. . maller Ring-necks. Season. — Accidental summer visitor. Range. — Southern North America. Breeds from Texas eastward alongGulf coast, and from southeastern Virginia (formerly New Jersey)south to northern Bahamas; winters from southern Lower California,Texas and Florida south to southern Guatemala and probably to WestIndies; casual in Nova Scotia and New England, and at San Diego, Cal. bird is an accidental visitor from the south. Thereare two tenable Massachusetts records, namely, a specimentaken at the Gurnet, Plymou
. . maller Ring-necks. Season. — Accidental summer visitor. Range. — Southern North America. Breeds from Texas eastward alongGulf coast, and from southeastern Virginia (formerly New Jersey)south to northern Bahamas; winters from southern Lower California,Texas and Florida south to southern Guatemala and probably to WestIndies; casual in Nova Scotia and New England, and at San Diego, Cal. bird is an accidental visitor from the south. Thereare two tenable Massachusetts records, namely, a specimentaken at the Gurnet, Plymouth, August22, 1877, by Arthur S. Fiske,^ and onetaken from a gunners bag at Ipswichby Dr. C. W. Townsend, May 8, records it at Stratford, Conn.,and Eaton gives eight records for New York. Peabody states in his report on ^^^ ,viisons Birds of Massachusetts (1839) that the species was abundant at Nahant in 1838. This record,says Dr. C. W. Townsend, was believed to be on the authorityof Dr. Brewer, who later refuted the 1 Coues, Elliott: Bull. Nuttall Cm. Club, 1882, p. 59. 2 Townsend, C. W.: Memoirs, Nuttall Orn. Club, No. III., Tlio Birda of County, Mass.,1905, p. 199. 358 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. Dr. Brewer himself says, in reviewing Dr. J. A. Allenslist of Massachusetts birds, that in his opinion this speciesis not to be anticipated in Massachusetts. Nevertheless, astwo records have been made since his opinion was promul-gated, the Wilsons Plover may be confidently looked for as astraggler at least in Massachusetts. It formerly bred northto New Jersey and probably visited New England during thelate summer, as at that time birds are given to wandering,and some species from the southern States occasionally reachNew England. Like all the shore birds which formerly bredalong the x\tlantic coast, it has been reduced much in numbersand extirpated from the more northern part of its breedingground, where spring and summ
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