2 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



FAMILY GAVIID^: LOONS. 



3. Qavia immer (Briinn.). Loon. 



The Loon is an abundant winter and early spring visitant. 

 My earliest autumn record is October 17, 1895, and by October 

 27 the birds are always abundant. Adults are rarely seen, con- 

 fining themselves to the bays and larger inlets and rarely visiting 

 the numerous tidal creeks which abound on this coast. 



The northward migration takes place in March, and is at its 

 height by the 28th. This species is occasionally seen in June, 

 and I herewith append three records: June 9, 1902, and June 

 12 and 19, 1905. 



The Loon inhabits the northern part of the northern hemi- 

 sphere, and, in North America, breeds from Massachusetts and 

 northern New York northward. 



4. Qavia stellata (Pont.). Red-throated Loon.^ 



This boreal species is a very rare visitor as far south as South 

 Carolina, and I have taken but two specimens during the past 

 twenty-five years, as follows: October 15, 1889, and April 8, 

 1905. Both specimens are in immature plumage. 



The Red-throated Loon breeds in the Arctic regions. 



ORDER LONGIPENNES : LONG-WINGED 

 SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY STERCORARIID^: JAEGERS. 



5. Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.). Parasitic Jaeger. 



I have occasionally seen this species chasing gulls in November 

 in Charleston Harbor. It may winter, but I have no knowledge 

 of its presence except in November. 



The Parasitic Jaeger breeds in the Arctic regions. 



6. Stercorarius longicaudus Vieill. Long-tailed Jaeger. 



At Capers' Island, on December 21, 1896, I observed a bird of 

 this species chasing a flock of gulls. It was in the light phase. 

 This is the only specimen that I have ever seen in South Caro- 



'A Red-throated Loon in immature plumage was taken on Nov. 21, 1908, by Mr. 

 Samuel Lapham, Jr., on the Ashley River within a few yards of South Battery, Charles- 

 ton. This specimen was recorded in the Bulletin of the Charleston Museum (IV, 1908, 

 73), and is now in the Charleston Museum (Spec. No. 968). — Ed. 



