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migrates as far south as Patagonia. With us it is a common 

 migrant, passing northward in May, returning about August i, and 

 remaining until September. 



Family H^EMATOPODID^E.— Oyster-catchers. 



151. Haematopuspalliatus Tetnm. Oyster-catcher. (286.) 

 — Breeds as far north as southern New Jersey and occasionally 

 strays to Nova Scotia. It is here of rare and irregular occurrence. 

 (Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 272). 



Order GALLING. Gallinaceous Birds. 



Family TETRAONID^.— Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



*I52. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). Bob-white; Quail. 

 (289.) — Eastern North America, from southern Maine and Minne- 

 sota southward to the Gulf of Mexico ; resident wherever found. 

 Quail are not uncommon in the vicinity of New York, but they* 

 are so eagerly hunted that, as the country becomes more thickly 

 settled, only the most rigid enforcement of the game-laws will 

 preserve them from extermination. 



*I53- Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed Grouse ; Part- 

 ridge. (300.) — Eastern United States, from Vermont to Virginia, 

 and along the Alleghanies to northern Georgia. Partridges are 

 much less common with us than Quails. They are birds of the 

 woods, and for this reason disappear with the forests, while Quails, 

 on the contrary, become more numerous as the country is cleared. 

 (See Group, main floor, opposite Case I.) 



In the early part of this century Pinnated Grouse or Prairie 

 Hens (Tympanuchus cupido) were abundant in some parts of Long 

 Island, but they have been extinct for about sixty years (Giraud y 

 Birds of Long Island, p. 195, and Butcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 272). 



Order COLUMBjE. Pigeons. 



Family COLUMBID^E.— Doves and Pigeons. 



154. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). Passenger Pigeon; 

 Wild Pigeon. (315.)— Eastern North America, northward in the 

 interior to Hudsons Bay, breeding locally throughout the more 



