earoliriiana ),' American Mistletoe ( Phoradendron 

 flavescens), abundant, Wild toad-flax (Linaria cana- 

 densis), Carolina Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virgin- 

 ica), and china berry trees were numerous. 



Of the mammals noted through my extremely casu- 

 al observations the following were the only ones: 

 Gray Squirrel, Rabbit, Oppossum, and Bat, but 

 many others are frequent including Fox and Rac- 

 coon. Bats were common. I observed one flying 

 about in bright sunlight at ten o'clock on the morn- 

 ing of April first, which, I believe, is rather unusual. 

 Several Common Swifts (Scepoporus andulatus) 

 were seen in 1913 and 1914, and a Green Lizard or 

 American Chameleon (Anolis carolinesis) was ob- 

 served April 11, 1915. 



Following I will take up certain facts noted con- 

 cerning some of the birds which I observed at Aiken. 



KILLDEER. During 1910 and 1912 I observed these 

 birds only rarely and then only feeding 

 in meadows singly or in pairs, but in the past three 

 years I have been better rewarded in my searches. 

 On March 7, 1913 a large migration of these birds 

 occurred. Large numbers of the birds swept over the 

 fields and meadows, circling overhead throughout the 

 day and also frequently during the night. For near- 

 ly a week this unusual migration continued, the last 

 birds of the species being observed on the 12th. Dur- 

 ing 1915 Killdeers were frequent throughout the pe- 

 riod of my visit. Their calls during the night, given 

 while they were flying from place to place, became a 

 customary sound. This nocturnal calling of this spe- 

 cies I had never before noted. 



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