1S90.I Loomis, Summer Birds of Pickens County, S. C. "2 C 



ence or absence of certain species — local environment in some 

 instances counterbalancing disadvantages of elevation. 



4. By artificial circumstances, such as are brought about 

 through the agency of man. 



5. By influences not apparent, as manifested in the selection 

 of one locality as a place of residence and the rejection of another, 

 to all appearance not dissimilar. 



6. By inherent power of adaptation in certain Carolinian species, 

 notably Parns bicolor and Paries carolinensis, to the conditions 

 incident to altitude, irrespective of other modifying considerations. 



LIST OF ELEVATIONS. 



Mt. Pinnacle ........ 3436 feet. 



Table Rock ........ 3124 



Pickens Court House ...... 1162 



Spartanburgh Court House ..... SS7 



High-low Gap ........ 2763 



Reedy Cove ........ 1810 



Oolenoy at foot of Mt. Pinnacle .... 1123 



I am indebted for the first four of the above measurements to 

 the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The last three were kindly 

 supplied by a friend who obtained them directly from the engi- 

 neers engaged in making the preliminary surveys of the projected 

 Carolina, Cumberland Gap, and Chicago Railroad. 



A few words of explanation are necessary to a proper under- 

 standing of the appended notes. In general, when no year is 

 given, 1889 is meant. Large birds, when spoken of as common, 

 are not to be regarded so in the same sense as smaller ones. 



1. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. 'Crane.' — July 1, one was 

 seen in the Oolenoy Valley at the foot of Mt. Pinnacle. The day follow- 

 ing another — perhaps the same bird — was observed lower down the valley 

 opposite Table Rock. From what I learned by inquiry, I judge that this 

 species is not as plentiful as in the Piedmont Region. It is said to occur 

 chiefly during wet spells. 



2. Ardea virescens. Green Heron. — This Heron was met with dur- 

 ing June,^iS87, and again in June, 1889, along the Oolenoy, where its 

 presence appears to be not infrequent. 



3. Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. 'Partridge.' — While this bird 

 is very common, especially about the settlements, still it is apparently 

 not as abundant as in Chester County and other portions of the upper 

 country away from the mountains. 



