(;ou(>s.) 106 [October', 



The non-rosi(U'iit birds of South Carolina, that pass through the 

 State duriii;;- their migrations, ajipear, I think, fully two weeks earlier 

 in spring, and as much later in the fall, than they do at Washington, 

 1). C. The same is true of those species, connnon to the two locali- 

 ties, that breed or ])ass the winter in the State. This is, of course, 

 to speak only of the general average. 



The only nrticle tliat I have been able to find bearing directly 

 upon the subject in hand, is a list in the appendix of Tuomey's Re- 

 port on the Geology of South Carolina, published in 1848. This 

 appendix, entitled " Catalogue of the Fauna of South Carolina," was 

 j)repared bv Professor Lewis R. Gibbes, of the Charleston College. 

 The list of the birds, as the author states, is simply a compilation 

 from Audubon's Syno[)sis. The writer enumerates 271 species; 

 uMiuiig wliieh Ilaliaetus Washingtoni, Yireo Bartrami, Ammodramus 

 lylacgillivrayi, and Cygnus buccinator should, in all probability, not 

 liave been admitted. The occurrence of one or two other species 

 contained in the list is extremely problematical. Prof. Gibbes indi- 

 <-ates, in the instances of the majority of the species, whether the 

 bird is resident, or a sununer or winter visitant. The letter (G.) in 

 the following list indicates my indebtedness to Prof. Gibbes; in other 

 cases, the statements made are the results of my own investigations, 

 chiefly conducted at Columbia during the past two years. • 



Note. — 1 use tlie following abbreviations; — lies., resident; shjji., summer, and 

 tern., winter— both a." either verb or noun; .yr., spring; aut., autumn; migr., mi- 

 grant, migrate, migratory, migration, according to context; «6., abundant; com., 

 common; .V., north: ,*>., south: the usual contractiojis for names of months. Spe- 

 cies characteristic of the South Atlantic and Culf States are preceded by an aste- 

 risk. The classitication made use of is the modification of Prof. Lilljeborg's re- 

 cently adopted by the Smithsonian Institution; the nomenclature is, in general, 

 that of liaird's " liinls of Morth America." 



PASSERES— (OSCINES). 

 Fmn. 1. — TurdidyE. 



1. Tnrdu!< vm.<fcJi):iis. Wood Thrusli. Com.; res.; the greater 

 number go further N. to breed, and further S. to win. 



■2. T. Pidlasii. Hermit Thrush. Com.; win., from Oct. to Mch. ; 

 not known to breed. 



;3. T. fiisce.'^cens. Wilson's Thrush. Not ab.; chielly sjw. and 

 aut. niigr. ; some probably win. 



4. T. .wlitarlii.'f. Olive-backed Thrush. As the preceding. 



