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It is not probable that subspecies virginianus breeds 

 in Hale County. Though the specimen listed below was 

 taken in May it could easily have been a migrating bird. 



No. 510. Male. Greensboro. May 8, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



100. CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS CHAPMANI (Coues). 



FLORIDA NIGHTHAWK. 



"Bullbat." 



About half of Dr. Avery's only published note on the 

 nighthawk, given under the preceding subspecies, is really 

 applicable to chapmani for this is the breeding bird in 

 Hale County. The following breeding record is taken 

 from the Doctor's original notes: 



"June 10, 1891. Set of eggs of Chordeiles virginianus; 

 incubation advanced; found by a negro on the bare 

 ground in a cottonfield." 



No. 533. Female. Greensboro. June 26, 1890. W. C. Avery 

 No. 552. Male-hornot. Greensboro. July 26, 1890. W. C. 

 Avery. 



101. CH^STURA PSLAGICA (Linnseus). 

 CHIMNEY SWIFT. 



"Abundant. Summer resident. Breads." (1890e). 



No. 196. Female. Greensboro (Millwood) . Sept. 7, 1889. W. 

 C. Avery. 



102. ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS (Linnaeus). 

 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. 



That Dr. Avery's enthusiasm was boundless cannot be 

 denied when it is known that his twenty-fifth specimen 

 was a bird of this tiny species. It was taken on that 

 remarkable 17th of June, 1876, when the Doctor put up 

 skins of a number that would have done credit to a more 

 seasoned collector. He writes that he had intended to 

 mount this specimen but had not the necessary wire, so 

 merely made a skin of it. 



"Abundant. Summer resident. Breeds." (1890e). 



The stomach of a hummer taken Sept. 21, 1893, at 

 Greensboro, "was full of insects." 



