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Piping Plover (Algialitis Jiichnia). It is here a rare local summer resi- 

 dent and more common migrant, arriving in April and remaining until Sep- 

 tember. 



Wilson's Plover (Oclithodroiiins zcilsonius) . Breeds as far north as 

 Virginia, and strays casually to Nova Scotia. There are several records for 

 Long Island (Dutcher, Bull. X. O. C. I\', 1879. p. 242: .\uk, III. i885, p. 438, 

 Shinnecock Bay), and one for Bridgeport, Conn. (Averill, List of Birds found 

 in the vicinity of Bridgeport, 1892. p. 9). 



F.\MiLY APHRIZID.E. Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



Turnstone; Brant-bird; Calico-back (Arciuiria iiioriiiclla) . With us it is 

 a common migrant passing northward in ^lay, returning about August i and 

 remaining until September. 



F.xMiLv H.F:MATOPODID.iE. Ovster-c.\tchers. 



Oyster-catcher {Hcciuattipus pallitus). Breeds as far north as Virginia 

 and occasionally strays to Xova Scotia. It is here of rare and irregular occur- 

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



Order GALLIN^E. Gallin.\ceous Birds. 



Family TETR.\0NID.E. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



*Bob-white ; Q,uaU(Coliiius z'irgiiiianus). Quail are not uncmimon in the 

 vicinity of Xew York, but they are so eagerly hunted, that, as the country 

 becomes more thickl\- settled, only the most rigid enforcement of the game- 

 laws will preserve them from extermination. Recent severe winters have 

 greatly decreased the numbers of this species, virtually exterminating it in 

 some localities, and were it not for the liberation of southern birds by sports- 

 men, it is probable that the species would be exceedingly ra<e if not indeed 

 extinct throughout most of the region surrounding New- York City. (See group, 

 second floor). 



*Ruffed Grouse ; Partridge (Boiiasa umbcUus). 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 cour.try is cleared. (See group, second floor). 



In the early part of the nineteenth century Pinnated Grouse or Heath 

 tiens {Tympaittichus cupido) were abundant in some parts of Long Island, 

 but they have been extinct for about sixty years (Giraud, Birds of Long Island, 

 p. 195, and Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 272). As late as i860 odd this species oc- 

 curred in numbers on the Plains of the Jersey Pine Barrens west of Barnegat, 

 where it was exterminated by indiscrimate shooting at all seasons (Chapman, 

 Bird-Lore, V, 1903, p. 50). 



The Wild Turkey (Melcagris gallopavo sihestris) is still found in small 

 numbers in the wilder, more mountainous portions of Pennsylvania, but has 



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