Wayne: Bikds of South Carolina. 221 



17. Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. 



The Least Flycatcher is mentioned by Dr. Coues 1 as occurring 

 at Columbia as a migrant in April and September. This species 

 is also mentioned in Prof. Gibbes' list, but he undoubtedly mis- 

 took it for the Green-crested Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), 

 which breeds commonly throughout the entire limits of the State. 

 Prof. Gibbes does not include the latter species in his list, proving 

 conclusively that the birds he mentioned were really Green- 

 crested Flycatchers. 



18. Spizella monticola (Gmel.). Tree Sparrow. 



Dr. Coues 2 records the Tree Sparrow as wintering — November 

 to March. Audubon says: • 



I never observed one in either of the Carolinas. 



During fourteen years of critical research in Chester county, 

 Mr. LeverettM. Loomis failed to observe this boreal species, while 

 I have also failed to detect it on any part of the coast during the 

 past twenty-five years. Dr. Coues undoubtedly made an error 

 in the determination of the birds he observed, and must have 

 mistaken the Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) for the Tree 

 Sparrow. 



This species breeds from Newfoundland and Labrador north- 

 ward to the region about Hudson Bay, and winters from the New 

 England states southward to Virginia. 



19. Vireosylva gilva (Vieill.). Warbling Vireo. 



The Warbling Vireo is recorded for South Carolina by Dr. 

 Coues, 4 who says: 



Not abundant; migratory in April and October. 



This statement requires confirmation as Mr. Loomis did not 

 detect this species at Chester, nor have I observed it along the 

 coast. 



Audubon says in Birds of America: 5 



It was never observed by me in Louisiana or Kentucky, nor does it pass along the 

 maritime districts of Georgia or the Carolinas. 



The Warbling Vireo breeds from the Gulf states northward 

 to Nova Scotia. 



1 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1868, 118. 2 Ibid, 115. " Birds of America, III, 84. 



'Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1868, 111. ' IV, 152. 



