jTfiE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AM- .\.\Ti i:.m. 





ir,2. Zenaidwa OaroUnen u , Do e. Regularly 

 distributed and rather common j breeds. A 

 specimen taken January 6, 1877. 



153. Meleagris gallopavo Imericana; Wild 

 Turkey. Formerly common, but now very rare 

 A nest was found in Middlesex in ]:■■. 



154. Canace Canadensis ; Oanada Grouse One 

 taken near Chatham. 



155. Bonasa vmbellus ; Ruffed Grouse. Com- 

 mon ; Breeds. 



156. Cupidonia cu.pido ; Prairie Hen. A few 

 are resident at St. Clair Flats. 



157. Ortyx Virgtnianus ; Quail. Common ; 

 breeds. 



158. ^riea herodius ■ Great Blue Heron. Com- 

 mon. Generally breeds in comwunitii 

 occasionally in single pairs. 



159. Herodiasalbaegretta; Great White Egret 

 Regular but rare, near large bodies of 

 sometimes even on rivers. 



1G0. Butorides virescens ; Gieen Heron. Rather 

 rare. Occasionally quite common. 



.161. Nyctiardea grisea nsuvia; Night Heron 

 Occurs at the St. Clair Flats in small numbers 

 where it probably breeds. 



162. Botaurus lentiginosus ; Bittern. Rare 

 inland but common at the St. Clair and other 

 marshes, where it breeds. 



163. Ardetta exilis; Least Bittern. Occurs 

 with the last but not quite so common, and more 

 seldom inland. 



264. Strepsilas inlerpres ; Turnstone. Rare 

 during migrations. 



165. Squatarola helvetica; Black-bellied Plover 

 Common migrant. 



166. Charadrius dominicus ; Golden Plover 

 Formerly occurred in immense flocks Now 

 regular but in limited numbers in fall inland and 

 during both migrations at the lakes. 



167. Oxyechus vociferus; Killdeer. Rather 

 common ; breeds. 



168. JEyialites semipalmatus ; Semipalmated 

 Plover. Common at the lakes; uncommon in- 

 land. 



159. JEgialites melodus ; Piping Plover. Com- 

 mon at Point Pelee where it breeds ; elsewhere, 

 occurring only along the lake-shore and rare. 



170. Philohela minor; Woodcock. Rather 

 common ; breeds. 



171. Gallinago media Wilsoni; Snipe. Com- 

 mon in the migrations. Many breeds in the St. 

 Clair marshes as a pair were shot 17-, r >-'82. 



172. Macrorhampus griseus ; Robin Snipe. 

 Rare along the lakes. 



173. Actodromas maculata ; Pectoral Sandpiper 

 Occurs in flocks in the marshes in fall. 



l74 - Actodromas minutilla; Least Sandpiper. 

 Oc«»rs rarely inland but is common on the lake- 

 shore. 



h,; alpina 

 moo in migrations along Ma- lakes. 



17' j 



piper, Common .,, ,(,, | llL ., 



rare inland 



. l77 - r " ! ' ' mon 



migrant along the la] 



l7 "' '■' i .>"'"; Mart.;.. i Godwii 



migrant, along the lakes. 

 IT.). Totamu melanoi 



Rare inland but morecommon .nth. I 

 marshes. 



■ Totatm fiaoijH ■ Little Fellow- 

 Occurs with the preceding. 



181. Rhyacophil i 

 piper. In the summer of 

 ven commonly along the streams in Midi! 

 but since then has been quit, 



182. Bariramia longicauda ; Bartram's Sand- 

 P>Per. Onlj one Bpecimen taken. 



2 ingoidesmaculan - Sandpiper 



Common everywhere along 

 spots. 



IM.Nwnenm longirostru ; Long-billed Cur- 

 lew. Formerly occurred a? far inland 

 sex— probably never now. Rather common 

 migrant in the large marshes. 

 .185. Phalarqpus fulicariw ; Red Phalarope 

 Very rare. Dr. Gamier shot one out ol a Hock 

 of six in the fell of 1880 at Mitchell's B 



186. Lopipes hyperboreus; Northern J'iialarone 

 bare. Three taken in Middle, , :|nil 



dead at Mitchell's Bay in M 



187. Steganopu H Wilsons Phalarope 

 Very rare. One taken May, 1882, at Mitchell's 

 Bay. 



188. Recurvvroxtra Americana; Avo 

 tremely rare. One taken in the spring of ' 

 • lt R leau. [E. W. Sandys.] 



189. RaUuselegans; King Rail. Common at 

 St. Clair Mats where it breeds. Mcllwaith 

 Clapper Kail but not Kin- Rail— probal 

 case of mistaken identity as it is improbable that 

 the Clapper will occur. 



190. RaUus Virginianus ; Virginia Rail. I; 

 inland but common at all the lartre marshes 

 where it breeds. 



191. Porzana Carolina; Carolina Kail. Un- 

 common inland but breeds abundantly in the 

 large marshes. 



t 192. Porzana A ; tie 1 Mow- 



Kail. Rare in the large marshes. 



193. GaUimda galeata; Florida Gallinole 

 Breeds verj abundantly in the large marshes. 



194. Fuliea Americana; Coot Almost 

 abundant as the last, and is also taken in the 

 rivers inland. 



195. Orus <'a:, - , ,.,,. y y _ 

 treiueh rare in the large marshes. 



