206 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



the summits of the highest mountains. In 1882 the birds were 

 really abundant at Csesar's Head. 



Mr. N. C. Brown records the capture of one of these birds at 

 Camden on December 27, 1904.^ A specimen of this species 

 was said to have been sliot in the autumn of 1874 at Mount Pleas- 

 ant, and its identity was vouched for by several sportsmen who 

 were acquainted with the species. 



4. Buteo lineatus (Gmel.). Red-shouldered Haw^k. 



The Red-shouldered Hawk is a permanent resident of the 

 interior of the State, the subspecies B. I. alleni being restricted 

 to the coast region. 



5. Strix varia Barton. Barred Owl. 



This species seems to be confined exclusively to the upper 

 counties, where it is a permanent resident. The line of demarca- 

 tion between this form and S. v. alleni, I have been unable to define. 



6. Otus asio (Linn.). Screech Owl. 



The Screech Owl is a permanent resident of the northern coun- 

 ties, being found from Abbeville and Lancaster to the mountains. 

 The form 0. a. floridanus, of the coast region, certainly ranges 

 northward along the Savannah River valley to the southern por- 

 tion of Edgefield county. 



7. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



Dr. Coues says^ concerning this bird: "Rare; summer, but 

 chiefly migratory in April and September." 



The Black-billed Cuckoo is not known to breed in the State 

 and is at all times a very rare migrant. Mr. Loomis^ records 

 but two specimens taken at Chester during the migrations. 

 I have not detected it on the coast, nor did Dr. Bachman ever 

 observe it. 



8. Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh. Prairie Horned Lark. 

 This form appears to be a regular winter visitant in the upper 



counties of the State. Mr. Leverett M. Loomis* has noted im- 

 mense flocks in Chester county, where the birds arrive the last 



1 See Auk, XXIH, 1906, 386. '^Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1868, 119. 



^Bull.Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 216. ^Auk, VIII, 1891, 57-59. 



