126 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



always confines itself to such places, for I have seen it in the interior 

 of large forests where there were no clearings . It is unable to with- 

 stand severe cold weather, especially when the temperature falls 

 suddenly, for the great cold wave of February 13-14, 1899, 

 killed enormous numbers. Early in March the Snowbird begins 

 to migrate, and by the 21st of the month only a few stragglers 

 remain. My latest record is March 22, 1910. 1 



Before the birds migrate in March, they moult the feathers 

 of the head and throat, but I have not observed an autumnal 

 moult. 



I shot a perfect albino of this species at McPhersonville, on 

 January 28, 1887. Although I have taken some examples which 

 closely resemble the form J. h. carolinensis, which breeds and is 

 apparently resident in the higher mountains of North Carolina, 

 they are not typical of that race. 



The Snowbird breeds from the mountains of Pennsylvania to 

 the Arctic coast. 



217. Peucaea aestivalis (Licht.). Pine-woods Sparrow. 



A specimen of this species that I shot while it was singing on 

 April 1, 1895, near Mount Pleasant, must be referred to P. aesti- 

 valis, rather than to P- a. bachmanii although it is not typical 

 of the former. It is an adult male and agrees in many respects 

 with some breeding birds of aestivalis from St. Mary's, Georgia. 

 As this species is known to breed at Savannah, Georgia, there 

 can be little doubt that it also breeds in the lower part of Beau- 

 fort county, South Carolina. 



In 1891, I collected about Hardeeville and the Savannah 

 River swamps, from April 28 to May 15, but as the season was 

 advanced I refrained from shooting birds of this species because 

 they were breeding and were consequently in worn plumage. 

 The status of the typical form of this species is, therefore, still 

 in doubt. 



The Pine-woods Sparrow is known to breed from Savannah, 

 Georgia, coastwise to southern Florida. 



218. Peucaea aestivalis bachmanii (Aud.). Bachman's 

 Sparrow. 



Neither Bachman, who discovered this bird in April, 1832, 



1 The latest records of the Charleston Museum for this species are: March 25, Navy 

 Yard, Mr. F. M. Weston, Jr.; March 27, Isle of Palms, Mr. Henry Dotterer; and March 

 29, Mt. Pleasant, Mr. Weston. All of these records were made in 1909. — Ed. 



