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to indicate the species which he had there noted. A clipping 
from the ‘‘ Raleigh News and Observer,” presumably printed 
about this time has been kindly loaned me by Mrs. R. W. 
McRae. The clipping contains a ‘‘Preliminary list of birds 
collected in the vicinity of Chapel Hill,” by Professor Atkin- 
son. In this communication are enumerated ninety-two 
species. 'T'wo of the forms there mentioned have not been in- 
cluded in the present list. The first of these, the tame 
pigeon (Columbia livia domesticata), is excluded as not being 
a native wild bird. ‘The other form, the clay-colored sparrow 
(Spezella pallida), was listed by Professor Atkinson on the 
strength of asingle specimen. This specimen is still pre- 
served in the Biological Laboratory, and is a fair type of the 
swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana). In the case of all 
other birds, included in the News and Observer list, and with 
which I have not myself met, mention is made of Professor 
Atkinson as the observer. 
My own observation in the field, specimens brought in by 
others from time to time for identification, and Professor At-. 
kinson’s two papers, constitute the data, from which the pres- 
ent list has been compiled. In all one hundred and nineteen 
species of birds at Chapel Hill have actually come under my 
notice. 
It may be of use to mention here some of the collections of 
birds now in North Carolina, which are accessible to the 
public. Inthe Biological Laboratory at the State University, 
in Chapel Hill, there is a collection of some 350 skins and 
mounted specimens, ‘ihe State Agricultural Museum at 
Raleigh contains a becutiful collection of several hundred 
mounted birds. The collection of birds in the Museum of 
Natural History at Guiiford College is numerically nearly as 
great. All of these collections are constantly growing. 
The Field.—The field for the study of bird life about 
Chapel Hill is in many respects a good one. The woods, 
open fields, small strearis, and underbrush make a varied en- 
vironment which tends to bring together large numbers of 
forms. On the other hand the absence, in the immediate 
