AVERY BIRD COLLECTION 65"' 



The stomach of No. 49, listed below, also contained 

 "debris of beetles." 



"Common. Summer resident. Breeds." (1890e). 



"On May third (1890), shot either a male chestnut 

 sided warbler or a male black-throated green warbler. 

 Lost it. While trying to find it flushed Antrostomus 

 carolinensis from her nest. Have since flushed her three 

 times from her nest, and have not yet found that she 

 has carried her egg off in her mouth as Davie quotes 

 Audubon as saying." (Original notes.) 



"May 10, 1891. Sent Captain Bendire an egg of the 

 chuck-will's widow. -Nest found on the bare ground 

 about a quarter of a mile this side of the Long Bridge, in 

 an oak wood on the north side of the Milwood road. 



"June 11, 1891. Set of eggs of A. carolinensis, found 

 near the brick church on the Millwood Road; half incu- 

 bated. Sent to Captain Chas. E. Bendire." (Original 

 notes.) 



No. 34Bis. -Female. Greensboro. Sept. 3, 1879. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 49. Male-ad. Greensboro. Apr. B, 1888. W .C. Avery. 

 No. 522. Female. Greensboro. May 28, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 900. Male-hornot. Greensboro. Aug. 23, 1891. W. C. 

 Avery. 



98. ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Wilson). 

 Whip-Poor-Will. 



"Rare. Spring and autumn migrant." (1890e). 



Oct. 14, 1890, the Doctor records seeing a whip-poor- 

 will "on a wooded hillside about l/^ mile north of Pine 

 Knoll," near Greensboro. 



99. CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Gmelin). 



NiGHTHAWK. 



"Bidlbat." 



"On Sept. 22, 1887, Dr. Avery "saw large flights of 

 nighthawks late in the evening, flying south; appeared 

 to be a migratory wave." Large numbers were recorded 

 again next day. . 



"Common. Summer resident. Breeds. Abundant 

 during autumn migration." (1890e). 



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