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granivorous and destructive. As for the Rabbit it is quite com- 

 mon, — the light soil affording it great facilities for life; it is 

 quite harmful to gardens. The Opossum, also, is common, and 

 the male and female live in separate burrows, two or three rods 

 apart. 



The birds may be divided into two classes, — those residing, 

 and those wintering in this region. The residents were as fol- 

 lows : — Cathartes aura, C. atratus, Buteo horealis, B. lineatus, 

 Falco sparverius, Bubo Virginianus, Sirix asio, Antrostomus 

 Carolinensis, A. vociferus, Chordeiles Virgiuianus, Progne pur- 

 purea (in summer,) Cotyle riparia, (in summer,) Ceryle alcyon, 

 Sift.a Carolinensis, S. Canadensis, S. pusilla, Mniotilta varia, 

 Thryothorus Ludovicianus, T. palustris, Sialia Wilsonii, Mi- 

 mus polyglottus, M. rufus, M. felivox, Panes Carolinensis, P. 

 atricapillus, Sylvicola coro7iata, S. striata, Tyrannula acadica, 

 T. plicebe, Tyrannus crinitus, Milvulus tyrannus, Lanius Ludovi- 

 cianus,Cyanocorax cristatus, Corvus Americanus, Sturnella Ludo- 

 viciana, Agelaius phceniceus, Molothrus pecoris, Cardinalis Vir- 

 ginianus, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Pyranga cesliva, Dendroco- 

 pus principalis, Dryotomus pileatus. Pious villosus, P. puhescens^ 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Centrurus Carolinus, Colapt.es au- 

 raius, ErytJirophrys erytliropTithalmus, E. Americanus, Ectopis- 

 tes Carolinensis, Meleagris gallopavo, Ortyx Virginianus, Bona^ 

 sa umbellus. 



The winter residents were as follows : — Surnia nyctea, Cer- 

 iJiiafamiliaris, Turdus migratorius, (for a short time,) Sylvicola 

 (Estiva, Vireo Noveioracensis, Vireosylvia olivacea, Struthus 

 hyemalis, Zonoirichia melodia, Spizella socialis, Mgialites vocife- 

 rus, Squatarola helvetica, Actitis macularius, Gallinago Wilso- 

 nii. Anas ohscura, Cyanopterus discors, and Querquedula Caro- 

 linensis. 



Of the Reptiles inhabiting this region, the terrestrial ones 

 have been already spoken of at a former meeting ; and those 

 living in the creeks need not be mentioned, for they are the same 

 as those of the lower country. This last remark holds true of 

 the Fishes also. 



The insects of this pine barren region are quite peculiar. One 

 cannot but be struck with the great numbers of wood-eating, 

 boring beetles. These, certainly, are the most numerous of all, 



