BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 237 



Family APHRIZID^E. The Turnstones. 



117. Arenaria interprcs (Linn.)' 



Turnstone. 283. Common during migrations on the shores of Lake Erie. 

 G. B. tSennett. Stragglers have also been taken in Philadelphia and 

 Delaware counties. 



Family TETRAONID.E. The Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



113. *Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 

 Bob-white. 289. Resident 



119. *Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). 



Ruffed Grouse. 300. Resident 



120. Tympanuchus americanus (Reich.). 



Prairie Hen. 305. Extinct. "Now very rare. A few are still met with in 

 Monroe and Northampton counties, where I have shot the species." 

 Turnbull (1869). 



Family PHASIANID^. The Turkeys. 



12L *Meleagris gallopavo Linn. 



Wild Turkey. 310. Resident 



Family COLUMBID^:. The Pigeons. 



122. *Ectopistes migrator ius (Linn.). 



Passenger Pigeon. 315. Breeds sparingly : somo seasons quite abundant 

 in the fall : a few individuals are sometimes seen during mild winters. 



123. *Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). 



Mourning Dove. 316. Resident 



Family CATHARTIDJE. The American Vultures. 



124. *Cathartcs aura (Linn.). 



Turkey Vulture. 325. Resident in southern parts of State. 



125. Catharista atrata (Bartr.). 



Black Vulture. 326. Rare straggler from the South. 



Family FALCONIDJE. The Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



126. Elanoides forflcatus (Linn.). 



Swallow -tailed Kite. 327. A rare straggler from the South. 



127. Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils. ). 



Mississippi Kite. 329. A rare straggler from the southern United States, 

 Chester county, October 20, 1852. .Barnard. 



128. Circus hudsonius (Linn.). 



Marsh Hawk. 331. Most abundant in spring and fall. Rare in summer. 



129. *Accipiter velox (Wils.). 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 332. Resident 



130. *A. cooperi (Bonap.). 



Cooper's Hawk. 333. Resident 

 13L A. atricapillus (Wils.). 



American Goshawk. 334. Rare winter visitant 



132. *Buteo borealis. (Ginel.). 



Red-tailed Hawk. 337. Resident 



133. B. harlani (Aud.). 



Harlan's Hawk. 338. "Habitat. Gulf States and lower Mississippi Valley, 

 north casually, to Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Pennsylvania, east to Geor- 

 gia. Ridgway's Manual of N. A. Birds, 1877. 



