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birds found between the Appalachian Mountains and the sea, 

 from New England to the Gulf. This is the most complete list 

 of birds previous to Alexander Wilson 's, and is accompanied by 

 notes on migration. Bartram's name has been given to the Up- 

 land or Field Plover (Bartramia longicauda) . 



WILSON. 



Alexander Wilson did very little work in South Carolina, but 

 passed through to Savannah and worked in the Savannah River 

 region. Mr. Wayne confirms Wilson's account of the arrival 

 and departure of the Marsh Hawk, which was rejected by Audu- 

 bon on the testimony of Bachman. 



AUDUBON AND BACHMAN. 



Modern ornithology begins with the work of Audubon and 

 Bachman. While Bachman has left few separate publications 

 on birds he furnished a large part of the information contained 

 in Audubon 's accounts of the birds of South Carolina, as the quo- 

 tations in the following pages abundantly show. 



The work of Audubon and Bachman was done in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity of Charleston, making this a classic field in American 

 ornithology. An especially interesting feature of the present 

 work is that Mr. Wayne has covered the same field, and since he 

 finds it necessary in the following pages to correct a number of 

 errors of Audubon and Bachman, it may be well to indicate here 

 that these errors are due chiefly to acceptance of second-hand 

 information on migration and other matters, or to inadequate 

 field work. It must be remembered that Mr. Wayne has worked 

 almost continuously in a comparatively small region for nearly 

 thirty years, while Audubon was a pioneer in a much larger field. 



The following new species were discovered by Bachman, near 

 Charleston: 



1. Passerherbulus maritimus macgillivraii. Macgillivray 's 

 Seaside Sparrow. 



2. Peuccea cestivaMs bachmanii. Bachman 's Sparrow. 



3. Helinaia swainsonii. Swainson's Warbler. 



4. Vermivora bachmani. Bachman 's Warbler. 



The following new species were discovered by Audubon: 

 1. Rallus elegans. King Rail. 



