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THE WILSON BULLETIN— March, 1922 
occasionally. Tims we perhaps add another species to the list 
of birds that breed along the coast and in the monntains of 
North Carolina, but not in the intervening territory. 
The following list of birds “seen’^ is appended^ the records 
being taken from the held note book. No mere list Avith dry 
notes can convey any idea of the pleasure in the sight of the hrst 
Ihiinted Ennting or Bine Grosbeak or the joy in getting ac- 
quainted Avith their songs and the songs of the Chnck-wilPs- 
AvidoAv. Nothing of the majesty of the Egrets and the relief 
that one feels AAdien he knoAvs that these beautiful birds have 
not been banished from the earth. 
Herring Gull Lams argentatus. 
Two were seen on Cape Fear River May 29. Five on the ocean beach 
June 3. 
Laughing Gull Lams atricilla. 
Seen occasionally on the ocean front. 
Royal Tern Sterna- maxima. 
An occasional solitary individual was seen along the coast practically 
every day of our stay, May 29 to June 10. 
Common Tern Sterna hiriuido. 
A few seen on several occasions; no definite dates kept. 
Black Skimmer Itynctiops nigra. 
One seen on Cape Fear River May 29. None seen on the ocean front 
during the remainder of our stay. 
Water Turkey Anhinga anliinga. 
One seen on Cape Fear River May 29, near Orton Plantation. 
Cormorant PJialacrocorax auritiis (floridamis) . 
One seen on Cape Fear River June 4. 
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis. 
One on ocean beach June 5. 
Wood Duck Aix spousa. 
One male observed just beyond inner breakers June 3. Other ducks, 
thought to be the female of this species, were observed on several oc- 
casions. 
Great Blue Heron Ardea- licrodias herodias. 
Nine or ten on Cape Fear River May 29. Two on ocean beach June 4. 
Egret Herodias egretta. 
One on the river June 3, fishing from a net stake. 
Snowy Egret Egretta candidissima candidissima. 
Two on the sound June 4. 
Little Blue Heron Florida, cacrulea caerulea. 
Three on the river June 3. 
Clapper Rail Ralhis crepitans crepitans. 
Common in the salt meadow behind the sand dunes. 
Coot Fulica americana. 
Five swimming just beyond the inner breakers on the ocean June 5. 
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata. 
One seen on Myrtle Sound on an oyster flat June 5. 
