Latest record: Sept. 5, 1910 (Weston). Bred on Capers Island in 

 1911, young examined July 18-25 (Weston), were able to fly by 

 the 25th. Found breeding on Morris Island about July 4 in 1902 

 and 1903 (Weston). Eggs,' now in the Museum, taken on Ca- 

 pers Island in June, 1908 (Sloan). Breeding colony of about fifty 

 pairs on Morris Island, June 10, 1911 (Bowdish & Philipp);=' thirty 

 nests found with fresh eggs. A second colony of about the same 

 size found on Raccoon Key, Bull's Bay, June 12, 1910 (Bowdish 

 & Philipp), of which ten or a dozen nests containing fresh eggs 

 were examined. 



Rynchops nigra Linn. Black Skimmer. — s.r. Latest record: 

 Nov. 30, 1911, when a flock of several hundred were observed mi- 

 grating southward (Weston & Bragg). 



Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). Greater Shearwater. Decom- 

 posed specimen found on Sullivan's Island beach, Sept. 4, 1911, 

 one week after the hurricane of Aug. 27-28 (Bragg) .^ 



Puffinus rherminieri Lesson. Audubon's Shearwater. — s.r. 

 off coast. Specimen found dead on Sullivan's Island beach, Aug. 

 10, 1911, making the fifth record for the state (B. Chamberlain).* 



Anhinga anhinga (Linn.). Snake Bird. — s.r. Earliest record : 

 Ashepoo River, Mar. 13, 1911 (Mitchell). Latest record: Otran- 

 to, Aug. 31, 1908 (Sass). 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. White Pelican. — acciden- 

 tal. Specimen taken in Santee Swamp, Oct 26, 1910 (Rea).* 

 This is apparently the first specimen taken since 1814. 



Pelecanus occidentalis (Linn.). Brown Pelican. — s.r. Ear- 

 liest record: Feb. 22, 1910 (B. Chamberlain). 



Fregata aquila Linn. Frigate Bird. — accidental. Observed 

 off the coast, Oct. 19, 1911, while the wind was blowing forty or 

 fifty miles an hour in a northeasterly direction (Wayne).* This 

 is the third record for the state. 



Mergus americanus Cass. American Merganser. — w.v. 

 Adult male taken on Back River, Jan. 2, 1911 (Chisolm).' This 



»Spec No 11 nil. »A«fc. XXVII, 1910, 305-322. 



• Bull. Chas.'Mus., VII, 1911, 60. *Ibid. 49. Spec. No. 7084. 



»Ibid. VI, 1910, 57-58. Auk. XXVIII, 1911, 113. 'Ibid, 107. 



'Bull. Chas. Mus., VII, 1911, :i!2. Aut, XXVIII. 1911, 254. Spec. No. 7258. 



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