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birds. Breech-loaders in the hands of free negroes are 

 fast exterminating our small birds, as they have already 

 destroyed our squirrels and hares; our game little part- 

 ridges (Colinus) also are fast disappearing." 



''Sept. 27, 1893. The day was bright and clear and 

 many birds were seen, but a negro began to shoot and 

 continued his fusillade at the little birds from eight o'clock 

 in the morning till ten. It was gall and wormwood to me 

 to hear the report of his gun every four or five minutes. 

 How many beautiful birds this savage must have killed !" 



In this connection see notes under Colinus v. virginia- 

 nus, No. 56 and the fifth paragraph under Meleagris g. 

 silvestris, No. 57. 



In the following pages each species of 'oird noted by 

 Dr. Avery is listed in the systematic position adopted in 

 the 1910 edition of the "A. O. U. Check-list of North 

 American Birds." The nomenclature used here is that 

 of the same work, except as noted in specific instances. 

 Under each species or subspecies are brought together 

 all the notes on that form that could be found, published 

 or unpublished, regardless of the source from whence 

 derived. All of his published ornithological writings are 

 here republished but not in their original form, the notes 

 being assembled under the species to which they refer. 

 After each quotation from a published paper is given a 

 date, often followed by a letter, in parentheses ; this is 

 the date of publication and refers to the bibliography at 

 the end of the bulletin where complete titles and refer- 

 ences to original publication are given. Original (un- 

 published) notes are enclosed within quotation marks 

 but are not followed by a bibliographical reference. 

 Where specimens of any given bird exist in the collec- 

 tion, these are listed as the last items under the particu- 

 lar species or subspecies concerned. 



All notes refer to Hale county, Alabama, unless other- 

 wise specified. 



The writer acknowledges with gratitude the assistance 

 received from Mr. Alexander Wetmore, Mr. Arthur H. 

 Howell, and the late Prof. Wells W. Cooke of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Biological Survey. Many of the specimens in 



