

AVES. 



93 



GALLINAE. 



TETRAONIDAE. 



PHASIANI. 



178. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris (Vieillot) Allen. 

 Wild turkey. 



Meleagris silvestris Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1817, vol. 9, 

 p. 447. "Illinois jusqu'a l'isthme de Panama." 



Meleagris gallopavo Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 42, pis. 287, 288. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 3, fig. 14. 



Woods and thickets; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly a resident in southern counties (to Mt. Desert ?) ; 

 now extirpated. 



N. H. — ^ Formerly a resident in southern part; last record in 

 1841 or '42. 



Vt. — Formerly resident in southern part; now extirpated. 



Mass. — Formerly common resident; last recorded capture at 

 Mt. Tom, winter of 1850-51. 



R. I. — Formerly common resident. 



Conn. — Formerly common resident; last killed about 1813 on 

 Totoket Mt., Northford. 



COLUMBAE. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



179. Ectopistes migratorius (Linne) Swainson. 

 Passenger pigeon; Wild pigeon. 



Columha migratoria Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 

 285. "in America septentrionali." 



Ectopistes migratoria (Linne). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 25, pi. 285. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 4, fig. 6. 



Woods and fields; nests in trees in colonies. 



Me. — Formerly an abundant migrant and local summer resident; 

 last specimens taken near Dexter, Aug. 16, 1896, and at Bar Harbor, 

 early summer 1904. April 7-Sept. 



