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Material. The collection of material at Chapel Hill was 

 begun by myself in January, 1886; and, assisted by some of 

 my students in the laboratory, has been continued to the present 

 time, though no collections were made during the summer and 

 fall of 1886. University duties interfere greatly with collection 

 of material during the time for transient visitors, but such time 

 as has been practicable has been zealously devoted to the collec- 

 tion and preservation of material for study and future reference. 

 In all about 120 species have been observed and absolutely 

 identified by myself at Chapel Hill; \Vl species have been pre- 

 served. In December, 1887, I visited Beaufort and New Bern, 

 examined the collections of Mrs. Geoffroy and Mr. A. Finer, at 

 Beaufort, and that of Clark and Morgan at New Bern ; and also 

 made some collections and observations in the vicinity of Beau- 

 fort, in all absolutely identifying about 50 species in addition to 

 those taken at Chapel Hill. 



I am greatly indebted to H. H. & C. S. Brimley,* taxider- 

 mists of Raleigh, for records of species collected and observed 

 by them during a period extending over the last four or five 

 3'ears, in the vicinity of Raleigh, Currituck Sound, New Bern 

 and Beaufort. One hundred and seventy-five species were noted 

 in the vicinity of Raleigh, many of these being duplicated and 

 some additions made from the coast region. 



I have also had for reference "A List of Birds of Buncombe 

 County, N. C.,'' by John S. Cairns,t Weaversville, N. C. This 

 list enumerates 169 species observed in Buncombe county. 



Mr. Charles F. Batchelder, of Cambridge, Mass., kindly sent 

 me a copy of a pamphlet^ describing his observations upon the 

 winter birds of the mountain region in 1886. In this he enu- 

 merates 40 species. 



* Any parties desiring good skins for mounting:, or wishing any work from a 

 taxidermist, will do well to write to Mr. Briraley. I have seen specimens of his 

 workmanship. The work is in every way satisfactory. 



t Ornithologist and Oologist, Vol. XII, No. 1, 1887. 



JThe North Carolina Mountains in Winter, by Charles F. Batcheldor. The 

 Auk, Vol. III. 1886, pp. 307-314. 



