Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). White-throated Sparrow.^ 

 w.v. ^"Earliest records : Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Oct. 2, 

 19107Bragg); Marion, Oct. 3, 1911 (Wheeler). 



Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. — w.v. Earliest rec- 

 ord: Summerville, Nov. 17, 1910 (McDermid).' 



Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. — 

 T.V., rare. Aiken, Dec. 2, 1908 (Kershaw), male and female ob- 

 served. 



Guiraca caerulea (Lirm.). Blue Grosbeak. — s.r. Evidently 

 less rare than recently supposed. Additional records: May 31, 

 1907 (Weston), male near Otranto; May 1, 1910 (Weston &Sass), 

 male and female at Otranto; May 6, 1910 (Kershaw), male and 

 female at Summerton; Apr. 24, 1911 (Wheeler), male at Marion; 

 May 6, 1911 (Wheeler), about a dozen of both sexes; May 26, 

 1911 (Weston), male at Ashley Junction. Numerous breeding 

 records have been secured from Sumter, where one observer (Levi) 

 took four nests between June 13 and July 12, 1911. These 

 records are as follows: June 13, nest in a wing elm near the 

 road, four feet from the ground, containing four young which flew 

 the next day. June 28, nest in dense undergrowth of smilax and 

 grapevine, four and a half feet from the ground. A large snake 

 skin was wound around the nest, which contained three young 

 about five days old. July 7, male and female observed in woods 

 with four young just beginning to fly. July 7, nest five feet from 

 the ground in a small Black Jack oak in pine woods, placed next 

 to the trunk and perfectly concealed. The nest, now in the Mu- 

 seum, is made of grass, fine branches, and paper, and is covered 

 with spider webs but has no snake skin. It contained three eggs, 

 one of which was pipped. July 12, nest in oak three feet from 

 the ground; contained two eggs. Mr. Levi reports that in each 

 case where he touched the nest he found it deserted the next day. 

 Nests are reported (Kershaw) from Clarendon County and from 

 the Piedmont section, the majority containing snake skins. 



Passerina ciris (Linn.). Nonpareil. — s.r. Earliest record: 

 Summerville, Apr. 8, 1911 (McDermid). 



^See note in this issue for the Fox Sparrow in Charleston, Jan., 1912. 



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