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19. Quiscalus quiscula aglaeus. Florida Grackle; ' Black- 

 bird.' Common. Within 1 lie swamp this species seems to show a decided 

 preference for the cypress ponds on the larger islands and for the cypress 

 heads on the prairies. It was also recorded frequently on the outskirts 

 of the swamp. The birds were generally observed in small flocks, some of 

 which numbered as many as fifteen individuals. 



.">(). Peucaea aestivalis aestivalis. Pi ne-woods Sparrow. — Common 

 in the pine barrens, both on the Larger islands and in the environs of the 

 swamp. It is apparently the only Sparrow that breeds in the Okefinokee. 

 It is emphatically a bird of the forest floor, seeking cover in the under- 

 growth of blueberries and saw-palmettoes, whence it reluctantly flushes 

 in take a perch in a near-by pine. At daybreak it is one of the first birds 

 to begin singing. 



51. Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni. White-eyed Towhee; ' Jo- 

 e.' — Fairly common among the saw-palmettoes on the islands; here 

 it was observed in several instances close to the borders of small cypress 

 ponds. A nest was found in such a situation on Billy's Island on May 10; 

 it contained three young and one egg. The birds are more numerous be- 

 yond the western border of the swamp. 



52. Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal; ' Redbird (with 

 black chin).' — Fairly common in the cypress ' bays ' along the lakes and 

 watercourses, in the hammocks, in the cypress heads on Honey Island 

 Prairie, and in swampy spots on the outskirts of the swamp. 



53. Piranga rubra rubra. Summer Tanager; ' Redbird (without 

 black chin).' — Fairly common in the pines on Billy's Island, but not found 

 elsewhere in the swamp except on Floyd's Island, where one or two were 

 recorded. Several were observed on the western border of the swamp. 

 Its song is a rich, dignified effort, considerably sweeter than that of the 

 Scarlet Tanager. The stomach contents of a male taken on June 8 con- 

 sisted of insect remains, all apparently Hymenoptera. 



54. Progne subis subis. Purple Martin; ' Martin.' — A number of 

 Purple Martins were observed at their gourd nests at Hebardville, May 4 

 and 5; at Braganza, May 8 and 23; and on the western edge of the swamp, 

 May 30. The family on Billy's Island also kept Martin gourds in former 

 years, but none of the birds were found this season within the swamp. 



55. Lanius ludovicianus ludovicianus. Loggerhead Shrike. — 

 One was observed on May 5 at Hebardville, and another on May 8 at 

 Braganza. The first bird was seen to chase a Red-cockaded Woodpecker 

 for. a considerable distance, and the fresh remains of one young and one 

 adult Bluebird on a near-by stump offered further evidence of the Logger- 

 rapacity. 



56. Vireosylva olivacea. Red-eyed Vireo. — Uncommon. Noted 

 several times in the hammock growth on Billy's Island and twice on the 

 northern side of the swamp. 



57. Vireo griseus griseus. White-eyed Vireo. — Fairly common in 

 the densest tangles of undergrowth in the cypress ' bays.' Though it sings 



