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21. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). 

 This handsome bird is a very conspicuous inhabitant of the 



campus. It is not so abundant in the surrounding region. It 

 seemed most numerous in May. I have no records for Decem- 

 ber, nor for the first three weeks in January. In 1909 the loud 

 drumming mating-call was first heard on February 5. 



22. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Centurus carolinus). 



One of the anomalies of Chapel Hill ornithology is the abund- 

 ance of this woodpecker, which is rare in very similar local- 

 ities. I observed one pair nesting in a hole in an elm in the 

 back-yard of the old Archer place. The time was April. I 

 have also seen this bird during the fall and winter months, ex- 

 cept February. 



23. Flicker (Colaptes auratus auratus). 



Next to the Downy the commonest woodpecker. I found it 

 most conspicuous in March. It is a resident species. 



24. Whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferous vociferous). 



The average date of arrival of this migrant was April 5. 

 The earliest arrival was noted on March 31, 1910. These birds 

 during the spring migrations may be heard calling in large num- 

 bers in Battle's Park and the woods south of the campus. Those 

 individuals that remain to breed continue their calling through 

 the first week in May. 



25. Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus virginianus) . 



This bird breeds at Chapel Hill. I saw one bird perform for 

 several successive evenings the sky-coasting performance, for 

 which the species is famous, over the cemetery and adjoining 

 woods. This was about May 1, 1911. The earliest record I 

 obtained was April 11, in 1908. In 1911 I saw it as late as 

 October 7. 



26. Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica). 



My records for the arrival of this well-known summer visitor 

 are as follows: March 31, 1908, April 4, 1909, April 4, 1910, 

 April 5, 1911. In 1908 and 1909 it was last seen on October 

 10; in 1907, on October 9. In the fall, just before they leave, 



