270 List of Birds found in Cumberland County, Penn. 



137. Picus varius, Linn.,t Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 1840, April 

 2 ; 1841, April 15 ; 1842, April 1 ; 1843, April 11. Kather common; 

 migratory. 



138. Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Linn.,t Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Abundant ; rarer in winter ; resident. 



139. Centurus Carolinensis, Linn.,t Red-bellied Woodpecker. Abun- 

 dant ; most so in winter ; resident. 



140. Colaptes auratus, Linn., t Flicker. Abundant; resident. 



141. Erythrophrys erythropthalmus, Wils., Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 1841, May 17. Common; migratory. 



142. Erythrophrys Americanus, Linn.,f Yellow-bellied Cuckoo. 



1841, May 18; 1842, May 10 ; 1843, May 8. Common; migratory. 



143. Ectopistes migratoria, Linn.,t Passenger Pigeon. 1841, March 

 31 ; 1842, Feb. 4 ; 1843, April 6. In immense flocks at times ; resi- 

 dent ; but rare in winter. 



144. Ectopistes Carolinensis, Linn.,t Carolina Dove. 1841, March 

 4 ; 1842, March 3 ; 1843, April 8. Very abundant ; rare in winter ; 

 resident. 



145. Meleagris Gallipavo, Linn.,t Wild Turkey. Not common ; res- 

 ident. 



146. Ortyx Virginianus, Linn.,f Virginia Quail. Not abundant at 

 present ; resident. 



147. Bonasia umbellus, Linn.,t Ruffed Grouse. Common ; resident. 



148. jEgialites vociferus, Linn., t Killdeer Plover. 1841, March 20; 



1842, March 12. Abundant ; occasionally in winter. 



149. Charadrius Virginiacus, Borkh., American Golden Plover. Ex- 

 ceedingly abundant at times ; in autumn only ; migratory. 



150. Ardea Herodias, Linn.,t Great Blue Heron. 1840, April 4 ; 

 1841, April 1 ; 1842, April 1 ; 1843, April 11. Rather common; mi- 

 gratory. 



151. Egretta leuce, Bon.,t Great White Egret. Rare ; migratory. 



152. Herodias virescens, Linn.,t Green Heron. 1840, May 2; 

 1841, April 8 ; 1842, April 16 ; 1843, April 20. Abundant ; migratory. 



153. Botaurus lentiginosus, Sw., American Bittern. 1840, April 25 ; 



1841, April 20 ; 1842, April 16 ; 1843, April 28. Rather rare ; mi- 

 gratory. 



154. Nycticorax Americana, Bon., Night Heron. Young only ; in 

 autumn ; migratory. 



155. Heteropoda semipalmata, Wils., Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 Rare ; in autumn ; migratory. 



156. Pelidna pectoralis, Say, Pectoral Sandpiper. 1841, April 16 ; 



1842, April 22. Common ; migratory. 



157. Pelidna pusilla, Wils., Least Sandpiper. 1840, May 16 ; 1842, 

 May 5. Rare ; migratory. 



