264 Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut. 



165. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Bon., Black-billed Cuckoo, 

 Stratford and New Haven. 



Section 3. Gyrantes. 



Family Columbidce. 



166. Columba migratoria, Linn., Passenger Pigeon, common. 



167. C. Carolinensis, Linn., Mourning Dove, Stratford and 

 New Haven. 



*168. C. domestica, Linn., Domestic Pigeon, introduced. 



Sub-Class II. Grallatores. 



Order Gallinje. 



Family Phasianidce. 



*169. Meleagris Gallopavo, Linn., Wild Turkey, Northford. 



170. Pavo cristatus, Linn., Pea Fowl — introduced. 



171. Numida Meleagris, Linn., Guinea Fowl — introduced. 



172. Gallus domesticus, Linn., Common Fowl — introduced. 



Family Tetraonidce. 



173. Tetrao umbellus, Linn., Partridge, common. 



*174. T. Cupido, Linn., Pinnated Grouse — exterminated. 

 175. Perdix Virginiana, Latham, Quail of New England, 

 common. 



*176. P. Californica, Latham, Californian Quail, Bridgeport. 



*168. All our domestic pigeons, including tumblers, pouters, fantails, shakers, 

 strikers, turbits, helmets, turners, the crested, the laced, &c, are only varieties of 

 one and the same species, and so also is the carrier. Of the last named variety, I 

 have in my cabinet one of a pair, for which the gentleman, Mr. E. Thompson, 

 who presented it, gave thirty dollars in New York, and has succeeded in rearing 

 them. 



*169. The last wild turkey that I have known in Connecticut, was taken by a 

 relative of mine, about thirty years since, on Letoket Mountain, in Northford. It 

 was overtaken in a deep snow, and thereby outrun. It weighed, when dressed, 

 twenty-one pounds. 



*174. Nuttall says, found in Connecticut, in shrubby barrens. 



*176. A specimen of the Californian quail was killed near Bridgeport, in De- 

 cember, 1840 ; another had been shot the year previous. They had probably 

 been introduced by sportsmen from Mexico. They differ from ours, in having a 

 black throat and a beautiful crest of six feathers. A good figure may be seen in 

 Vol. Ill, page 200, of Wright's Buffon. 



