1853.] 885 
* MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS, Lin. 
Common, migratory. 
Aprernus ArcTICUS, Swans. 
I have specimens of this Woodpecker shot near Racine in the month of No- 
vember. 
* CoLAPTES AURATUS, Linn. 
Common. 
* Centurus Carotinus, Linn. 
Not an abundant species with us. They remain during winter. 
CUCULID, (2 species.) 
* Coccyzus AMeRIcanus, Linn. 
Not so numerous as the following. 
* CoccyzUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS, Wilson. 
Abundant. 
PSITTACID, (1 species.) 
Conurus Carouinensis, Lin. 
Formerly Paroquets were common on the Mississippi, within this State—lat- 
terly they are seldom met with. 
COLUMBID A‘, (2 species.) 
* ECTOPISTES MIGRATORIA, Linz. 
Abundant. 
* Ecropistes CaroLinensis, Linn. 
Common. Remain during winter. 
PAVONIDA, (1 species.) 
* MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO, Linz. 
Formerly Turkeys were common in this section, but now none are to be found. 
The last noticed near Racine was in November, 1846. Abundant in the south- 
western counties. 
TETRAONIDA, (6 species.) 
* Ortyx VIRGINIANA, Linz. 
Within a few years this Partridge has become remarkably numerous. 
* BoNASA UMBELLUS, Linz. 
Common in all the timber districts. 
* Terrao Canavensis, Linz. 
Common on the head waters of Wolf River and vicinity of Lake Superior. 
* TeTRAo Cupipo, Linz. 
Greatly abundant. ‘Two sportsmen, with one dog, generally bag from fifty to 
eighty inaday. We challenge the world for finer sporting grounds than the 
prairies of Wisconsin furnish during August, September, and October. 
* TreTRAO PHASIANELLIS, Li77. 
Formerly quite common near Racine—now seldom met with. Abundant in 
all the northwestern counties. 
* Lacopus SALICETI, Swains. 
In December, 1846, two specimens were caught in a trap ten miles from Ra- 
cine. West, in the tangle or evergreen swamps of the northwestern parts of the 
State. Not numerous. 
[To be continued.] 
