windy. The specimen has been prepared as an unmounted skin 

 and presented to the Charleston Museum (Spec. No. 7084). — 

 BuRNHAM Chamberlain. 



Greater Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, and Wilson's Petrel. — 



On September 4, 1911, one week after the hurricane, I found on 

 the front beach of SulUvan's Island a single specimen of the 

 Greater Shearwater {Puffinus gravis). The bird was in a badly 

 decomposed condition, nevertheless the identification was posi- 

 tive, the head and bill being unmistakably that of a shearwater, 

 and the white feathers of the throat and breast distinguishing it 

 from the only other large shearwater found along our coast, the 

 Sooty Shearwater {Puffinus griseus). Evidently the bird, nat- 

 urally a pelagic species, had been driven ashore by the storm. 

 Mr. Wayne records in his Birds of South CaroHna that the beach 

 at the Isle of Palms was literally strewn with dead birds of this 

 species after the hurricane of August 27-28, 1893. 



While returning from New York to Charleston by Clyde Line 

 on August 31, 1911, I observed unusually large numbers of the 

 Greater Shearwater and mingled with them occasionally was the 

 darker Sooty Shearwater. I also counted at least thirty of the 

 Audubon's Shearwater. Small terns were frequently seen diving 

 in the trough of the waves but I was unable to identify them. 

 Wilson's Petrel was abundant, following the vessel and snatch- 

 ing at scraps thrown overboard. These are the birds usually 

 seen on the trip. — L, M. Bragg. 



Hudsonian Curlew.— On October 14, 1911, Mr. S. L. Cole- 

 man, of Mt. Pleasant, S. C., told me that he had seen two birds 

 of this species at the Charleston Navy Yard. Mr. A. T. Wayne 

 has no records later then October 2.^ As the species is well- 

 known to Mr. Coleman, I place full confidence in his report. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. — An extremely early, but seriously ques- 

 tioned, record for this species was made by me on Caper's Island, 

 S. C, July 22, 1911. Mr. A. T. Wayne says that the bird I saw 



• Birds of South Carolina, Contr. Chas. Mus. I, 1910, 57. 



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