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FOOD OF BIRDS. 
devour a 1 so grapes, chestnuts arid the leaves and buds of various plants. 
The Quail is fond of the seeds of rag weed (Ambrosia). 
Family Oharadiidje. Plover. 
Squatarola helvetica. Black-bellied Plover. Migrant. Not common. 
Cliaradtius fulviis, var. Virginicns. Golden Plover. Migrant. Very common. 
iEgialitis vociferns. Kildeer Plover. Summer resident. Abundant. 
semipalmatus. Semi pal mated Plover; Riugneck. Migrant. Common. 
. melodus. Piping Plover ; Riugueck. Migrant. Not common. 
lend upon grasshoppers, beetles, moths, aud other winged and aquatic 
insects, and larvae, worms, small mollusks, and berries. 
Family FLematopodidje. Oyster-catchers. Turnstones. 
Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. Migrant. Rare. 
upon small mollusks, fish spawn, grasshoppers, worms and in- 
sects. 
Family Rkcurvirostrid^e. Avocets Stilts. 
Recurvirostra Americana. Avocet. Migrant. Rare. 
Himantopus uigricollis. Stilt. Migrant. Not common. 
They feed upon Crustacea, shell-fish, spawn, snails, aquatic larv<e and 
insects. 
Family Phalaropodidje. Phalaropes. 
Steganopus Wilsonii. Wilson’s Phalarope. Migrant. Rare. 
Lobipes hyperboreus. Northern Phalarope. Migrant. Rare, 
fulicarius. Red Phalarope. Migrant. Rare. 
The food of the Phalaropes probably consists of small mollusks and 
aquatic insects. 
Family Scolopacid^e. Snipe, etc. 
Philohela minor. American Woodcock. Summer resident. Common. 
Galliuago Wilsonii. American Snipe ; Wilson’s Snipe. Migrant. Abundant. 
Macrorhampns grisens. Red-breasted Snipe. Migrant. Not common. 
var. scolopacens. Long-billed Snipe. Migrant. Not common. 
Micropalatna himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. Migraut. Rare. 
Erennetes pusillns. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Migrant. Very common. 
Tringa minntilla. Least Sandpiper. Migrant Abundant. 
“ Bairdii. Baird’s Sandpiper. Migrant. Not commou. 
“ maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. Migrant Very common. 
“ Bonapartei. White- rumped Sandpiper Migrant. Common. 
“ maratima. Purple Sandpiper. Migrant. Rare. 
“ alpina var. americana. American Dunlin. Migrant. Not common. 
“ canutns. Red-breasted Sandpiper; Knot Migrant. Not commou. 
Calidris arenaria. Sanderling; Ruddy Plover. Migrant. Not common. 
Limosa fedoa. Great-marbled God wit. Migraut. Not common. 
“ Hudsonica. Hndsonian Godwit. Migrant. Rare. 
Totanus semipalmatus. Semipalmated Tattler. Summer resident. Rather common. 
“ melanolencns. Greater Telltale. Migraut. Very commou. 
