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ZENJEDURA. Bonaparte. Mourning Doves. 



180. Z. CAROLINENSIS. (L.) Bon. Mourtihig Do-ue. Turtle Dove. Caro- 

 lina Dove. Brownish olive, glossed with blue and wine color ; plumage with 

 metallic luster. L. 12. U. S. abundant. Common summer resident from March 

 to October. Occasionally seen even in winter. Very gentle, sometimes breeding 

 in door-yards and showing no timidity, eating with the chickens, etc. 



Note. — The remaining species are of more importance to the sportsman than to the horticulturist, 

 and the specitic diagnoses are therefore omitted. 



ORDER E. GALLING. 



{The Gallinaceous Birds.) 



FAMILY AIELEAGRID^. Turkeys. • 



181. MELEAGRIS GALLAPAVO. L. Wild Turkey. Occasionally seen in 

 Marion county. 



FAMILY TETRAONIDyE. Gwuse. 



182. CUPODONJA CUPIDO. Bd. Prairie Chicken. Common in the prairie 

 region. 



183. BONASA UMBELLUS. Steph. Partridge. Ruffled Grouse. Still found 

 in wooded regions. Rare. 



FAMIL Y PERDICID.E. Partridges. 



184. ORTYX VIRGINIANUS. Bon. Quail. Bob White. 



ORDER F. LIMICOL^. 



{The Shore Birds.) 



FAMILY CHARADRIIDj^. Plovers. 



185. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA. Cuv. Black-Bellied Plover. Spring and 

 fall migrant. Not common. 



186. CHARADRIUS FULVUS. Var. VIRGINICUS. Coues. Golden Plo- 

 ver. Abundant migrant. 



187. .^GIALITIS VOCIFERUS. Cass. Killdeer Plovet. Common summer 

 resident March to October. 



188. ^GIALITIS SEMIPALMATUS. Cab. Semipahnated Plover. Not com- 

 mon ; migrant. 



189. ^GIATILIS MELODUS. Cab. Piping Plover. Common summer resi- 

 dent along the shore of Lake Michigan April to last of September. 



