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151. Sitta carolinensis atkinsi.* 157. Polioptila cierulea.* 



152. Sitta pusilla.* 15S. Turdus mustelinus.* 



153. Parus bicolor.* 159. Turdus aonalaschkiu pal- 



154. Parus carolinensis.* lasii. 



155. Regulus satrapa. 160. Merula migratoria. 



156. Regulus calendula. 161. iSialia sialis.* 



The following remarks upon certain .species in the foregoing 

 list will conclude this paper. 



Aramus giganteus. Limpkin. — A common resident, which is locally 

 known as the ' Nigger Boy,' from its cry- I secured six sets of eggs. 

 They nest in saw grass and vines, also small bushes. The highest num- 

 ber of eggs found was seven. This record extends its range considerably. 



Rostrhamus sociabilis. Everglade Kite. — It was with much pleasure 

 that I found the ' Snail flawk ' to be exceedingly common. The fisher- 

 men on the river told me of a curious hawk which they called the ' Snail 

 Hawk,' when I arrived in February, but added that they had not seen one 

 for a great many years. In the hope of seeing this strange bird, which I 

 supposed must be the Everglade Kite, I prolonged my stay seven weeks. 

 On Mav 9, an adult female was brought to me. The next day in less 

 than ten minutes I shot four specimens within a mile from the head of 

 the river. I secured about twenty examples and they were all in worn 

 plumage, and also in moult, which makes me believe that the birds do 

 not breed in this region, although Major Bendire, under date of June 23, 

 writes me : " There must be a colony of them breeding within forty or 

 fifty miles of the Wacissa River." 



The birds are very tame and unsuspicious. They go in fiocks of four 

 to six and are very friendly with each other. Their food consists entirely 

 of a large species of snail, which is to be had in myriads. Thev obtain 

 the snails by flying over the water — exactly like a Gull — and by seizing 

 them with one foot. They at once alight upon any convenient tree, bush, 

 or drift, and by the bill alone pull the snail from the shell without the 

 slightest injury to the shell whatever. Under their particular feeding 

 spots the shells are piled up until they are from eight to twelve inches 

 high. By dissection, in every case, the female was brown, while the male 

 was slate. The iris is blood-red — a little blurred. The above record 

 extends the range of this Kite about two hundred miles north, and to 

 within eighteen miles of the Georgia line. 



Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk. — Breeds abundantly in the hill 

 country near Waukeenah, but not observed breeding on the Wacissa. 



Buteo latissimus. Broad-winged H.\wk. — One of the commonest 

 Hawks found breeding in the hill country and on the Wacissa. 



Campephilus principalis. Ivory-billed Woodpecker. — This mag- 

 nificent bird was once very common in this region — a country especially 

 adapted to its wants — where it was in a large measure secure, but it is 



