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of this bird cannot fly till they are full grown, bat are remarkable 

 divers and swimmers, and are also very good runners. As these 

 birds nest in small ponds that dry up during the summer months, 

 the young birds start out on foot in search of water and roam 

 about over the prairie and through the towns like so many 

 chickens. 



BIRDS OFSUMMERVILLE.S. CAROLINA. 

 (Continued from page 51.) 



BY J. D. FORD. 



Of the family Picidce we have: Ivory-billed Woodpecker, res- 

 ident though rarely seen, inhabitating thick and heavily wooded 

 swamps; Down}' Woodpecker, a common resident; Red-cocaded 

 W., resident and common, but nests and eggs very rare; Piliated 

 W., resident, rare, frequenting thick swamps and secluded 

 places; Red-h. W., resident, common; Yellow-s. F., resident, 

 common. 



Family Alcerlinidce: Belted Kingfisher, seen in winter only. 



Family Strigidce: Am. Barn Owl, a rare bird in this locality; 

 Barred O., a very common resident; Little Screech 0.,very com- 

 mon resident. There is a superstition that if the notes of this 

 owl are heard near a bed-room window after the hours of retir- 

 ing, there will be a death in the house shortly; on that account 

 the colored people have a mortal hatred for the bird. 



Family Cucul-idce: Yellow-b. Cuckoo, or Rain Crow, arrives 

 here in April, spends the spring and summer and departs about 

 September. 



(TO BE CONTINUED.) 



