Wilson's Phalarope— A New Species for South Carolina — 

 This summer while on Sullivan's Island my brother and I made a 

 special effort to gather information about certain species of shore 

 birds, in order to fill in some of the gaps in the Natural History 

 Society's records. The most important result was obtained on 

 the seventh of September, 1910, while shooting on the eastern 

 end of the Island, when I killed a Wilson's Phalarope. The bird 

 is a male in winter plumage. It had alighted with about fifteen 

 Yellowlegs on the edge of a fresh -water pool left by recent heavy 

 rains. The pool is among sand dunes a few hundred yards from 

 the nearest house and near the car lines. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, 

 in his "Birds of South Carolina," gives an account of the capture 

 of a Red Phalarope near Mt. Pleasant, also of a Northern Phalarope 

 which his cat caught, 1)ut Wilson's Phalarope has not before been 

 recorded in South Carolina, or indeed on the Atlantic coast 

 between New Jersey and Argentine. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. — On August 8, my brother shot a Pectoral 

 Sandpiper, which is the first recorded by the Survej^ We found 

 these abundant about the fresh water pools from that date until 

 along in September. 



The Pied=billed Grebe — My brother also shot on September 9, 

 a Pied-billed Grebe in the channel between Sullivan's Island and 

 the Isle of Palms. I saw two of these birds near the Ferry Wharf 

 on September 23. This bird is very seldom seen in salt water. 



Snowy Heron. — Early on the morning of September 14 my 

 brother and I saw a pair of Snowy Herons on the front beach. 

 This is a late record, the latest for the Survey heretofore being 

 August 12. 



Carolina Rail. — On August 14, Chalmers McDermid picked up a 

 very thin CaroHna Rail on the front beach. This bird appeared 

 to have been washed up on the beach. The records for the species 

 by the Survey are September through April, so that this is a very 

 unusual occurence. — Burnham Chamberlain. 



Virginia Rail. — The Virginia Rail is probably common in the 

 old rice plantations around Charleston, although it has been re- 

 corded by the Natural History Society's survey but once until I 

 took a specimen on September 28, 1910, in the marshes near Wap- 

 poo Cut. Doubtless these rails may be found abundant in tiiis 

 locality, as I heard quite a number but was unable to flush more 

 than the one. — Caspar S. Chisolm. 



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