LOCAL FAUNA 



Chlorippe alicia. — On May 25, 1913, I took a specimen of the 

 Alicia at Hampton Park, Charleston, S. C. The range of this 

 butterfly is given by Holland^ as "the Gulf States from Florida 

 to Texas." As little has been published on the butterflies of 

 South Carolina in recent years, the taking of this specimen prob- 

 ably extends the heretofore recorded range of the species. The 

 specimen is of a female and is in my collection. — E. H. Jennings, 

 Jr. 



Solitary Sandpiper. — On September 21, 1913, during a forty- 

 mile gale from the southwest, three of these sandpipers {Helo- 

 dromas solitarius) were seen drifting across the lower part of the 

 city. While too high in the air for any distinctive markings to 

 be seen, their unmistakable whistle gave them away. This 

 species is an addition to an already long and interesting list of 

 city birds. — Francis M. Weston, Jr. 



Recent Bird Notes. — The following bird notes contribute ad- 

 ditional data to the Museum's survey. 



Winter Wren. — On the morning of September 22, 1913, I saw 

 a Winter Wren {Nannus hiemalis) in St. Andrews Parish. This 

 is seven days earlier than Mr. Wayne records it. 



Crested Flycatcher. — While passing through Magnolia Ceme- 

 tery on October 13, 1913, I made a late record for this flycatcher 

 {Myiarchus criniius). This is four days later than the latest 

 previous record, made on the P. M. A. Campus in 1909. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. — On November 5, 1913, on the eastern 

 end of the Isle of Palms, I shot a male Red-backed Sandpiper 

 {Pelidna alpina sakhalina). On dissection the bird's stomach 

 was found to contain fifty-two very small conchs, a few finely 

 crushed pieces of shells and a small amount of sand. Of these 

 conchs fifty-one were Odostomia impressa, a species common on 

 oysters. 



' Butterflies, 1905, 190, pi. XXIII. 



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