Wayne: Birds of South Carolina. 165 



261. Dendroica f usca (P. L. S. Miiller) . Blackburnian Warb- 

 ler. 



This beautiful warbler is another species which Dr. Bachman did 

 not observe "in the maritime parts of South Carolina."^ That 

 it is excessively rare near the coast is evinced by the fact that in 

 all these years of constant collecting I have taken but two speci- 

 mens, as follows: September 14, 1901, male. Mount Pleasant; 

 and September 29, 1902, female. Mount Pleasant. Both speci- 

 mens were shot from live oak trees and were exceedingly fat. 



Although Mr. Leverett M. Loomis^ obtained three specimens 

 (two males and one female) in the mountains of Pickens county 

 between June 18 and 24, at elevations ranging from 2500 to 3000 

 feet, there is no evidence that these birds were actually breed- 

 ing or had bred, for the organs of reproduction in the males "were 

 not larger than a pin's head of ordinary size." Mr. Loomis has 

 found this species to be a regular migrant through Chester county 

 during the spring and autumn migrations. He observed it "at 

 the end of April and during the early part of May, and from Au- 

 gust 8 to October 22." ^ 



This beautiful species breeds in the mountains of North Caro- 

 lina (Brewster) northward to the southern parts of Hudson Bay, 

 and winters chiefly in South America, from Colombia to Peru. 



"^2^2. Dendroica dominica (Linn.). Yellow-throated 

 Warbler. 



The Yellow-throated Warbler is a permanent resident and I 

 have taken or seen it during every month of the year. It is, 

 however, rare from November until the last of February, and is 

 by no means easy to discover in the winter months. 



The birds that winter along the coast I take to be those that 

 have bred to the northward of the State, since they are always 

 silent. By February 27 or 28, the migration commences, and the 

 song is invariably to be heard by the 28th of the month. 



During the breeding season the birds confine themselves strictly 

 to primeval woods or live oak avenues where the Spanish moss 

 grows in profusion, and where there is an undergrowth of low 

 bushes, small trees, and thickets. So partial is this handsome 

 warbler — not only in the breeding season, but at all seasons — to 



I See Audubon, Birds of America, II, 49. "^Auk, VII, 1890, 127. 



*Auk, VIII, 1891, 170-171. 



