Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1883 Excerpt: ... LIST OF BIRDS SHOT NEAR NEWPORT. By COL. JOHN HARE POWEL. At the meeting of the Newport Natural History Society, March 6, 1S84, Colonel John Hare Powel read the following list of birds he has killed on the island of Newport: Bald Eagle (one only in 1853 or 4), Osprey, Sparrow Hawk. Harrier (or Marsh) Hawk, Great Snow Owl, Horned Owl, Screech Owl, Grey Marsh Owl, White Swallow (an Albino), Snow Bird, Scarlet Tanager (Fire Bird), Shrike (Butcher Bird), Long-tailed Dove, Wild Pigeon, Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Coot (Marsh Hen), Clapper Rail, Virginia Rail, Red-breasted Rail, Black-bellied Plover, Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Wilson's (?) Plover, Piping Plover, Beetle-head Plover (Frost Bird), Killdeer, Turnstone, Red-breasted Sandpiper, Bartram'sSandpiper (Grass Plover).Red-backed Sandpiper, Burl-breasted Sandpiper (I think), Pectoral Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Great Curlew, (orSickle bill). Jack Curlew, Esquimaux Curlew (Fute or Dough Bird), Willet, Great Yellow-leg, Little Yellow-leg. Common Marlin, Ring-tailed Marlin, English Snipe (Wilson's). Dowitcher (or German Snipe), Robin Snipe, Woodcock, Great Blue Heron, Night Heron, Bittern, Least Bittern, Canada Goose, Brent Goose. Snow (or Mexican) Goose Mallard Duck, Black (Dusk)') Duck, Widgeon (or Baldpate), Pintail Duck. Gray Duck, Summer (or Wood Duck). Gadwall, Green-wing Teal, Blue-wing Teal, Shoveller Duck. Canvass-back Duck. Red-head Duck, Broad-bill. Ruddy Duck. Velvet Duck, Surf Duck, Scoter Duck, Eider Duck, Great May White Wing (this is the bird that comes from the east and flies to the west in its spring migration in May, from the 10th to the 20th, and is seen at no other time of year), Golden Eye (or Whistlei), Buffle-head Du...