Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. 1 1 



fine male on a lawn near Castle Hill, September 15, 1900. It was moder- 

 ately fat. Iris brown ; bill plumbeous, dusky at tip ; bare portion of 

 tibia, and feet, greenish gray ; claws brownish-black. 



61. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. —A summer resident; 

 breeds commonlj'. 



62. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Several alighted 

 in fields near Brenton's Point, during July, 1901. 



63. Numenius hudsonicus Hudsonian Curlew. — An adult was taken, 

 near Newport in 1899. 



64. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — Three Septem- 

 ber 9, 1900. 



65. Charadrius dominicus. Golden Plover. — A migrant. 



66. .^gialitis vocifera. Kildeer. — An occasional visitor. March 4, 

 21, and 28, 1900. One was seen by Doctor Edgar A. Mearns at Fort 

 Adams, R. I., during the week that ended January 3, 1901. One heard 

 March 24, 1902. 



67. ^gialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — A common 

 fall migrant. 



68. Arenaria interpres. — An abundant fall migrant. Local name 

 ^' Stone Plover." July 26 to October 8. As a rule they are quite tame, and 

 feed regularly beside the Ocean Drive, on which carriages continually 

 pass. On September 14, 1901, thirteen were feeding on the driveway. 

 Three of them, frightened by passing vehicles, flew to a wall on which 

 ■we were seated, alighting within a few feet of us in total disregard of our 

 presence. We watched them preening, until they all lay down to rest 

 beneath some roadside weeds. 



69. Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. — Colonel Powel, Mr. Perry 

 Belmont, and Lieutenant Greble liberated a large number of Bob-whites 

 from the Carolinas a few years ago, when the original native stock had 

 been almost extirpated. The species is now quite abundant in Newport 

 and Middletown townships, of course breeding and resident throughout 

 the year. Its whistled '■'■ Bob<vhite " is heard through July. In winter the 

 note is different. A flock of at least twenty, when driven to a brushy 

 point of cliff beside a marsh at Hanging Rock, December 28, 1901, uttered 

 a soft call, which, repeated by many birds at once, produced a sweet 

 monotonous song until all took to flight, following each other a few at a 

 time, all going in the same direction. 



70. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Rare. One was seen on 

 the shore of Narragansett Bay near the Lime Rocks late in the autumn of 

 1899. It was so gentle that a boy made several attempts to hit it with a 

 stone; no others noted. 



71. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — An uncommon resident. 

 Probably these birds are here throughout the seasons, though none have 

 been seen later than October 3. 



72. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Abundant during 

 migrations; rare in winter. On October 30, 1S99, one sat with a male 



