ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFfC SOCIETY. 6l 



at 10,000 pounds of cut mica, valued at about $35,000. 

 The average price of 3 by 5-inch cut mica, at the mines, 

 is put at $3.50 per pound. 



Durino^ tlie vear three mills, manufacturing^ orround 

 mica from waste scraps, were in operation in Mitchell 

 count}-, but no estimate can be made of their output. 



TALC. 



The total production of prepared talc (shipments from 

 mills) for 1892 is estimated at 2,500 net tons, valued at 

 about $19,000 at the mills. 



The two principal producers were The Notla Consoli- 

 dated Marble^ Iron and Talc Compan\\ of Cherokee, and 

 Messrs. Rickard and Hezvitt, of Swain county. 



KAOLIN. 



The total production of prepared kaolin for 1892 is esti- 

 mated at 3,900 net tons, valued at $31,200 at the works. 



The principal producers were the works at Sylva and 

 Dillsboro, in Jackson count\'. 



ADDITIONS TO THE BREEDING AVI-FAUNA IN 

 NORTH CAROLINA SINCE THE PUBLICATION 

 OF PROF. G. F. ATKINSON'S CATALOGUE IN 

 1887. 



BY J. W. P. SMITH WICK. 



1. Great Blue Heron [Ardea herodias). Young ones 

 have been seen and taken in all sections. 



2. Little Blue Heron [Ardea ccFrnlae). Reported 

 breeding in the west by ?vlr. John S. Cairns, Buncombe 

 countw 



