio. 



Family HJEMATOPODID^I. 

 Genus Strepsilas Illig. 



68. S. interpres III. TURNSTONE* A single specimen, in winter 

 plumage, was observed August 30th, on a sandbar near Mound City. 



Family SCOLOPACIDJB. 

 Genus Tringoides Bonap. 



69. T. macularius Gray. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Common along 

 the rivers. 



Family CICONIID^I. 

 Genus Tantalus Linn. 



70. T. loculator Linn. WOOD IBIS. Very common about Mound 

 City. A large flock containing about fifty individuals frequented a 

 sandbar at the mouth of a creek near Mound City. They would com- 

 mence fishing early in the morning and by seven or eight o'clock 

 would be comfortably gorged, when they would gather in small groups 

 on the sandbar and stand dozing in the sun until about noon or after, 

 when some of the number would rise high overhead and soar about 

 with motionless wings in company with the buzzards. When stand- 

 ing upon the sandbar I found them not easily approached, but becom- 

 ing alarmed they would fly back a short distance and alight in dead 



