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154. HIRUNDO ERYTHROGASTRA (Boddaert). 

 BARN SWALLOW. 



"Spring and autumn migrant. Abundant." (1891b). 



No. 505. Female. Greensboro. May 7, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 506. Male. Greensboro. May 7, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 507. Female. Greensboro. May 7, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 509. Male. Greensboro. May 7, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



155. STELGIDOPTERYX SERRIPENNIS (Audubon). 

 ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. 



"Observed in the spring. Not found breeding. Com- 

 mon." (1891b). 



Further field work should certainly prove this species 

 to be a common breeder in Hale County. 



No. 477. Male. Greensboro. Apr. 23, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 478. Female. Greensboro. Apr. 23, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 508. Female. Greensboro. May 7, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 879. Male. Anniston. July 7, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



No. 880. Female. Anniston. July 7, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



No. 881. Female-hornot. Anniston. July 1, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



No. 882. Hornot. Anniston. July 7, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



156. BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM (Vieillot). 



CEDAR WAX WING. 

 "Cedarbird." "Seal" 



This demure little grayish-brown species bears the dis- 

 tinction of furnishing the subject of the first ornithologi- 

 cal record to be found in Dr. Avery's papers. Under 

 date of May 23, 1876, is found this entry on a page cut 

 from an old journal: 



"No. 1. 3 miles southwest of Greensboro; 



"Ampelis Cedrorum; male adult; 



"Was so fat that I found some difficulty in keeping the 

 skin from being soiled by the grease. His stomach con- 

 tained a black mulberry. This bird is a migrant, pass- 

 ing a short time with us during the spring." 



Here is another original entry, dated April 11, 1890 : 



"About half an hour before sunset I saw a cedarbird 

 perched on a liquidambar tree. It being unusual to see 

 one of these birds alone, I watched it for some minutes, 

 'till darkness put an end to my observations. It sat mo- 

 tionless for some minutes on its perch and then sallied 

 forth in pursuit of a passing insect ; behaving like a fly- 



