THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



22 Rough-winged Swallow, 158 ; com- 

 mon, found in the vicinity of ponds and 

 near the marshes. 



33 Summer Redbird, 164 ; abundant. I 

 first noticed the curious note, being on the 

 edge of a swamp, in the deep woods. 

 Keeping a sharp lookout, I soon saw a flash 

 of red through the leaves, instantly I threw 

 my gun to my shoulder and fired, and felt 

 well rewarded for the rapid plunge I made 

 through the knee-deep water, as I held the 

 beautiful bird in my hand, and plugged 

 his throat and nostrils with cotton. This 

 was an adult male in full spring plumage. 



After I " caught on " to the note, I soon 

 took several more, showing many stages of 

 plumage, some being no more than half 

 through the moult. 



24 Savannah Sparrow, 193a ; common 

 on my arrival, but the bulk of them sooo 

 passed North. 



25 Grass Finch, 19T ; same at the last 

 but not so numerous. 



26 Seaside Finch, 303 ; common in the 

 salt marshes. I took my specimen by 

 poling my scow through the sedge in the 

 shoal water, until the bird was flushed, then 

 quickly grabbed the gun and brought down 

 the bird. Thej^ kept themselves well con- 

 cealed, and would not fly imlcss forced to 

 do so. 



37 White-throated Sjiarrow, 209 ; quite 

 a common migrant. 



28 Florida Towhee, 337a ; apparautly 

 quite common. I shot a specimen to make 

 sure of identification. 



39 Cardinal Grosbeak, 242 ; e.xceedingly 

 abundant resident, found in every thicket 

 but hard to obtain, owing to their shyhess, 

 and the surprising way in which they can 

 conceal their brilliant plumage in even a 

 small tuft of leaves, keeping out of sight 

 so completely, that a careful observer 

 would not notice them, were it not for the 

 betraying whistle. 



30 Painted Bunting. Nonpareil, 2ol ; 

 quite common in the latter part of .Vpril, 

 and easily seen, as the brilliant and man}- 

 colored plumage stands out in bold contrast 

 against the green leaves. 



31 Red-winged Blackbird, 261: common. 



but most all were in the "young of the 

 year " plumage. 



33 Meadow Lark, .363 ; exceedingly 

 abundant. Found in all the fields in large 

 flocks. 



33 Orchard Oriole, 370 ; not ver)' com- 

 mon. One specimen taken. 



34 Boat-tailed Grackle, 277 ; exceed- 

 ingly abundant resident, haunting the 

 fields and marshes in large flocks. They 

 had just begun laying in good numbers 

 wheu I left for the north, building in com- 

 munities in the old overgrown plantation 

 burying grounds. 



35 Common Crow, 383 ; a few seen, 

 but far outnumbered by the succeeding 

 species. 



36 Fish Crow, 383 ; exceedingly abund- 

 ant during my stay, and the first birds 

 noticed on our arrival at Port Royal, where 

 several were seen pursuing their piscatorial 

 avocations within a few rods of the 

 steamer. 



,37 Blue Jay, 289 ; Common in the pine 

 woods where several fell victims to their 

 own curiosity, which would almost always 

 lend them within gunshot, providing the 

 collector remained concealed and perfectly 

 quiet. They had a note, entirely different 

 from any I ever heard north, and I could 

 not believe it was the utterance of a Jay, 

 until 1 observed very closely and was sat- 

 isfied as to its origin. 



38 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 325 ; 

 a single specimen was shot by ;\Ir. Cuth- 

 bert. 



39 Chuck Wills Widow, 2')'i : a speci- 

 men of this bird was fiushed from her nest 

 by one of the party and shot. The nest 

 contained two eggs, one of which he broke, 

 making the set worthless in my estimation, 

 The eggs resemble those of the Whip-poor- 

 will, being of cotu-se somewhat larger 



40 Hairy Woodpecker, 360 i Quite com- 

 mon in the pine woods. 



41 Downy Woodpecker, 361 : Common 

 during ray stay. 



42 Yellow-bellied A\'oodpecker, 369 ; a 

 few specimens seen. 



43 Pileated Woodpecker. 371 : quite 

 common in the deepest woods, and on the 



