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THE AUK: 



A (QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



VOL. VIII. October, 1891. No. 4. 



JUNE BIRDS OF CESAR'S HEAD, SOUTH CARO- 

 LINA. 



BY LEVERETT M. I.OOMIS. 



This paper is supplementary to the one relating to Mt. Pin- 

 nacle and vicinity,* pi-esenting the i^esults of a further study of the 

 bird fauna of the Alpine Region of South Carolina. 



Of the various spurs of the Blue Ridge extending across the 

 northern boundary of the State into the counties of Greenville, 

 Pickens, and Oconee, Caesar's Head, in the northwestern corner 

 of Greenville, appeared to aflbrd the best field for the continu- 

 ance of my earlier investigations. Accordingly I visited this 

 mountain on the 36th of May and resided there until the 4th of 

 July, making the hotel on the summit the base of my operations. 

 The interval of my stay covered the flood tide of the breeding 

 season. 



The altitude of Ctesar's Head is but little less than that of Mt. 

 Pinnacle. The height of the ridge of the roof of the hotel above 

 the average sea level is given as 31 18 feet by the U. S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey. The highest point is about a hundred 

 feet higher. 



Ca;sar's Head on the north and east is bounded by the Middle 



*Auk, Vol. VII, pp. 30-39, 124-130. 



