Animals in Massachusetts. 



ORDER IV. — GRALLiE. 



Family Pressirostres. 

 Charadrius, L. Gm. Lath. III. 



t semipalmatus, Bon. Ring Plover. A single specimen on the banks 



of the Hoosic. 



§ melodus, Ord. Ringed Plover. 



§ vociferus, L. Kildeer Plover. Appears about April 10th. 

 § pluvialis, L. Golden Plover. 

 § helveticus, 

 Calidris. 



t arenaria, 111. Sanderling Plover. 

 Strepsilas, 111. Temm. Ranz. 

 § interpres, 111. Turn-stone. 

 Hsematopus. 



lit ostraligus, Lin. Wils. Red Oyster Catcher. 



Family Herodii. III. 

 Grus, Pallas. 111. Cuv. Temm. 

 1T§ Americana, Temm. Hooping Crane. 

 IT Canadensis, Brown Crane. 

 Ardea. 



§ herodias, L. Great Heron. 

 § alba, L. Great white Heron. 



§ nycticorax, L. Night Heron. More common late in the Summer. 



coerulea, L. Blue Heron. 



minor, Wils. American Bittern. 

 § virescens, Green Heron. 

 IT exilis, Least Bittern. 

 Recurvirostra. 



Americana 1 American Avoset. 



Ibis. 



falcinellus, Vieill. Glossy Ibis. 



Family Limicolce. 

 Numenius. Eriss. Lath. 111. Cuv. 



§ longirostris, Wils. Long-billed Curlew. Rarely on the Hoosic. 

 t Hudsonicus, Lath. Esquimaux Curlew. 



borealis, Lath. 

 Tringa. L. Lath. Gm. 



§ semi-palmata, Wils. Semi-palmated Sandpiper. 



alpina, L. Red-backed Sandpiper. 



pectoralis, Bon. Pectoral Sandpiper. 

 § pusilla, Wils. Little Sandpiper. 



§ Schinzii, Bon. Schinzii's Sandpiper. 



rufescens, Vieill. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



minuta? Pigmy Sandpiper. 



Wilsonii, Nutt. Wilson 1 s Sandpiper. 



cinerea, Lin. Wils. Ash-colored Sandpiper. 

 Himantopus. Briss. 111. Cuv. Temm. 



nigricollis, Vieill. Long-legged Avocet. 

 Totanus. Cuv. Temm. Vieill. Ranz. 



melanoleucus, Vieill. Tell-tale Godwit. 

 IT macularius, Temm. 

 § semipalmatus, Temm. Willet. 

 § flavipes, Yellow-shank Tatler. 

 t chloropygius, Vieill. Green-rump Tatler. 

 Limosa. 



t fedoa, Vieill. Great Warbler Godwit. 



t Hudsonice, Swainson. Hudsonian Godwit. 



Scolopax. L. Briss. Gm. Lath. 



Wilsonii, Temm. Snipe. 

 t grisea, Gm. Lath. Red-breasted Snipe. 

 § minor, Gm. Bon. Lesser Woodcock. 



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