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THE WILSON BULLETIN— December, 1922 
FIELD NOTES 
NOTES FROM SOUTH ALABAMA 
During the four months which I spent near Silver Hill, in South 
Alabama, I devoted my free time to the study of birds. The country is 
not thickly populated and is mostly covered with pine forests. There are 
many creeks and swamps with luxuriant vegetation. Silver Hill is about 
12 miles from the gulf of Mexico. 
The birds I found in the radius of about three miles from my home 
are: 
Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus) . Only a pair migrating through. 
Green Heron ( Butorides virescens virescens). At a creek. 
Wilson’s Snipe ( Gallinago deli cat a ) . Abundant, especially when mi- 
grating. 
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus) . Common. In flocks till end of 
April. 
Mourning Dove ( Zcnaidura macroura carolinensis) . Abundant. Did 
great damage in March destroying cucumber seeds aid young plants. 
(Cucumbers are raised here on a large scale.) 
Turkey Vulture ( Carthartes aura septentrionalis ) . 
Black Vulture ( Catharista urubu). Both common. 
Marsh Hawk ( Circus Jiudsonicus) . Not abundant. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter velox) . 
Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparvcrius sparverius). 
Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). Rare. 
Southern Hairy Woodpecker ( Dryobates villosus auduboni ) . Not 
abundant. 
Red-headed Woodpecker ( Melanerpcs crythrocephalus) . Most com- 
mon of all woodpeckers. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker ( Ccnturus carolinus) . 
Southern Flicker ( Colaptcs auratus) . 
Florida Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor chapmani ) . Very abundant. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( Arch iloch us colubris) . Rare. 
Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannies). The first was seen on March 27. 
Abundant. 
Crested Flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus). The first came on April 16. 
Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe). Only migrating through. 
Florida Blue Jay ( Cyanocitta cristata florincola) . 
Crow ( Corvus brachyrhynchos bracbyrliynchos) . Not abundant. 
Southern Meadowlark ( Stumclla vvagna argutula). 
Orchard Oriole ( Icterus spurius ) . Not rare in orchards. Is build- 
ing his nest in the middle of April. 
Florida Grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula quiscula) . In swamps. 
Chipping Sparrow ( Spizella passerina passcrina). Only migrating. 
Towhee ( Pipilo erythrophtalm-us) . Only when migrating. 
Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis). Frequent, especially near 
swamps and creeks. 
Purple Martin ( Progne subis subis). Arrived in the first half of 
March. 
