66 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
It is not probable that subspecies virginianus breeds 
in Hale County. Though the specimen listed below was 
taken in May it could easily have been a migrating bird. 
No. 510. Male. Greensboro. May 8, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
100. CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS CHAPMANI (Coues). 
FLORIDA NIGHTHAWK. 
“Bullbat.” 
About half of Dr. Avery’s only published note on the 
nighthawk, given under the preceding subspecies, is really 
applicable to chapmani for this is the breeding bird in 
Hale County. The following breeding record is taken 
from the Doctor’s original notes: 
“June 10, 1891. Set of eggs of Chordeiles virginianus; 
incubation advanced; found by a negro on the bare 
ground in a cottonfield.”’ 
No. 5338. Female. Greensboro. June 26, 1890. W. C. Avery 
No. 552. Male-hornot. Greensboro. July 26, 1890. W. C. 
Avery. 
101. CHAXTURA PELAGICA (Linneus). 
CHIMNEY SWIFT. 
“Abundant. Summer resident. Breeds.” (1890e). 
No. 196. Female. Greensboro (Millwocd). Sept. 7, 1889. W. 
C. Avery. 
102. ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS (Linnezus). 
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. 
That Dr. Avery’s enthusiasm was boundless cannot be 
denied when it is known that his twenty-fifth specimen 
was a bird of this tiny species. It was taken on that 
remarkable 17th of June, 1876, when the Doctor put up 
skins of a number that would have done credit to a more 
seasoned collector. He writes that he had intended to 
mount this specimen but had not the necessary wire, so 
merely made a skin of it. 
“Abundant. Summer resident. Breeds.” (1890e). 
The stomach of a hummer taken Sept. 21, 1893, at 
Greensboro, “was full of insects.”’ 
