THE BIRDS OF WISCONSIN. 
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FAfllLY APHRIZID/E: SURF BIRDS AND TURN= 
STONES. 
Arenaria morinella (Linn.). RIDDY TI RNSTO\E. 
Not an uncommon migrant, especially in spring. A few 
may be found in the large flocks of waders by May 20. These 
birds are in the full breeding plumage which they still retain 
when they return in August. Those procured in September 
begin to show the change to the winter dress. More common 
along the shore of Lake Michigan than in the interior. Small 
numbers remain about Lake Koshkonong until well into June, 
and a few in exceptional years remained all summer, but there 
was no evidence that they bred, as they very likely did not. 
We have seen these birds about Ontonagon, Michigan, in the 
latter part of July, and in Green Bay late in June; still they 
unquestionably breed only far north of us. Greatly reduced in 
numbers of late years. 
ORDER GALLING: GALLINACEOUS 
BIRDS. 
FAfllLY TETRAONID/E: GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. 
< oliims virginiaims (Linn.). BOP- WHITE. 
Formerly a very abundant resident in southern and central 
parts of the state. In most sections the quail gradually 
decreased in numbers until about 1885 they were entirely 
absent from many localities where they were once common. 
The clearing away of underbrush and the introduction of wire 
fences in place of the old-fashioned rails, with their weed 
covered space on each side, probably had as much to do with 
their disappearance as too close or lawless shooting. For the 
past dozen years different shipments of birds, mostly from 
Kansas, have been turned loose in various localities. In some 
of these places the introduced birds seem to thrive wonderfully, 
and having been constantly protected by law for a term of years 
there seems good reason to think that the quail will in many 
sections become common again. A great deal has been said 
and written in regard to the introduction of these birds from a 
more southern latitude — that they could not withstand the 
