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birds were very common here until 

 tlie middle of July; then came the ter- 

 rible floods. Rivers overflowed with 

 the highest waters ever known in the 

 Southern States of the Atlantic. Where 

 there were swamps, now are huge 

 masses of sand. The favorite nesting 

 places of the Red-Winged Blackbird 

 are almost completely destroyed, and 

 in place there are sand-bars. I have 

 not seen a Red-wing since the floods. 

 The following list is far from com- 

 plete, as I did not have the time for 

 extensive observation this season. 



Pied-billed Grebe — Very few seen 

 during season. 



Great Blue Heron — Several here un- 

 til July 12. Have seen none since. 



Spotted Sandpiper — Very common. 



Bob-white — Very abundant. There 

 seemed to be more quail than the 

 former seaoson. It wont take hunters 

 long to thin them out when the season 

 opens. 



Mourning Dove — Very abundant. We 

 have thousands of these birds. At this 

 date, Sept. 24, they have gone into 

 flocks. 



Turkey Vulture — Very common. 

 There are thousands. 



Black Vulture — Common. 



American Sparrow Hawk — Plentiful. 



Screech Owl — Not as common as a 

 few years ago. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo — Common. 



Belted Kingfisher — Common. 

 Southern Downy Woodpecker — Not 

 very common. 



Red-headed Woodpecker — Common. 



Flicker — Very abundant. 



Whip-poor-will — Not very common 

 this season. 



Nighthawk — Abundant. 



Wood Pewee — Very plentiful. 



Blue Jay — Very plentiful in this lo- 

 cality. 



American Crow — Not so plentiful as 

 formerly. 



Red-winged Blackbird. Plentiful un- 

 til July 12. 



Chipping Sparrow — Plentiful. 



English Sparrow — Thousands. 



Slate-colored Junco — Plentiful in 

 winter. 



Cardinal — Very plentiful. 



Purple Martin — Very abundant. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat — Common. 



Mockingbird — Plentiful. 

 Catbird — Very common. 



Brown Thrasher — Unusually com- 

 mon. 

 House Wren — Abundant. 



White-breasted Nuthatch — Common. 

 Caroline Chickadee — The Chickadee is 

 one of our most common birds. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher — Rare. 



Wood Thrush— Plentiful. 



Bluebird — This bird is becoming 

 more scarce each year in this section. 

 Charles F. Moore. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. 



This well known scientist publishes 

 in "Science in a Series," Vol. XLIV 

 page 380 a very interesting review on 

 the subject of the Revival and Interest 

 in Bird Anatomy in the United States 

 National Museum, in which a great 

 deal of historic recitation relating to 

 the growth of this study in that Insti- 

 tution is set forth. 



He also publishes in a late issue of 

 the Washington Star a full page of 

 half tone photographs entitled "Nature 

 Photography," the subject of which 

 range all the way from birds and 

 moths to a dandelion seed head. It 

 is not sufficient to say that all this 

 material lives up to the high standard 

 always maintained by Dr. Shufeldt. 



Albinoism. 



During May last I saw a male Red- 

 wing Blackbird that had two pure 

 wliite patches on its back. They seem- 

 ed oval in shape, each being about l^^ 

 inches long by about one inch wide as 

 near as I could make out. Each patch 

 was margined all around with black 

 making a very handsome bird. I 



