208 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



Dr. Elliott Coues says:^ 

 Summer; not abundant as th» greater number pass north. 



From these statements it will be inferred that some birds breed 

 in the middle and upper counties, but I have yet to see a specimen 

 in the coast counties during the migrations, and doubt if it breeds 

 in any portion of the State, as Mr. Loomis does not mention it in 

 his list of birds of Pickens county or Caesar's Head. 



At Asheville, N. C, Mr. WilHam Brewster^ found the Balti- 

 more Oriole breeding. 



12. Euphaguscyanocephalus(Wagl.). Brewer's Blackbird. 



This far western species was added to the fauna of South Car- 

 olina by Mr. Leverett M. Loomis, who on December 9 and 10, 

 1886, shot three males and two females from a flock of over a 

 dozen at Chester. The capture of these birds was recorded by 

 Mr. Loomis in the Auk.^ 



Brewer's Blackbird ranges from the Pacific coast eastward to 

 Illinois, Louisiana, and South Carolina. 



13. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgw.). Bronzed Grackle. 



This subspecies is an abundant winter visitant in Chester county, 

 where Mr. Loomis ■* has observed it from November 1 to March. 



14. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). Lapland Longspur. 



The Lapland Longspur has been taken once in South Carolina, 

 at Chester, by Mr. Loomis on January 1, 1881, and recorded 

 by Dr. J. A. Allen ^ and also by Mr. Loomis.^ 



As but one specimen has been secured in the State, its presence 

 must be regarded as merely accidental, for this species breeds 

 in the far North- — Greenland, Melville peninsula, etc. (as well as in 

 high latitudes in the Old World), and is rare in winter as far south 

 as Virginia. 



15. Calcarius pictus (Swains.). Smith's Longspur. 



Two specimens of this boreal species were taken at Chester 

 by Mr. Loomis; the first on December 1, 1880, and the second 

 on February 9, 1889. These captures were announced by Mr. 



^Proc, Bosf.Soc.Nat. Hist., 1868, 117. ^Auk, III, 1886, 107. 



3 IV, 1887, 76. *Auk, VIII, 1891, 167. f' Bull.Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 1882, 54. 



^Auk, II, 1885, 190. 



