Annotated List of Additional Species 



of the 



Interior of the State. 



1. Uria lomvia (Linn.). Brunnich's Murre. 



A specimen of this far northern bird was taken near Anderson 

 by Mr. J. Rowland Nowell and his brother on December 19, 1896, 

 and was recorded by the late Dr. Elliott Coues in the Auk. 1 

 In January, 1897, I found the remains of some species of murre 

 in a corn field near Mount Pleasant, but as it was almost denuded 

 of feathers I was unable to identify the form to which it belonged. 

 In December, 1896, there was a large migration of Brunnich's 

 Murres from the north, and the remains of the bird I found may 

 have been those of a representative of this species. 



Brunnich's Murre breeds from the Gulf of St. Lawrence north- 

 ward to the Arctic Ocean. 



2. Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.). American White- 

 fronted Goose. 



In the Charleston Museum there were at least five mounted 

 specimens of this species which were taken in the interior of the 

 State. Dr. Eugene Edmund Murphey examined a goose killed 

 in the Savannah River about Augusta and opposite Edgefield 

 county, S. C, in the winter of 1903 or 1904, which he referred to 

 this form. 



This goose breeds in the extreme northern portions of North 

 America, and is rare on the Atlantic coast. 



3. Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed Grouse. 



This fine game bird is a permanent resident in the mountainous 

 parts of the State. In the counties of Oconee, Pickens, and Green- 

 ville the birds used to be abundant, but I doubt if many remain 

 at the present day. They are found in the valleys as well as on 



»XIV, 1897, 203. 



