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20. Mourning Dove, Turtle Dove. 

 (Zenaidura macroura carolinensis). 

 Common over James Island. They 

 were found frequently on the beach 

 and in the bushes bordering the 

 beach. Undoubtedly they nest regu- 

 larly on the island. 



21. Ground Dove, Mourning Dove. 

 (Chaemepelia passerina terrestris. I 

 was astonished at the abundance of 

 this species on James Island, and es- 

 pecially in the precincts of the Gulf 

 where they were seen at all times of 

 day passing to and fro along the 

 beach, sometimes singly and often in 

 squads of three to eight. They un- 

 doubtedly nest in abundance on the 

 Island. 



22. Turkey Vulture, Buzzard. Cat- 

 hartes aura septentrionalis). Several 

 seen between Mclntyre and St. Ter- 

 esa. They also frequented the beach 

 and fed there on the refuse thrown 

 out by fishermen. One sat for some 

 time on the wharf close to a fisher- 

 man who was cleaning mullet. 



23. Bald Eagle. (Haliaetus leuco- 

 cephalus). One was seen sailing high 

 over the wharf at St. Teresa. It is 

 strange that no others were seen for 

 this is by no means a rare bird any- 

 where along the coastal region of 

 Florida. 



24. Sparrow Hawk, Killy Hawk. 

 (Falco sparverius). Common through- 

 out the Island. 



25. Osprey, Fish Hawk. (Pandion 

 haliaeus carolinensis). Common all 

 along the coast in front of the 

 Island. They were especially active 

 on cloudy days, fishing in goodly num- 

 bers out in front of the house. They 

 beat to and fro until their prey is 

 located, when they partially fold their 

 wings and dive with some force into 

 the water, invariably emerging with 

 the fish which they hold in their 

 claws, head first, parallel with their 

 bodies. I always noticed that as soon 



as the bird had risen from the water, 

 a short distance above the surface, it 

 vigorously agitated its entire body, 

 thereby discharging from its plumage 

 sufficient of the water to enable it to 

 fly with ease. They then head for 

 land and as I never saw one stop, I 

 take it they go far inland to make 

 their meal. 



26. Great Horned Owl, Hoot Owl. 

 (Bubo virginianus). One night when 

 we were returning from a picnic at 

 "the head of the bay," the wind, as it 

 too frequently will, do, abated and left 

 us some distance from St. Teresa with 

 nothing but a long oar as a means of 

 propulsion. While we were laborious- 

 ly and slowly sculling the sloop 

 toward our destination, and about 1 p. 

 m., suddenly from the deep pine for- 

 est off toward our right, issued the 

 lugubrious notes of a Great Horned 

 Owl. This was the only one of the 

 species heard or seen during my visit. 



27. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Rain Crow. 

 (Coccyzus americanus). Heard and 

 saw only one. 



28. Belted Kingfisher. (Ceryle alc- 

 yon. Common around the beach, 

 where they frequented the wharf 

 which furnished a base for their oper- 

 ations against the little fish congre- 

 gated in the vicinity. They were al- 

 ways quite noisy. 



29. Southern Downy Woodpecker, 

 Sapsucker. (Dryobates pubescens). 

 I collected one and saw several in the 

 pines back of the house. Recent fires 

 had left the trunks of these trees 

 sooty and charred and the specimen 

 I secured might very well have fur- 

 nished some of our latter day special- 

 ists with a basis for a new subspecies 

 as its pectoral and ventral plumage 

 had been blackened by contact with 

 these trees. 



30. Florida Nighthawk, Bull Bat. 

 (Chordeiles virginianus chapmani). 

 Toward dusk numbers of these birds 



