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when I saw a shadow cross my patli, and, upon looking up,. I 

 saw not one but three Turkey Vultures (" Cathartes aura") sail- 

 ing around in the air. How gracefully they sail, now standing 

 still and again shooting along in long, graceful curves. I de- 

 termined to secure one of these birds for a specimen, and so, 

 just as one of them was sailing over me, I took a hasty aim at 

 him and fired. " The Buzzard kept on sailing." Again I fired, 

 " he still sailed." By this time I was beginning to get a little 

 "riled," and, quickly ejecting the empty shells, I thrust in two 

 000 buckshot cartridges. "Now," thinks I, "we will see who's 

 what." As he sailed over me a second time I let him have 

 both barrels, one after the other, but with the same result ; 

 he declined to fall. I gave up the idea of shooting buzzards 

 and continued on toward the beach, arriving there in a few 

 moments. The first specimens to greet my eyes were a flock 

 Sanderlings f" Calidris arenaria") quietly feeding along the 

 shore. In my excitement I wildly fired two barrels at them 

 and had the satisfaction of seeing them all fly up the beach. j{ 



I spent the morning and part of the afternoon in hunting, 

 and late in the afternoon I returned to the house, having ob- 

 tained, with my fifty cartridges, one Cardinal, one Cat-bird, 

 ("Galeoscoptes carolinensis,") two Mocking-birds, (" Mimus 

 polyglottus,") and a black-bellied Plover ( " Charadrius squata- 

 rola.") Before dark I skinned the Cardinal and Cat-bird. ' 



In the evening we had a call from Bob and Charlie, two 

 " crackers" who have a small plantation to the north of the 

 plantation at which I was stopping. They brought their vio- 

 lins with them and I was agreeably entertained by their music, 

 which was entirely new to me, their style being of a rough 



