EXTIRPATED SPECIES. 



(i) 305. Tympanuchus cupido (Linn.). Heath Hen. 

 The assumption is that the species formerly common here was 

 the Heath Hen, not the Prairie Hen of the West. Dr. Rives 

 states that " The Pinnated Grouse or Prairie Hen, once very 

 common all over this part of the country, is now no longer found 

 east of the Ohio River, with the exception of a few which, I 

 believe, are still in existence on the Islands of Martha's Vineyard 

 and Naushon,"^ and Mr. J. M. Southwick also makes mention 

 of their occurrence.^ Since Dr. Rives' paper appeared it has 

 been shown that the Martha's Vineyard bird was different from 

 tlje Western Prairie Hen now known as Tympanuchus americanus.^ 

 The Heath Hen is now confined to the island of Martha's Vine- 

 yard, where it is at present nearly, if not, extinct. There is a 

 record of no value that it may be well to mention here of the " Pin- 

 nated Grouse " in the State in 1897, by Mr. Edwin R. Lewis. The 

 bird was undoubtedly {T. americanus) introduced* from the West. 



(2) 310. Meleagris gallopavo fera Vieill. Wild Turkey. 

 — Formerly common, as it was known to be, all over Southern 

 New England.^ 



(3) 315. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). Passenger 

 Pigeon. Wild Pigeon. — Formerly a common migrant. Mr. 

 Newton Dexter presented in 186 1 a pair to the Franklin Society 

 collection. Col. Powel includes it in his List of Birds shot near 

 Newport (1883-4).' It is stated that Mr. Walter Angell saw a 

 flock of eight in August, 1893. The last bird, however, taken 

 within the State seems to have been killed in 1886. 



' Dr Rives' List, p. 31. 



^ Southwick's List, p. 4. 



3 Auk, Vol. II, No. I, p. 80. 



"F. & S., Vol. XLVIII, No. 2, p. 285. 



^Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, Vol. i, No. 1, p. 55.' 



* Dr. Rives' List, p. 31. 



Southwick's List, p. 5. 



' Col. Powel's List, p. 42. 



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