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179. Guara alba. White Ibis. — Occurs regularly in the county 

 during spring and summer, and I have reason to believe some of the cypress 

 swamps in the western part of the county will be found to be its nesting 

 haunts. 



180. Dryobates borealis. Red-cockaded Woodpecker. — This wood- 

 pecker is very locally restricted. Since my last paper was published I 

 have found it in the northern and eastern portions of the county, always 

 in tracts of pine land. My only opportunity to observe it has been in winter 

 so I am unable to say whether or not it nests with us, but it is altogether 

 probable that it is a constant resident in the county. 



181. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. — My first record of this bird for 

 the county was made on January 6, 1907, while I was passing through 

 McDougall's pasture. My attention was drawn to a number of Gold- 

 finches that were. watering in a little pool on the edge of the swamp, and 

 to others perched in some small trees near by. I turned my glasses upon 

 them and discovered several Siskins in their midst. The whole flock 

 shortly flew to the sweet gum trees a little distance beyond. I followed 

 and found the Siskins searching for food in the sweet gum burs, along with 

 the Goldfinches. 



Vireo solitarius. Blue-headed Vireo. — This species is a winter 

 resident with us. There was one in our yard during the whole of the past 

 winter. It is not very abundant at any time and can be easily overlooked. 



Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — This bird is with us 

 throughout the entire year, but it is probable that the winter residents 

 are those which have spent the summer in the north and that our summer 

 residents pass further south in winter. There is always one in our yard 

 during the winter. 



Helminthophila bachmani. Bachman's Warbler. — In 'The Auk' 

 for January, 1905, p. 85, Mr. Rehn of Philadelphia, noting my record of 

 this bird for Leon County in the previous number of 'The Auk,' adds another 

 instance of the occurrence of this species in the county. He says: "On 

 March 22, 1904, while in company with Mr. Morgan Hebard of Thomas- 

 ville, Georgia, I collected a male specimen of this species in a black gum 

 swamp in the extreme northeastern section of Leon County, about four 

 miles distant from the Georgia line. The individual taken was in company 

 with several others which appeared to be the same species, but as the 

 identity was not known until the specimen was in hand, no others were 

 secured." 



182. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — I have often 

 searched for this bird in our county, but until Dec. 23, 1906, I could not 

 find it. On this date I recorded it in Choate's woods, a half mile from 

 town. The bird was alone. A short time before this I had seen three 

 of the birds so close to the eastern and western boundaries of the county 

 that it was impossible to determine, at the time, whether they were in 

 Leon, Jefferson, or Gadsden County, and I consequently did not claim 

 them for Leon County. 



