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these swifts gather in great numbers in the chimneys of the 

 South Building. 



27. Eubj-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus coluhris). 

 Arrived on April 16 in 1908, and on April 15 In 1909. A 



common summer resident. 



28. Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). 



I found the Kingbird not very common at Chapel Hill. The 

 earliest spring arrival was on April 26, 1908. In 1907 it was 

 seen as late in the fall as September 3. This flycatcher is not 

 as abundant as in many similar sections of the state. 



29. Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus). 



Earliest spring arrival, April 16, 1908 and 1910; average 

 arrival, April 18. Last seen in the fall of 1907 on September 

 17. This is a very common bird at Chapel Hill, breeding on 

 the campus. 



30. Phoebe (Sayornis phoehe). 



A nest containing three eggs and one young was found by me 

 on April 24, 1909, under the eaves of a mill near Chapel Hill. 

 I have observed the Phoebe during all the nine months of the 

 school year. It was most abundant in February. 



31. Wood Pewee (Myiochanes virens). 



A very common summer resident. Average time of arrival 

 was April 27; earliest arrival was on April 24, 1907. The 

 Wood Pewee was last seen in 1907 on October 14. 



.32. Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax vif^escens). 



A rather common summer resident. It usually appeared 

 about May 4. Earliest arrival on May 1, 1910. 



33. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata cristata). 



An abundant resident of the campus. It is not so numerous, 

 however, in the surrounding region. 



34. Crow (Corvus hrachyrhynchos hrachyrhynchos) . 

 A common permanent resident. 



J35. Bobolink (Doliclbonyx oryzivorus). 



Small flocks of these migrants were seen April 3-7. 1908, 



