252 Scott, Birds of the Gulf Coast of Flarida. [July 
Colaptes auratus. FLIcKER.— Common resident, but rather more 
abundant in December, January and February than at other seasons. 
‘‘Common in winter at Punta Rassa; not observed there in summer. 
Rather rare at Key West, where it has only been met with in the fall.”—]. 
W. Atkins. 
Antrostomus carolinensis. CHUCK-WILL’S-wiDow.—Resident on the 
Gulf coast at least as far north as Tarpon Springs, where in winter, 
December and January, they are rather rarer than at other seasons of the 
year. There the birds begin to sing in February, but are not in full song 
as a general thing till the first week in March. The mating season seems 
to continue through this month, and the eggs are not laid till the middle 
or last of April, or even later. The period of song continues till late in 
July, when it ceases and the birds are silent till the beginning of the fol- 
lowing breeding season. 
Mr. Atkins says: ‘‘Arrives at Punta Rassa in early April, after which 
their notes are heard on all sides. May 6, found a nest with two eggs on 
the bare ground ina swamp. The incubation about half completed. Last 
birds observed at Punta Rassa October 30. At Key West, noted first on 
March 3, and on the southern migration is very common from August 28 
to September 18. Have yet to hear their notes here.” 
Chordeiles virginianus chapmani. CHAPMAN’s NIGHTHAWK. — For 
remarks on the breeding of this form see ‘The Auk,’ Vol. V, p. 186. The 
birds, as faras I am aware, are migrants and summer residents on the 
Gulf coast of Florida. In the vicinity of Tarpon Springs they arrive about 
the middle of April and in a few days become very abundant. They breed 
here in numbers, and become particularly abundant in late August and 
September, remaining till late in October and rarely into November. 
Observed by Mr. Atkins at Punta Rassa and at Key West, at both places 
as acommon migrant and summer resident. 
Chetura pelagica. CHIMNEY SWIFT.—Common migrant and summer 
resident, and very rarely observed during the colder months. Near 
Tarpon Springs the birds regularly arrive from the south late in April 
(24-30), and become abundant in a fewdays. Most of them pass on to the 
north after a short interval, but many remain to breed in the immediate 
vicinity. 
Trochilus colubris. RuBy-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.—Common spring 
and fall migrant, and a rare summer resident. About Tarpon Springs 
the birds appear late in February or early in March, according to the sea- 
son, and for a month or six weeks are very common, after which time they 
disappear. The only records I have of the species in summer, near here, 
is of one seen July ro, 1888, and another August 4 of the same year. 
Of the Ruby-throated [lummingbird Mr. Atkins says: “It is very com- 
mon at Punta Rassa in winter, arriving early in September. By the mid- 
dle of April all have departed. At Key West it is fairly common in 
winter. Last noted in spring, April to. - 
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