82 The Wilson Bulletin. 



April 27, 1898, near Bloom Switch, Scioto county, while I was 

 fishing on the banks of Hale's Creek. 



45. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs.— A common 

 spring transient in wet seasons. March 14, 1899, taken on the 

 banks of Scioto River; April 24 and 26, 1901, 4 captured on a wet 

 meadow. 



46. Totanus flavipcs. Yellow-legs. — A common spring transient. 

 Arrival— April 30, 1900; March 18, 1901 ; the latter is the earliest 

 record for the State. 



47. Helodfomas solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — A common spring 

 and fall migrant. Arrival— May 11, 1900; April 24, 1901 ; Oct. 24, 

 1901. 



48. Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. — A common 

 transient, but rare summer resident. Oct. 23, 1898 ; April 26, 

 1901; March 21, 1902, the earliest record. 



49. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper.— A common summer 

 resident. Arrival— May 6, 1899; April 25, 1900; April 24, 1901; 

 April 26, 1902. Departure— Sept. 8-9, 1899; Sept. 17-18, 1901. 



50. Aegialitis vocifera. Killdeer.— A common resident every- 

 where, even on meadows far back in the hills. 



51. Coiinus virginianus. Bob-white. — A very common permanent 

 resident. 



52. Bonasa umbeilus. Ruffed Grouse. — A fairly common perma- 

 nent resident, but not found in the bottoms. Any tract of tim- 

 ber in the hills harbors this bird. 



53. Meleagris gallopavo fera. Wild Turkey.— In former years a 

 common resident; now extinct. This seems peculiar, as it must 

 be remembered that wildcats and occasionally catamounts are 

 still to be found in this region, which may be considered the 

 least explored and wildest in Ohio. 



54. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon.— Once an abundant 

 summer resident. Several pigeon roosts in Pike county were 

 well known to old settlers. On March 24, 1900, a solitary indi- 

 vidual was shot by a small boy near Sargents, close to the 

 boundary line of Pike and Scioto counties, and mounted by the 

 late wife of ex-Sheriff C. Barnes, of Pike county. This is the 

 only authentic record for twenty years. 



55. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — An abundant resi- 

 dent even in the severest winters, at sheltered places in the bot- 

 toms or upland. 



56. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. — A common summer resi- 

 dent ; not so common in winter. 



57. Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. — A specimen of 

 this rare bird was shot in August, 1898, near Chillicothe, Ross 

 county, Ohio, and while not strictly belonging to this list, may 

 well be counted with the birds of Southern Ohio. 



58/ [Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk.— A fairly common fall and 



