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FAMILY TETRAONIDPE : GROUSE. 
The Spruce Partridge ( Canace Canadensis Bp.) is a conspicuous absentee 
among the birds of the Canadian Fauna in the Catskills. 
Bonasa limbella (L.) Steph. Ruffed Grouse. 
Not uncommon, but their drumming at the times of my visits was 
rarely heard. A brood of very young birds was met with June 1 5 , 
1881. 
Note. — The Quail ( Ortyx Virginiana Bp.), Mr. Burroughs writes 
me, “ abounds in the town of Olive* but not among the mountains. 
Note. — Family Ardeidse: Herons. — Though several members of 
this family undoubtedly breed in the Catskills, their local absence over 
that portion of the region covered by the present list is explained by 
the absence of suitable breeding-places. At least four species of the 
family are regular visitors along the neighboring Hudson River, 
others being of casual occurrence. Mr. Burroughs has observed the 
Great Blue Heron ( Aide a herodias L. ) “ along the upper Delaware, 
in Roxbury.” 
FAMILY SCOLOPACIDUEL SNIPE; SANDPIPERS, ETC. 
It is not unlikely that the Solitary Sandpiper ( Totamts solitarius Aud.) 
is of occasional occurrence in the Catskills in summer. 
Philoliela minor (Gm.) Gray. Woodcock. 
Common. — John Burroughs. 
Tringoitles inacularius (L.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 
Frequent along the stony margins of streams in the valleys. A 
nest with four eggs, May 31, 1874. — G. A. B. 
FAMILY ANATDISE : WATERFOWL. 
Anas obscura Gmel. Dusky Duck. 
Noticed by my brothers -at Balsam Lake. 
Aix sponsa (L.) Boie. Wood Duck. 
A female of this species was observed from the train, by Dr. A. K. 
Fisher, in a pool at the edge of woods beside the railroad. It is un- 
doubtedly a common summer resident. 
* This township adjoins that of Shandaken, and is principally of moderately elevated and rather 
level country. 
