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River. There was a great flight of them in November, 1888, 

 along the New England coast.i " 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.' 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. .ffigialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipal- 

 MATED Plover. Ring-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. .ffigialitis meloda (Ord.). Piping Plover. 

 Ring-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. Colini^s virginianus (Linn.). Bob-white* 

 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 is 



'Auk, Vol. VI, No. 3, p. 255. 



^O. &0., Vol. 9, No. 5, p. 58. 



^Nid., Vol.8?, No. 3, 4, 5, p. 43- 



*F. & S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 249, and Vol. XXVIII, No. 12, p. 225. 



