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Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 
Genus Nyctherodius, Reichenbach. 
*225. N. violaceus (Linn.) Reich. White-crowned Night Heron*. Summer 
sojourner in southern portion of the state, breeding at least as far north as Mt. 
Carmel. 
Genus Botaurus, Stephens. 
*226. B. lentiginosus (Montag.) Steph. American Bittern. Resident south- 
ward; summer sojourner northward. Has various popular names, as “Thunder 
Pump,” “Stake Driver,” &c. 
Genus Ardetta, Gray. 
*227. A. exilis (Gmel.) Gray. Least Bittern. Summer sojourner, fre- 
quenting chiefly marshes and sloughs. 
Order LIMICOLHE. 
Family STREPSILIDiE. — Turnstones. 
Genus Strepsilas, llliger. 
228. S. interpres (Linn.) Illig. Turnstone. Transient. Common along 
Lake Michigan. 
Family CHARADRIIDAL — Plovers. 
Genus Squatarola, Cuvier. ^ 
229. S. Helvetica (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. Transient. 
Genus Charadrius, Linnaeus. 
230. C. dominions, Muller. Golden Plover. Transient. 
Genus Oxyeciius, Reichenbach. 
*231. 0. vociferus (Linn.) Reich. Kill-deer. Resident southward; sum- 
mer sojourner northward. 
Genus ^Egialites, Boie. 
*232. AS. semipalmatus, Bp. Semipalmated Plover. Transient. Proba- 
bly breeding in northern portion (Nelson, p. 123). 
*233. AS. melodus circumcinctus , Ridgw. Belted Piping Plover. Summer 
sojourner. Breeding abundantly northward (Nelson, p. 123). 
*Since the above was put in type, I have found this species very common in Knox 
Co., Indiana, on the line of the O. & M. Railroad, and on April 27 shot a female from 
her nest, in a tall and slender sweet-gum tree. An egg 1 ready for ejection was found 
in the oviduct. The species is, at the present time (April, 1881), t lie commonest heron 
in this vicinity. 
