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OROTTHOLOGIST 



[Yol. 12-]^o. 8 



Empidonax minimns, Least Flycatcher ; only 

 a few seen. 



Trochilus colubris, Ruby-throated Hummer; 

 I secured one specimen, others seen. 



Chcetura pelasgica, Chimney Swift; common. 



Antrostomus carolinensis^ Whip-poor-will. I 

 heard these birds frequently. 



Centurus carulinus, Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

 I shot several specimens of this bird. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus^ Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker; common. 



Golaptes miratus, Red-shafted Flicker ; a sin- 

 gle individual seen. 



Coccyzxis americamis, Yellow-billed Cuckoo ; 

 I shot one specimen and saw others. 



Tinnunculus sparveroides^ Sparrow Hawk ; 

 These hawks were quite common. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, Osprey; sev- 

 eral were seen around Old Point Comfoit. 



Buteo horealis, Red-tailed Hawk; a single 

 individual seen. 



Buteo peniisi/lv aniens, Broad-winged Hawk; 

 I saw one which a negro had shot. 



Cathartes aura, Turkey Buzzard; abundant. 

 To be seen at all times of the day, either in 

 large flocks circling in extended circles at an 

 immense altitude, or sitting on the ground in 

 groups, where they remain motionless for 

 hours. Their carrion eating propensities are 

 highlj'^ appreciated by the natives, and it would 

 not be prudent to kill one if you desire the 

 good will of the people. 



Zenaidura carolinensis, Cai'olina Dove; com- 

 mon. I secured my specimens by concealing 

 myself in a sand hole and shooting them as 

 they flew over to their roost at night. 



Ortijx virginiana, American Quail ; very com- 

 mon in tlie thickets. 



Garzetta candidissima, Snowy Heron. A few 

 seen around the creeks. 



BiUorides virescens. Green Heron; common 

 about the creek. 



Florida ccerulea. Little Blue Heron. I flushed 

 one of these birds from a small water course 

 and dropped him on the opposite bank. 



Ralhis longirostris crepitans. Clapper Rail ; 1 

 secured but one, a female, which 1 flushed from 

 some tall grass. 



tSterna dougalli. Roseate Tern ; I saw these 

 tern very frequently skimming over the waters 

 of Hampton Roads. 

 AY Procellaria pelagica, Stormy Petrel; manjf of 

 these birds were noticed playing around the 

 steamship while out of sight of land. | 



Probable Occurrence of the Ivory- 

 billed W^oodpecker on Pritchard's 

 Island, South Carolina. 



BY WALTER HOXIE, FROGMORE, S. C. 



While talking recently with one of the most 

 successful and intelligent of our native hunt- 

 ers, he mentioned having seen last winter on 

 Pritchard's Island "one of the old-fashioned big 

 woodpeckers with a red and white top knot." 

 He said that he was on his stand for a deer and 

 the bird came close over him and he could'nt 

 be mistaken. 



To test his familiarity with the bird I showed 

 him some cuts of woodpeckers, from among 

 which he at once selected the Ivory-billed as 

 being the bird in question, and he pointed out 

 and described the ditterence between it and the 

 Pileated. I cannot but give full credence to 

 his testimony. 



Pritchard's Island is near the middle of the 

 Hunting Island group and more isolated than 

 any of its fellows by the surrounding marshes 

 and the narrow and tortuous creeks by which it 

 is approached. It was formerly the most fre- 

 quented of all by the Ivory-bills. I have not 

 visited it for j^ears and no one goes there now 

 except an occasional party of deer hunters or 

 fishermen. 



Amount of Food Consumed by the 

 Barred Owl 



in O. S. BRIMLEY, RALEIGH, N. C. 



As a mattei" of some interest I give the 

 amount of food consumed by a young Barred 

 Owl from June 4th to 2()th inclusive, viz. 

 twenty-three days, while in confinement: 



1 Purple Gallinule. 



20 Catbirds and oth<'r birds of same size. 



12 Birds size of Orchard Oriole. 



27 Chipping Sparrows and other birds of 

 same size. 



10 House rats. 



16 Meadow and other mice. 



1 Lizzard. 



2 Terrapins (flesh off"). 



In all eighty-nine animals, birds etc., an av- 

 ei"age of three per diem, which in round num- 

 bers would he 1,000 a year, and the Owl didn't 

 get what he considered a full meal more than 

 twice during the twenty-three days. 



