were repeatedly seen in the Rutledge and Barker lots. One of 

 them was seen on the roof of a building in my garden. 



123. Snowy Heron. — At least some of the small white herons 

 which frequent the Ashley River mud-flats during the warmer 

 part of the year belong to this rare species. By means of a tel- 

 escope, I have distinguished clearly from my window the yellow 

 feet by which tliis species may be separated from the immature 

 Little Blue Heron in the white phase. 



124. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. — On September 3, 1909, an 

 immature individual of this species was observed in a tree in an 

 adjacent lot. Later another was seen in company with the first. 

 One of them evidently left during the night, but the other re- 

 mained until October 12. At dusk it would fly down to the mud- 

 flats bordering the river, where it fed on fiddler crabs. Several 

 times on rainy days it came down into the backyard and garden 

 and caught earthworms in the puddles of rain-water. This is the 

 only city record of this unusual and interesting species. 



125. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Common on the mud-flats 

 along the river in" spring, summer, and early autumn, sometimes 

 passing over the garden. 



126. Spotted Sandpiper. — Observed occasionally on the mud- 

 flats from my window. 



127. Hudsonian Curlew.— On August 4, 1909, a flock of about 

 twenty-five of these birds passed over the garden. On autumn 

 nights I have several times heard curlews passing over. 



128. Semipalmated Plover. — In May, August, and September, 

 I have often seen this species from my window feeding on the 

 mud-flats, generally in company with the Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper. I have seen two of them in the Barker lot within thirty 

 feet of a house. 



129. Swallow-Tailed Kite. — Years ago, date unknown, two 

 Kites passed over the city. It may be straining a point to in- 

 clude this species in the garden list, since I was on the river when 

 I saw the two specimens referred to; but they could easily have 

 been seen from the garden. One of them was taken. 



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