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River. There was a great flight of them in November, 1888, 
along the New England coast.! “Mr. Charles Doe took a set 
of four eggs at Wickford, May 11, 1894, and another at Crans- 
ton, May 30, 1896. Mr. H. A. Talbot reported them breeding 
at Warwick,” and Mr. F. E. Newbury, of Providence, found a 
pair nesting at Warwick in 1894 and 1895.2. 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. A£gialitis semipalmata Bonap.  SeEmrpa-— 
MATED PLovEeR. ing-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.).  Pretnc Prover. 
LRing-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.). Boxs—wurre. 
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 js 
‘Auk, Vol. VI, No. 3, p. 255. 
70. & O., Vol. 9, No. 5, p. 58. 
9 Nid., Vol. 8?, No. 3, 4, 5, p. gk 
*F.& S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 249, and Voi. XXVIII, No. 12, p. 225. 
