AVERY BIRD COLLECTION 65 
The stomach of No. 49, listed below, also contained 
“debris of beetles.” 
“Common. Summer resident. Breeds.” (189(e). 
“On May third (1890), shot either a male chestnut 
sided warbler or a male black-throated green warbler. 
Lost it. While trying to find it flushed Antrostomus 
carclinensis from her nest. Have since flushed her three 
times from her nest, and have not yet found that she 
has carried her egg off in her mouth as Davie quotes 
Audubon as saying.” (Original notes.) 
“May 10, 1891. Sent Captain Bendire an egg of the 
chuck-will’s widow. Nest found on the bare ground 
about a quarter of a mile this side of the Long Bridge, in 
an oak wood on the north side of the Milwood road. 
“June 11, 1891. Set of eggs of A. carolinensis, found 
near the brick church on the Millwood Road; half incu- 
bated. Sent to Captain Chas. E. Bendire.” (Original 
notes. ) 
No. 34Bis. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 3, 1879. W. C. Avery. 
No, 49. Male-ad. Greensboro. Apr. 5, 1888. W .C. Avery. 
No. 522. Female. Greensboro. May 28, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 900. Male-hornot. Greensboro. Aug. 23, 1891. W. C. 
Avery. 
98. ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Wilson). 
Wuip-Poor-WILL. 
“Rare. Spring and autumn migrant.” (1890e). 
Oct. 14, 1890, the Doctor records seeing a whip-poor- 
will “on a wooded hillside about 14 mile north of Pine 
Knoll,’ near Greensboro. 
99. CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Gmelin). 
NIGHTHAWK. 
“Bullbat.” 
“On Sept. 22, 1887, Dr. Avery “saw large flights of 
nighthawks late in the evening, flying south; appeared 
to be a migratory wave.” Large numbers were recorded 
again next day. 
“Common. Summer resident. Breeds. Abundant 
during autumn migration.” (1890e). 
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