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9. Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. 

 Rare winter visitor in the middle and western sections. 



10. Quisculus qiiisciila cEiieus. Bronzed Grackle. Tol- 

 erably common transient in the mountains. (Cairns). 



11. Aimnodranius henslowii. Henslow's Sparrow. One 

 female taken in April, 1890, in the western section. 

 (Cairns). 



12. Amviodramiis maritimiis. Seaside Sparrow. One 

 taken by myself, May 15, 1891, in a marsh near Plymouth, 

 N. C. No others w^ere seen. 



13. Chondestes grajiimaciis. Lark Sparrow. Rare sum- 

 mev visitor at Raleigh. Breeds. (Brimley). 



14. Clivicola riparia. Bank Swallow. Rare transient 

 in the middle and mountain sections. 



15. Helmiiithophila bachrnaiti. Bachman's Warbler. 

 Probablv a rare summer visitor. One taken at Raleio^h, 

 April 27, 1891. (Brimley). 



16. HelmintJwpJiila leiicobronchialis. Brewster's War- 

 bler. Rare transient at Raleigh, X. C. (Brimley). 



17. Dendroica palmanim hypochrysea. Yellow Palm 

 Warbler. Tolerably common transient at Raleigh, N. C. 

 (Brimley). 



18. Tiirdus alicicF. Gray-cheeked Thrush. Transient 

 visitor, rare at Raleigh; tolerably common in the west. 



Saxs Souci, X. C. 



THE ALEXANDER COUXTY METEORIC IROX 



BY S. C. H. BAILE\^ 



About the year 1875, General T. L. Clingman, of Ashe- 

 ville, presented me with a small piece of meteoric iron, 

 concerning which he w^as able to give me little information 

 further than that it had been found some \ears before in 



