LOCAL FAUNA 



Autumn Migration Notes for I9I3. — The following notes are my 

 latest migration records which extend the previously established 

 dates for South Carolina birds. 



Greater Snow Goose. — On October 27, 1913, Mr. Lucian L. 

 Porcher saw a flock of four Geese on his plantation near Mt. 

 Pleasant, S. C. On the next day, October 28, Mr. S. C. Venning 

 saw one feeding in a pea field in the same locality, and was able 

 to ride up to within a few yards of it before it took flight. This 

 last specimen was shot by a negro in the same field later in the 

 day. While it is impossible to tell the Greater Snow Goose 

 {Chen hyperboreus nivalis) from the Lesser (C. h. hyperboreus) 

 while at large, the probability is that these Geese were the Greater 

 as this variety is known to occur regularly in the interior of the 

 State, ^ while the Lesser is western in its distribution. Although 

 it is possible that Snow Geese may have been taken occasionally 

 by sportsmen, the above is the only authentic record for this 

 species in the coast region since the days of Audubon and Bach- 

 man. 



Lesser Yellowlegs. — Mr. A. T. Wayne in his Birds of South 

 Carolina^ says: "I have never seen this species in the winter 

 months. ' ' but gives no specific date for its departure. In view 

 of this my record for November 3, 1913, when I saw a single 

 individual of this species {Totanus flavipes) in a marsh pond at the 

 Navy Yard, may be of interest. While Yellowlegs may or may 

 not be found here after that date, it is at least, something definite 

 to work from. 



Chimney Swift. — Up to the fall of 1913 the latest record for 

 the occurrence of this species {Chaetura pelagica) was October 

 28.^ A few birds were seen on the afternoon of October 29 of 

 this year, but by October 30 all had apparently gone south. While 

 passing through Mt. Pleasant, S. C., on the afternoon of Novem- 

 ber 5 Mr. E. Burnham Chamberlain and I saw a single Chimney 



'Wayne: Birds of South Carolina, Contr. Chas. Mos., I, 1910, 23. 



« Ibid, 53. 



"Ibid, 97. Bull. Chas. Mus., V, 1909, 23. 



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