The Chat

The Chat

BULLETIN OF CAROLINA BIRD CLUB, Inc.

WHISTLING SWAN ( Cygnus columbianus Ord.)

VOL XIV

JANUARY, 1950

Published, by

No. 1

Woman’s College, U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

The Chat

Bulletin of Carolina Bird Club, Inc.

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor

Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.

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Hickory; Harry T. Davis, N. C. Museum, Raleigh; Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green,
Raleigh; Dr. John H. Grey, Jr., Williamsburg, Va.; Miss Clara Hearne, Pittsboro;
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Volume XIV January, 1950 Number 1

CONTENTS

Christmas Bird Count, 1949 — Archie D. Shaftesbury 1

News of the Local Clubs — B. R. Chamberlain 12

Our Purple Martins — Henry Magie 13

Field Notes and News 14

With the Editor 16

New Members of Carolina Bird Club Inside Back Cover

Local Clubs and Their Officers Outside Back Cover

Cover Photo from “Birds of North Carolina by courtesy of Harry T.
Davis, Director, North Carolina State Museum

CAROLINA BIRD CLUB OFFICERS

PRESIDENT B. R. Chamberlain, Rt. 1, Matthews, N. C.

VICE-PRESIDENTS: Robert L. Wolff, Greenville, N. C.; Mrs. Cecil Appleberry,

Wilmington, N. C. ; Alexander Sprunt, Jr., Charleston, S. C.

SECRETARY Mrs. G. C. Potter, 2111 Malvern Road, Charlotte 7, N. C.

TREASURER Robert Overing, Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.

EDITOR OF THE CHAT . . Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Harry T. Davis, Raleigh, N. C. ; Dr. Richard L. Weaver, Chapel Hill, N. C.;
Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro, N. C. ; Mrs. W. H. Faver, Eastover S. C.

Plan to Attend the C.B.C. Annual Spring Meeting at
Charleston Apr. 29-30. Field Trips. Full Details Later.

Christmas Bird Count, 1949

Archie D. Shaftesbury

Nineteen localities in North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee are represented in the
1949 Christmas counts from
Carolina Bird Club members,
and though the number of ob-
servers was approximately the
same as in the previous year, the
total bird count was far less, due
to the absence of counts from
the Lake Mattamuskeet and Pea Island Wildlife Refuges which Bob
Wolff has led for the past several years. Localities represented in the 1949
count include: Charleston, S. C., Charlotte, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Dur-
ham, N. C., Eastover, S. C., Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Tennessee-North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C., Greenville, N. C., Green-
ville, S. C., Henderson, N. C., High Point, N. C., Lenoir, N. C., Mount
Olive, N. C., Raleigh, N. C., Spartanburg, S. C., Washington, N. C.,
Wilmington, N. C., Windom, N. C., and Winston-Salem, N. C. These
nineteen localities, with 230 observers, reported 169 species and 2 extra
sub-species, with a total of about 55,431 birds.

Charleston, S. C., has the high species count for our area for 1949,
reporting 146 species. In most of the past ten years national counts, Charles-
ton has been either first or second. Wilmington, N. C., with a count of 137
species, is second among those reporting from our area this year. For the past
few years Wilmington’s Christmas counts have been above 100 species,
and their 1948 count of 139 species put them second in the nation, next to
the Harlingen, Texas, count of 146 species. According to Audubon Field
Notes (v. 3, No. 2, Apr. 1949), Wilmington’s count for 1948 deserved
special mention for excellent coverage and for substantially exceeding all
previous counts in its part of the United States.

Counts are missing this year from Asheville and Chapel Hill, two
old stand-bys. There was an average of twelve observers for each area,
though individual counts — two very good ones — were turned in from
Mount Olive, N. C., by Bob Holmes III, and from Washington, N. C.,
by Joseph D. Biggs.

Here are some of the records which might be listed as rarities: Wood
Pewee (Charleston, 1 — Norman A. Chamberlain, Alexander Sprunt IV,

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et al.) ; Orchard Oriole (Greenville, N. C., 1 — Dr. Harold C. Jones);
Baltimore Oriole (Greensboro, 1 — seen by numerous observers since No-
vember, in locality where one was observed the previous winter) ; Purple
Sandpiper (Wilmington, 2 — other interesting records for this visitor from
the far north are listed for this year in the Wilmington region; recorded
for the Wilmington area in their 1948 Christmas count, 1 he Chat , v.
XIII, no. 1, p. 13; not listed in Birds of North Carolina , but South Car-
olina Bird Life , 1949, p. 240, lists it as a casual winter visitor along the
coast); Hooded Warbler (Wilmington, 1— Claude McAllister); Black-
billed Cuckoo (Windom, 1 — seen by Donald Styles; no fuither data
given) ; and Veery (Spartanburg, 1 — identified by Flora Beymer by its
call.)

Larger numbers of Ring-necked Ducks than last year were listed, but,
in general the numbers of waterfowl were smaller than those listed in our
area last year, probably due to the generally mild winter in the states north
of us. The milder winter probably accounts also for increased numbers of
reports of some border-line winter residents, as Catbird and Brown
Thrasher, the former reported from Charleston, S. C. (4), and from
four North Carolina localities (Greensboro, 2; Mount Olive, 1; Washing-
ton, 1 ; and Wilmington, 24), while Brown Thrashers were reported from
thirteen of the 19 localities submitting reports to The Chat. The Yellow-
throated Warbler (Charleston, 5; Wilmington, 2), and Henslow’s Sparrow
(Wilmington, 4) are possibly new winter records for North Carolina.

Among our irregular winter visitors, Purple Finches weie appaientl)
fairly well distributed over the northern and western parts of our region,
being reported from 13 localities; Red-breasted Nuthatches were reported
from 8 localities (Charleston, 1; Charlotte, 2; Columbia, 1; Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, 175; Greensboro, 21; Greenville, S. C., 1;
Henderson, 3; and Wilmington, 18); and Pine Siskins were reported only
from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (135), Greensboro (49), and
Mount Olive (6). Charleston and Wilmington each add another record
to the accumulating list of North Carolina and South Carolina winter ob-
servations of Arkansas (Western) Kingbird. Only four localities, all in
North Carolina (Durham, Lenoir, Washington, and Windom) did not
observe Robins.

CHARLESTON, S. C. : (Bulls Island, adjacent waters and marshes, mainland
opposite back beyond Wando River— about one fourth of this area lying within the
boundaries of the Cape Remain National Wildlife Refuge, as in preceding years;
farm land 20%, fresh-water ponds and wooded swamps 25%, pine and mixed woods
25%, salt-water creeks, inlets, marshes and mud-flats 25%, dunes and ocean front
5%) . — Dec. 31, dawn to 5 p.m. Clear, sunny, perfect; temperature, 3 8 to 5 5 to

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48 ° F ; wind slight, rather fitful, E., 5-10 inph ; low tide, 11:11 a.m.; high tide,
4:58 p.m.; no frost, woods rather dry. Thirty-seven (37) observers, in nine (9)
parties. Total hours, 60 (31.5 afoot, 67.4 by car, 36 by boat). Common Loon, 12}
Red-throated Loon, 1; Horned Grebe, 167; Pied-billed Grebe, 21; Brown Pelican,
2; Gannet, 8; Double-crested Cormorant, 87; Water Turkey, 1; Great Blue Heron,
33; American Egret, 5; Snowy Egret, 11; Louisiana Heron, 26; Little Blue Heron,
24; Black-crowned Night Heron, 7; American Bittern, 1; Mallard, 19; Black Duck,
183; Gadwall, 20; Baldpate, 1; Pintail, 50; Green-winged Teal, 29; Blue-winged
Teal, 34; Shoveller, 38; Wood Duck, 24; Redhead, 1; Ring-necked Duck, 557 ; Can-
vasback, 200; Scaup, 6; Golden-eye, 7; Buffle-head, 109; American Scoter, 45; Ruddy
Duck, 39; Hooded Merganser, 41; Red-breasted Merganser, 96; Turkey Vulture,
76; Black Vulture, 86; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 5; Cooper’s Hawk, 2; Red-tailed Hawk,
5; Red-shouldered Hawk, 10; Bald Eagle, 17; Marsh Hawk, 28; Pigeon Hawk, 1;
Sparrow Hawk, 10; Bobwhite, 1; Turkey, 1; Clapper Rail, 26; Florida Gallinule,
5; Coot, 300 ; Oyster-catcher, 131; Semipalmated Plover, 403 ; Killdeer, 1; Black-
bellied Plover, 133; Ruddy Turnstone, 14; Wilson’s Snipe, 1; Hudsonian Curlew, 1;
Spotted Sandpiper, 1; Willet, 33; Greater Yellow-legs, 21; Lesser Yellow-legs, 5;
Knot, 4; Least Sandpiper, 4; Red-backed Sandpiper, 22 3 ; Dowitcher, 89; Semi-
palmated Sandpiper, 14; Western Sandpiper, 6; Marbled Godwit, 10; Sanderling, 65;
Herring Gull, 98; Ring-billed Gull, 76; Bonaparte’s Gull, 20; Forster’s Tern, 4;
Common Tern, 1 ; Royal Tern, 1 ; Caspian Tern, 5 ; Mourning Dove, 97 ; Ground
Dove, 2; Great Horned Owl, 1; Belted Kingfisher, 47; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 34;
Pileated Woodpecker, 10; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 26; Red-headed Woodpecker, 2;
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 21; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 24;
Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 14; Arkansas (Western) Kingbird, 1 (Checked by sev-
eral observers, on Bulls Island for a number of days prior to Count); Phoebe, 35;
Wood Pewee, 1 (N. A. C., A. S. IV, et al) ; Tree Swallow, 34; Blue Jay, 36; Am.
Crow, 177; Fish Crow, 74; Carolina Chickadee, 52; Tufted Titmouse, 21; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 1 ; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 (N. H. S., 20 ft., clear view) ;
Brown-headed Nuthatch, 16; Brown Creeper, 5; House Wren, 24; Winter Wren, 4;
Carolina Wren, 27; Long-billed Marsh Wren, 1; Short-billed Marsh Wren, 1; Mock-
ingbird, 35; Catbird, 4; Brown Thrasher, 18; Robin, 2 36; Hermit Thrush, 14;
Eastern Bluebird, 39; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 4; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 27; Ruby-
crowned Kinglet, 89; Pipit, 36; Loggerhead Shrike, 30; Starling, 2; White-eyed
Vireo, 3; Blue-headed Vireo, 10; Black and White Warbler, 1; Orange-crowned
Warbler, 1; Myrtle Warbler, 505 ; Yellow-throated Warbler, 5; Pine Warbler, 64;
Yellow-throat, 10; English Sparrow, 12; Meadowlark, 120; Red-wing, 80 7; Rusty
Blackbird, 4; Boat-tailed Grackle, 7; Purple Grackle, 166; Cardinal, 95; Am.
Goldfinch, 68; Red-eyed Towhee, 124; White-eyed Towhee, 13; Savannah Sparrow,
19; Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 11; Seaside Sparrow, 14; Vesper Sparrow, 5; Slate-col-
ored Junco, 29; Chipping Sparrow, 9; Field Sparrow, 55; White-throated Sparrow,
193; Fox Sparrow, 7; Swamp Sparrow, 32; Song Sparrow, 88; Total, 146 species,
7,689 individuals (plus 600-700 sandpipers, ducks, etc., seen at unidentifiable dis-
tances).— Louise S. Barrington, Theodore A. Beckett, E. Milby Burton, B. Rhett
Chaniberlain, E. Burnham Chamberlain, Norman A. Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Coleman, Ernest A. Cutts, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Edwards, Peter
Gething , Julian Harrison, Lois Hussey, Arthur Jenkins, Margaret King, Mr. and Mrs.
1. S. H. Metcalf, Hoyt Mills, James Mosimann, Louis Parker, Mr. and Mrs. William
Pielou, Catherine M. Pessino, John Ouinby, George Rabb, Ann W. Richardson,
Jatties Roe, Miss Sandy, Miss Scotland, Newton Seebeck, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Sprunt, Alexander Sprunt IV, Paul Sturm, Tjiomas Uzzell, Miss Van Vorst, Ellison
A. Williams (members and guests, Charleston Natural History Society). Again we
are indebted to the personnel of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge for
invaluable aid, particularly to Messrs. Sturm and Mills, and Mr. and Mrs. Moffett.

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Compilers: B. Rhett Chamberlain , E. Burnham Chamberlain , Norman A. Chamber-
lain.

CHARLOTTE, N. C. : (area essentially the same as last 7 years, including the
Clarkson city garden; Johnston and Stillwell ponds along the Albemarle road and
upper drainage basin of McAlpine Creek included. Also included were Freedom
Park and Sharon Hills area; pine, gum, poplar, and cedar woodland, 45%; open farm-
land, 40%; hedgerows, 10%; ponds and marshes, 5%. — Dec. 28; 7 A. M. to 5:00
P. M. Clear; temp. 45° to 58°; wind, 1-7 mph. Eleven observers in 5 parties. Total
hours, 34; total miles, 79 (55 by car, 24 on foot). Pied-billed Grebe, 1; Canvas-
back Duck, 2; Turkey Vulture, 10; Black Vulture, 6; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1;
Cooper’s Hawk, 1 ; Red-tailed Hawk, 1 ; Marsh Hawk, 1 ; Sparrow Hawk, 2 ;
Wilson’s Snipe, 1; Mourning Dove, 20; Screech Owl, 1; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Yel-
low-shafted Flicker, 7; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2;
Hairy Woodpecker, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 3 ; Phoebe, 5 ; Blue Jay, 3 ; American
Crow, 50; Carolina Chickadee, 18; Tufted Titmouse, 19; White-breasted Nuthatch,
1; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 3; Brown Creeper, 2; Winter
Wren, 1; Carolina Wren, 7; Mockingbird, 7; Brown Thrasher, 1; Robin, 3; Hermit
Thrush, 3; Eastern Bluebird, 98; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
5; American Pipit, 40; Cedar Waxwing, 16; Loggerhead Shrike, 10; Starling, 110;
Mvrtle Warbler, 7; Pine Warbler, 4; English Sparrow, 18; Eastern Meadowlark, 40;
Cardinal, 32; Purple Finch, 2; Am. Goldfinch, 18; Red-eyed Towhee, 13; Savannah
Sparrow, 1; Slate-colored Junco, 80; Chipping Sparrow, 1; Field Sparrow, 36;
White-throated Sparrow, 39; Fox Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow, 10. Total, 55 species;
7 74 individuals. — Clara Burt, B. R. Chamberlain (compiler), Norman Chamber-
lain, Mrs. Edwin Clarkson, Kitty Constable, Dick Crutchfield, Will Hon, Brem
Mayer, Mrs. Robert Poole, Mrs. George Potter, Mrs. W. B. Simons (Mecklenburg
Audubon Club).

COLLTMBIA, S. C.: (center of Columbia, Richland County, to Columbia Pipe
Company, 5 miles north of Columbia, Ardincaple, Earlewood Park, and to West
Columbia, Horseshoe Lake, Hendrix’s Pond, Roof’s farm, Lexington County to 7 miles
West of Columbia; other areas in Lexington County to a point 5 miles south of Co-
lumbia; urban territory 6%, pine woods 25%, deciduous woods 15%, cultivated
fields 20%, broom fields 10%, pasture lands 9% and lake shore 15%) — Dec. 27;
7:15 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Very foggy early morning clearing late afternoon; tem-
perature 54° to 70°; wind calm. Nine observers in 2 parties. Total hours 40 (36 on
foot, 4 by car) ; total miles, 50 (30 on foot, 20 by car). Pied-billed Grebe, 5; Ring-
necked duck, 34; Turkey Vulture, 1; Black Vulture, 14; Sharp-shinned Hawk, I;
Sparrow Hawk, 4; Bobwhite, 7; Coot, 60; Mourning Dove, 4; Yellow-shafted
Flicker, 18; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Phoebe, 21; Blue
Jay, 38; Am. Crow, 24; Carolina Chickadee, 7; Tufted Titmouse, 25; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 1; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 3; Brown
Creeper, 6; Carolina Wren, 34; Mockingbird, 13; Brown Thrasher, 9; Robin, 8;
Hermit Thrush, 10; Eastern Bluebird, 85; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 10; Ruby-
crowned Kinglet, 31; Cedar Waxwing, 51; Loggerhead Shrike, 6; Starling, 519;
Blue-headed Vireo, 1; Myrtle Warbler, 22; Pine Warbler, 21; Yellow Palm Warbler,
1; Yellow-throat, 1; English Sparrow, 776; Eastern Meadowlark, 2; Cowbird, 5;
Cardinal, 94; Am. Goldfinch, 9; Red-eyed Towhee, 53; Slate-colored Junco, 58;
Chipping Sparrow, 642; Field Sparrow, 223 ; White-throated Sparrow, 153; Fox
Sparrow, 6; Song Sparrow, 48. Total, 49 species; 3,173 individuals. — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Eastman, Mr. and Mrs. Meeks, Jr., Mrs. B. S. Meeks, Sr., Mrs. P. B. Hen-
drix, Mrs. G. E. Charles, Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Gilbert Bristow, compiler (members of
Columbia Natural History Society).

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DURHAM, N. C. : (Essentially same area as last year; Duke University West
Campus as center; north, 3.5 miles to Crystal Lake, southwest 3 miles to Hollow
Rock and 2 miles up New Hope Creek, east 3 miles to Oxford Highway and Club
Boulevard, including Hillandale Golf Course, East and West Duke Campuses and
surrounding forest, Bird Sanctuary, and lowlands along Ellerbe Creek; open land
including some pasture and cultivated fields and a small amount of marsh about
50%, wooded 50%, of which 50% was brush, 20% pine and 30% hardwood.) —
Dec. 26, S:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Cloudy all day with intermittent drizzles, becoming
steady light rain the last hour. No wind. Temp. 45°-65°F. Eight observers in four
half day parties of one to six observers each. Total observer hours, 50; total miles,
50 by car, 1+ on foot. Hooded Merganser, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 24;
Killdeer, 14; Wilson’s Snipe, 17; Belted Kingfisher, 3; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 9;
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 ; Red-headed Woodpecker, 1 ; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
4; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 12; Phoebe, 4; Blue Jay, 36;
American Crow, 26; Carolina Chickadee, 82; Tufted Titmouse, 20; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 1; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 1; Brown Creeper, 12; Winter Wren,
1; Carolina Wren, 32; Mockingbird, 21; Hermit Thrush, 4; Eastern Bluebird,
36; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 36; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12; Cedar Waxwing,
3; Starling, 207 ; Myrtle Warbler, 5; Pine Warbler, 7; English Sparrow, 15;
Eastern Meadowlark, 65; Cardinal, 48; Purple Finch, 47; American Goldfinch, 77;
Towhee, 18; Savannah Sparrow, 3; Slate-colored Junco, 289; Field Sparrow, 33;
White-throated Sparrow, 2 87 ; Fox Sparrow, 10; Swamp Sparrow, 5; Song
Sparrow, 102. Total, 44 species, about 1,634 individuals. — Joseph R. Bailey (com-
piler), Frank Egerton , Edward C. Horn, Paul J. Kramer, Richard Kramer, C. B.
Marti}i, Jr., Robert Seabrook, Ben Umstead.

EASTOVER, RICHLAND COUNTY, S. C.: (Tom’s Creek on highway 764 to
Wateree, up highway 26 to Community Pond, down highway 263 to Eastover;
cultivated fields 3 3%, broom fields and grass covered pasture 3 3%, deciduous and
pine woods 14%, residential grounds 10%, swampy area around spring and ponds
10%. ) — Dec. 31, 1949; daylight to 5:30 P. M. Clear, becoming partly cloudy.
Temp, at 7 A. M. 32 , expected to rise to 65° during day, light north wind,
relative humidity 76%. Total miles 20 (19^2 in car, on foot). Three observers,
together. Turkey Vulture, 2; Black Vulture, 8; Marsh Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 8;
Killdeer, 10; Mourning Dove, 7; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 10; Red-bellied Wood-
pecker, 1; Red-headed Woodpecker, 2; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2; Downy Wood-
pecker, 1; Phoebe, 4; Blue Jay, 12; Am. Crow, 14; Carolina Chickadee, 4; Tufted
Titmouse, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Brown Creeper, 1; Carolina Wren, 4;
Mockingbird, 6; Brown Thrasher, 3; Robin, 93; Hermit Thrush, 5; Eastern Blue-
bird, 25; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 8; American Pipit,
117; Cedar Waxwing, 39; Loggerhead Shrike, 8; Starling, 150; Myrtle Warbler,
2; Pine Warbler, 25; Palm Warbler, 16; English Sparrow, 34; Eastern Meadowlark,
30; Purple Grackle, 1; Cowbird, 3; Cardinal, 25; Goldfinch, 9; Towhee, 10; Sa-
vannah Sparow, 4; Junco, 36; Chipping Sparrow, 24; Field Sparrow, 15; White-
throated Sparrow, 142; Fox Sparrow, 22; Song Sparrow, 19. Total, 46 species;
979 individuals. — Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Anne Faver, Mrs. William H. Faver (com-
piler.)

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TENNESSEE-NORTH
CAROLINA (essentially same area as in past 12 years; circle with iy2 mile radius
centering on Bullhead of Mt. LeConte, including a section of the Tennessee-North
Carolina divide from near Clingman’s Dome to Dry Sluice Gap; towns of Gatlin-
burg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; altitude range, 1,200 to 6,300 feet; spruce-fir
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towns and suburbs 10%, pine forests 5%, stream courses 5%). Jan. 1: 6:45 A. M.
to 5:30 P. M. Partly cloudy to overcast; temp. 30° to 56°; wind westerly, light
at low altitudes, to about 20 mph at High altitudes; ground bare. Thirty ob-
servers in eight parties. Total party-hours, 65; total miles, 182 (124 by car, 58 on
foot) . Pied-billed Grebe, 1 ; Cooper’s Hawk, 1 ; Red-tailed Hawk, 3 ; Duck Hawk,
1; Sparrow Hawk, 3; Ruffed Grouse, 5; Bobwhite, 8; Turkey, 4; Killdeer, 35;
Mourning Dove, 75; Screech Owl, 2; Horned Owl, 1; Belted Kingfisher, 2; Yellow-
shafted Flicker, 4; Pileated Woodpecker, 4; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-
bellied Sapsucker, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 13; Eastern
Phoebe, 4; Horned Lark, 20; Blue Jay, 3; Common Raven, 5; Am. Crow, 110;
Chickadee (both Black-capped and Carolina observed), 148; Tufted Titmouse, 22;
White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 175; Brown Creeper, 8; House
Wren, 1 (Burns); Winter Wren, 4; Bewick’s Wren, 1; Carolina Wren, 18; Mock-
ingbird, 6; Robin, 52; Hermit Thrush, 7; Eastern Bluebird, 33; Golden-crowned
Kinglet, 62; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2; Loggerhead Shrike, 2; Starling, 100 (est. ) ;
Myrtle Warbler/ 13; Palm Warbler, 3; English Sparrow, 260 (est.); Eastern
Meadowlark, 100; Purple Grackle, 3; Cardinal, 48; Purple Finch, 2; Pine Siskin,
135; Am. Goldfinch, 220; Red Crossbill, 32; Red-eyed Towhee, 8; Savannah Spar-
row, 2; Junco (both typical Slate-colored and Carolina represented), 320 ; Field
Sparrow, 73; White-throated Sparrow, 63; Swamp Sparrow, 7; Song Sparrow, 120.
Total, 59 species (l additional subspecies); approximately 2,360 individuals. Dr.
and Mrs. G. E. Albert, John R. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Broome, Richard C.
Burns, Mary Ruth Chiles, Brockway Crouch, Mr. and Mrs. Stunner Dow, Robert J.
Dunbar, Robert Goddard, Joseph C. Howell, William M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Leonhard, Bonnie McDonald, S. R. Meaker, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Monroe,
Elise Morrell, J. B. Owen, Edward Shelley, Jr., Glen L. Shults, Arthur Stupka, Dr.
and Mrs. Samuel R. Tipton, Thomas Walker , D. W. Yambert, William Yambert
(members and guests, Tennessee Ornithological Society and National Paik Service.)

GREENSBORO, N. C.: (section 15 miles diameter; approx, same region as
last several years, including Pinecroft, Starmount, Municipal Golf 0 ouise, Richaid-
son Estate, Greensboro Country Park, Lakes Brandt, Scales, Jeannette, Philadelphia,
Buffalo, Sharpe and White Oak Pond; deciduous and pine woodlands 2 5%, open
fields and golf courses 25%, cattail marsh and thickets 15%, fresh water lakes 25%,
city yards, parkways and campuses 10%). — Dec. 26, 7:15 A. M. to 5:15 P. M.
Weather: fog, intermittent rain; visibility, 100 yards to /4 mile; wind, 0 to 15
mph, temp. 41° to 49 °F; 25 observers, 10 parties; total hours, 72; total miles, 171
(41 on foot, 130 by car). Pied-billed Grebe, 7; Great Blue Heron, 2; Mallard, 1;
Black Duck, 9; Ring-necked Duck, 59; Lesser Scaup, 8; Cooper’s Hawk, 2; Red-
shouldered Hawk, 3; Marsh Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 4; Bobwhite, 24; Killdeer,
13; Wilson’s Snipe, 1; Mourning Dove, 166; Kingfisher, 10; Yellow-Shafted
Flicker, 48; Pileated Woodpecker, 1 ; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 17; Red-Headed Wood-
pecker, 4; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 18; Hairy Woodpecker, 8; Downy Woodpecker,
41; Phoebe, 4; Horned Lark, 185; Blue Jay, 90; Am. Crow, 78; Carolina Chicka-
dee, 261; Tufted Titmouse, 220; White-breasted Nuthatch, 61; Red-breasted Nut-
hatch, 21; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 28; Brown Creeper, 20; Winter Wren, 13; Caro-
ina Wren, 93; Mockingbird, 72; Catbird, 2; Brown Thrasher, 3; Robin, 6; Hermit
Thrush, 9; Eastern Buebird, 105; Goden-crowned Kinglet, 115; Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, 68; Am. Pipit, 18; Cedar Waxwing, 4; Loggerhead Shrike, 7; Starling,
1,523 ; Myrtle Warbler, 36; Pine Warbler, 15; English Sparrow, 169; Eastern
Meadowlark, 144; Redwing, 302; Baltimore Oriole, 1; Rusty Blackbird, 68; Cardi-
nal, 3 54; Purple Finch, 44; Pine Siskin, 49; Am. Goldfinch, 213; Red-
eyed Towhee, 61; Savannah Sparrow, 11; Vesper Sparrow, 3; Slate-colored Junco,
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Sparrow, 8; Song Sparrow, 346. Total, 66 species; 8,031 individuals. — Oscar Paris,
Ann Locke, Etta Schiff man, C . K. Lamb, Dr. Wesley Taylor, William Craft, Larry
Crawford, Thomas E. Street, J. A. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. George Perrett, Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. Shaftesbury, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Douglas, Inez Cold/well, Ethel McNairy,
Mrs. Franklin McNutt, John Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Medford, Ida and Ailene
Mitchell , George A. Smith, and Hal H. Strickland (compiler).

GREENVILLE, N. C. : (Town area, outlying area to south along Tar River
approx. 12 mi.) — Jan. 1, 5:30 A. M. to 5:45 P. M. Overcast to clear by 8:30
A. M., temp. 31° to 65°. Slight SW wind. Open and first year growth fields 50%,
open woods 20%, dense river-bottom woods 15%, swamp 15%. Six observers, 1 on
foot, 2 by car, 3 in gardens at home. Total hours, 35. Total miles, 40 (15 by foot,
25 by car). Great Blue Heron, 1; Turkey Vulture, 6; Black Vulture, 1; Sharp-
shinned Hawk, 2; Red-tailed Hawk, 3; Red-shouldered Hawk, 3; Marsh Hawk, i;
Sparrow Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 6; Killdeer, 2; Mourning Dove, 6; Great Horned Owl,
1; Barred Owl, 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 15; Pileated Woodpecker, 2; Red-
bellied Woodpecker, 7; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy
Woodpecker, 7; Phoebe, 2; Blue Jay, 19; American Crow, 264; Fish Crow, 1;
Carolina Chickadee, 21; Tufted Titmouse, 15; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Brown-
headed Nuthatch, 2; Winter Wren, 1; Carolina Wren, 22; Short-billed Marsh Wren,
1; Mockingbird, 9; Brown Thrasher, 4; Robin, 61; Eastern Bluebird, 44; Golden-
crowned Kinglet, 10; Am. Pipit, 2; Cedar Waxwing, 8; Loggerhead Shirke, 7;
Starling, 101; Myrtle Warbler, 151; English Sparrow, 63; Eastern Meadowlark,
17; Red-wing, 425; Orchard Oriole, 1 (observed by Dr. Jones); Cardinal, 17;
Purple Finch, 11; American Goldfinch, 44; Red-eyed Towhee, 9; Slate-colored Junco,
227; Field Sparrow, 140; White-throated Sparrow, 13 1; Swamp Sparrow, 22; Song
Sparrow, 39. Total, 53 species; about 1,966 individuals. — Dr. Harold C. Jones,
E.C.T.C.; Dr. and Mrs. B. McK. Johnson, Mrs. T. E. Hooker, Johnny Russell, R. L.
Wolff (compiler). One Orchard Oriole observed by Dr. Jones south of Greenville.
5 “oriole” observed by Dr. and Mrs. Johnson at their home on feeding tray some
8 feet away from observer. Russell and Wolff observed these also. Probably were
orchard, however, seemed a little large, heavy bill and black on wings.)

GREENVILLE, S. C. (H. J. Gilreath farm; pine and deciduous woods 65%,
open fields and thickets 30%, wet pasture thickets 5%.) — Dec. 31: 9:00 A. M. to
3:00 P. M. Overcast throughout the day; temp. 32° to 55° calm. Two observers.
Total miles on foot, 5. Mourning Dove, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2; Downy
Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 6; American Crow, 9; Carolina Chickadee, 6; Tufted
Titmouse, 12; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Carolina Wren, 6; Mockingbird, 3; Robin,
50; Eastern Bluebird, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6;
Starling, 1; Cardinal, 4; Am. Goldfinch, 12; Rey-eyed Towhee, 7; Slate-colored
Junco, 11; Field Sparrow, 25; White-throated Sparrow, 15; Song Sparrow, 20.
Total, 22 species; 205 individuals. — Misses May Puett and Ruth Gilreath.

HENDERSON, N. C. (Same territory as in previous years; fields and thickets
50%, mixed woodlands 10%, low grounds, streams and small ponds 35%, suburbs
5 %•) December 29th, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Calm and clear with temperature
3 3 °-5 8 °. Pied-billed Grebe, 1; Mallard, 1; Turkey Vulture, 13; Black Vulture,
5 ; Red-tailed Hawk, 1 ; Marsh Hawk, 1 ; Sparrow Hawk, 1 ; Bobwhite, 1 ; Coot, 1 ;
Mourning Dove, 13; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 1; Red-bellied
Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Phoebe, 2;
Blue jay, 4; Am. Crow, 34; Carolina Chickadee, 27; Tufted Titmouse, 12; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 5; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 2; Brown

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Creeper, 3; Carolina Wren, 21; Mockingbird, 8; Brown Thrasher, 1; Robin, 6 ;
Eastern Bluebird, 34; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 30; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12;
Loggerhead Shrike, 5; Starling, 151; Myrtle Warbler, 47; English Sparrow, 31;
Eastern Meadowlark, 3; Cardinal, 27; Purple Finch, 3; Am. Goldfinch, 64; Red-eyed
Towhee, 19; Slate-colored Junco, 219; Field Sparrow, 95; White-throated Sparrow,
3 36; Fox Sparrow, 2; Swamp Sparrow, 8; Song Sparrow, 97. Species, 46; individuals,
1,361. — Miss Martel Gary, Miss Garnette Myers, Mrs. G. E. Rose, Mrs. S. R.
Watson, and Mrs. A. W. Bachman (compiler), (Plenderson Bird Club).

HIGFI POINT, N. C., (High Point Municipal Lake and watershed, Armstrong
and Richardson farms, Country Club Golf Course and adjoining residential area.y
Mixed woods 35%, lake and shoreline 25%, fields 20%, city yards 20%). — Dec.
26; 6:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Foggy, intermittent rain; temp. 35°-52°; calm, ground
bare. 18 observers in 5 parties. Total hours, 14; total miles, 15 (7 on foot, 8 by
car.) Great Blue Heron, 1; Lesser Scaup Duck, 14; Turkey Vulture, 3; Cooper’s
Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 3; Killdeer, 13; Mourning Dove, 9;
Barred Owl, 2; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 15; Red-bellied
Woodpecker, 7; Red-headed Woodpecker, 2; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4; Hairy
Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 12; Phoebe, 2; Horned Lark, 5; Blue Jay, 37;
Am. Crow, 44; Carolina Chickadee, 35; Tufted Titmouse, 24; White-breasted Nut-
hatch, 16; Brown Creeper, 2; Winter Wren, 2; Carolina Wren, 24; Mockingbird,
32; Brown Thrasher, 2; Robin, 4; Hermit Thrush, 3; Eastern Bluebird, 33; Golden-
crowned Kinglet, 16; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 15; Loggerhead Shrike, 7; Starling,
211; Myrtle Warbler, 10; Pine Warbler, 4; English Sparrow, 15; Eastern Meadow-
lark, 14; Purple Crackle, 3; Cardinal, 51; Purple Finch, 13; Am. Goldfinch, 40;
Red-eyed Towhee, 14; Slate-colored Junco, 261; Field Sparrow, 22; White-throated
Sparrow, 120; Fox Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow, 19. Total, 49 species, 1,190 indi-
viduals.— Mrs. Florence Baker, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Furr, Mrs. V allette J. Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Hanschild, Mrs. C. C. Haworth, Margaret Haworth, Mrs. J. F.
Hayden, Mrs. C. B. Mattocks, James Mattocks (compiler), Genevieve Moore, Mr.
I. J. Quigley, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Quigley, Miss Bess Siceloff, Miss Mary Alice
Siceloff, Mrs. J. S. Siceloff (Catesby Bird Club).

LENOIR, N. C.: (center of town to 1 mile north and east; 3 miles NW ; 8 miles
SW; town suburbs 80% pastures and open farmlands 20%). — Dec. 31; 7:30 A. M.
to 5 P. M. Cloudy with occasional sunshine; temp. 28°F to 41 °F; wind NE and
cold; ground bare. Eighteen observers in 9 parties. Total hours, 10; total miles, 8
on foot. Cooper’s Hawk, 3; Mourning Dove, 89; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 7; Red-
bellied Wood-pecker, 1 ; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 ; Hairy Woodpecker, 2 ;
Downy Woodpecker, 12; Blue Jay, 9; Am. Crow, 3; Carolina Chickadee, 35;
Tufted Titmouse, 36; White-breasted Nuthatch, 10; Brown Creeper, 3; Carolina
Wren, 1 8 ; Mockingbird, 5 ; Brown Thrasher, 1 (G. Cloer) ; Hermit Thrush, 1 ;
Eastern Bluebird, 13; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9; Starling, 37; Myrtle Warbler, 31;
Pine Warbler, 5; English Sparrow, 67; Eastern Meadowlark, 3; Cardinal, 54;
Purple Finch, 23; Red-eyed Towhee, 11; Savannah Sparrow, 8; Junco, 321;
Field Sparrow, 97; White-throated Sparrow, 88; Fox Sparrow, 6; Song Sparrow, 16.
Total, 3 3 species; 1,028 individuals. — Mrs. Fred H. May (compiler), Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. James Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Greer, Mrs.
Bess Harper, Miss Margaret Harper, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Howard, F. H. May,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Warren, Mrs. K. A. Link, and Gus
Cloer (Lenoir Audubon Club) .

MT. OLIVE, WAYNE COUNTY (Wooten, Williams, and Brandon farms;
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ponds 5%). — Dec. 25; 7:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Cloudy all day; temp. 28 to 45 ;
•wind N, 8-12 mph. One observer alone. Total hours, 10; total miles, 25 (7 on
foot, 18 by car.) Pied-billed Grebe, 3; Wood Duck, 1; Ring-necked Duck, 4; Turkey
Vulture, 1; Black Vulture, 3; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Marsh Hawk, 2; Sparrow
Hawk, 5; Bobwhite, 38; Kildeer, 17; Mourning Dove, 56; Belted Kingfisher, 1;
Yellow-shafted Flicker, 30; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4;
Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Eastern Phoebe, 6; Blue Jay, 8;
Am. Crow, 29; Carolina Chickadee, 11; Tufted Titmouse, 10; White-breasted Nut-
hatch, 2; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 5; Brown Creeper, 8; Winter Wren, 3; Caro-
lina Wren, 16; Mockingbird, 12; Catbird, 1; Brown Thrasher, 2; Robin, 84; Her-
mit Thrush, 22; Eastern Bluebird, 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 9; Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, 25; Am. Pipit, 17; Cedar Waxwing, 4; Loggerhead Shrike, 4; Starling,
35; Myrtle Warbler, 400 (est.); Pine Warbler, 3; Maryland Yellow-throat, 2;
English Sparrow, 350 (est.); Eastern Meadowlark, 122; Red-wing, 46; Cardinal,
20; Pine Siskin, 6; Am. Goldfinch, 120; Red-eyed Towhee, 21; Savannah Sparrow,
6; Vesper Sparrow, 1; Slate-colored Junco, 250 (est.); Chipping Sparrow, 1; Field
Sparrow, 60 (est.) ; White-throated Sparrow, 300 (est.) ; Fox Sparrow, 1 1 ; Swamp
Sparrow, 3; Song Sparrow, 150 (est.). Total, 58 species; about 2,347 individuals.
(Large decrease in red-wings, sparrows, etc., is probably due to bad weather con-
ditions on day of count.) — Bob Holmes III.

RALEIGH, N. C. (Practically same area as previous counts; lakes and small
ponds 40%, mixed pine and deciduous woodland 15%; deciduous woodland, 10%,
open fields 10%). — Dec. 27; 7:30 A. M.- 5:30 P. M. Fog early, with heavy clouds
and occasional drizzling rain in forenoon, clearing in afternoon; calm; temp.
60°-70°F.; ground bare, water open. Eight observers in six parties. Total hours,
31 (27 on foot, 4 by car); total miles 35, (27 on foot, 8 by car). Pied-billed
Grebe, 3; Great Blue Heron, 1; Black Duck, 6; Baldpate, 27; Green-winged Teal,
4; Wood Duck, 1; Ring-necked Duck, 137; Canvasback, 2; Lesser Scaup Duck, 4;
Old Squaw, 1; Ruddy Duck, 2; Turkey Vulture, 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Coop-
er’s Hawk, 1 ; Red-tailed Hawk, 1 ; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 ; Marsh Hawk, I ;
Sparrow Hawk, 4; Bobwhite, 8; Mourning Dove, 22; Belted Kingfisher, 2; Yellow-
shafted Flicker, 14; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2; Red-headed Woodpecker, 1; Yel-
low-bellied Sapsucker, 3 ; Hairy Woodpecker, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 5 ; Phoebe,
1; Blue Jay, 29; Am. Crow, 21; Carolina Chickadee, 10; Tufted Titmouse, 20;
White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 12; Brown Creeper, 1; Winter
Wren, 1; Carolina Wren, 25; Mockingbird, 27; Brown Thrasher, 1; Robin, 3;
Eastern Bluebird, 54; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 27;
Cedar Waxwing, 54; Loggerhead Shrike, 4; Starling, 984; Myrtle Warbler, 4;
Pine Warbler, 2; English Sparrow, 51; Eastern Meadowlark, 35; Cardinal, 39;
Purple Finch, 9; Am. Goldfinch, 40; Red-eyed Towhee, 14; Savannah Sparrow, 6;
Vesper Sparrow, 3; Slate-colored Junco, 136; Field Sparrow, 37; White-throated
Sparrow, 105; Fox Sparrow, 8; Swamp Sparrow, 3; Song Sparrow, 8 1. Total
species, 62, 2,119 individuals. — D. L. Wray (compiler), Robert Overing , Mrs. Helen
Olds , Philif Davis, J. W. Johnson , J. F. Greene, Miss Virginia Pickelle, and Ethel
Wray.

SPARTANBURG, S. C. (center of town to points 12 miles south, east and
west; Ezell woods, Duncan Park, Fairforest meadow, Zimmerman lake, city park
lake; Cleveland fish pond, Silver Lake; open farmlands 10%, town suburbs 20%,
mixed woodlands 10%, fresh-water ponds, lakes, and marshes 50%). — Dec. 29;
dawn to dusk. Clear, cold, damp underfoot, temp. 30°-60°F; no wind. 7 observers;
total miles, 45 (5 on foot, 40 by car). Pied-billed Grebe, 6; Great Blue Heron, 2;
Canada Goose, 1 ; Blue Goose, 1 ; Black Duck, 1 ; Canvasback, 1 ; Lesser Scaup

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Duck, 12; Ruddy Duck, 1; Turkey Vulture, 15; Black Vulture, 35; Red-tailed
Hawk, 1; Marsh Hawk, 5; Sparrow Hawk, 3; Florida Gallinule, 1; Killdeer, 8;
Mourning Dove, 75; Barn Owl, 5; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 6; Red-bellied Wood-
pecker, 2; Red-headed Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2; Downy Wood-
pecker, 3; Phoebe, +; Blue Jay, 38; Am. Crow, 150 (est.) ; Carolina Chickadee,
27; Tufted Titmouse, 7; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 6; Winter Wren, 1; Carolina
Wren, 30; Mockingbird, 12; Brown Thrasher, 4; Robin, 2; Hermit Thrush, 1;
Veery, 1 (identified by F. B. from its song); Eastern bluebird, 125; Golden-
crowned Kinglet, 30; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 14; Am. Pipit, 98; Loggerhead
Shrike, 13; Starling, 2,500 (est.); Pine Warbler, 5; English Sparrow, 35; Eastern
Meadowlark, 90; Red-wing, 100 (est.); Purple Crackle, 1,200 (est.); Cardinal,
42; Purple Finch, 7; Am. Goldfinch, 135; Red-eyed Towhee, 23; Savannah Sparrow,
2; Junco, 100 (est.); Field Sparrow, 75; White-throated Sparrow, 100 (est.);
Fox Sparrow, 6 (singing) ; Swamp Sparrow, 12; Song Sparrow, 62. Total, 5 7 species,
about 5,245 individuals. (Two unidentified warblers, one probably immature Parula;
other larger, with bright yellow throat and breast, no wing-bars. 20 Cedar Wax-
wings seen Dec. 20. Myrtle and Palm Warblers seen Dec. 26 by S. Tucker Mc-
Cravv and R. E. Rupp.) — Flora Beymer , Gabriel Camion, Louisa Carlisle, Harold
Correll, Ruth Crick, Margaret Hammond, Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall.

WASHINGTON, N. C. (Pamlico River and Runyon Creek north; west over
fields to vicinity of airport one mile from city; river borders of Chocowinity
Swamp; river and shore 15%, wooded swampland 20%, open fields and field
borders 40%, upland mixed woods 20%, small ponds 5%). — Dec. 24; 6:30 A.M.
to 3:30 P.M. Clear to partly overcast; temp. 28° to 40°; No wind in A.M.; NW,
1-10 m.p.h. in P.M. One observer, on foot. Total hours, (on foot) 8; total miles,
%Yz. Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 1 2 ; Am. Coot, 1;
Killdeer, 1; Wilson’s Snipe, 2; Herring Gull, 25; Ring-billed Gull, 15; Mourning
Dove, 2; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 20; Red-bellied Woodpecker,
2; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Eastern Phoebe, 2; Blue Jay, 15;
Am. Crow, 6; Fish Crow, 1; Carolina Chickadee, 8; Tufted Titmouse, 2; Carolina
Wren, 10; Mockingbird, 8; Catbird, 1; Eastern Bluebird, 4; Ruby-crowned King-
let, 2; Loggerhead Shrike, 2; Starling, 25; Myrtle Warbler, 30; Yellowthroat, 1;
English Sparrow, 20; Eastern Meadowlark, 55; Redwing, 270; Rusty Blackbird, 12;
Cardinal, 10; Purple Finch, 4; Towhee, 2; Savanah Sparrow, 5; Slate-colored
Junco, 90; Field Sparrow, 15; White-throated Sparrow, 70; Fox Sparrow, 25;
Swamp Sparrow, 8; Song Sparrow, 15. Total, 43 species; 804 individuals. — Joseph
D. Biggs.

WILMINGTON, N. C. District (New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, fifth
count in area; Wrightsville Beach and Sound, Masonboro and Greenville Sounds,
Winter Park, Orton Plantation, Greenfield Lake, Pleasant Oaks. Mixed pine and
deciduous woodland 60%, freshwater ponds and river 15%, beach and salt water
marsh 20%, pasture 5%.) — Dec. 28; 6 A.M. until midnight. Max. temp. 65°, min.
40°. No rain. Ground fog in early morning. Moderate winds early from West NW
shifting to NNE at 7:30 A.M. Peak winds 21 m.p.h. from NE at noon subsiding
after 7 P. M. to 8 to 12 m.p.h. Mild in early part of day becoming colder in after-
noon. Ground bare, water open. Twenty-two observers in 8 parties. Total hours 69
(35 on foot — 34 by car); total miles 198 (48 on foot, 150 by car.) Common
Loon, 8; Red-throated Loon, 5; Horned Grebe, 7; Pied-billed Grebe, 19; Brown
Pelican, 3; Gannet, 42; Double-crested Cormorant, 24; Great Blue Heron, 14;
American Egret, 3; Snowy Egret, 12; Louisiana Heron, 14; Little Blue Heron,
2; Black-Crowned Night Heron, 73; Canada Goose, 325 ; Blue Goose, 1 (see note);
Mallard, 14; Black Duck, 3; European Widgeon, 1; Baldpate, 126; Pintail, 1;

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Green-winged Teal, 4; Wood Duck, 2; Redhead, 1; Ring-necked Duck, 41; Canvas-
back, 1; Greater Scaup Duck, 2; Lesser Scaup Duck, 78; American Golden-eye, 2;
Bufflehead, 5; Old Squaw, 1; Surf Scooter, 15; Ruddy Duck, 2; Hooded Merganser,
3; Red-breasted Merganser, 31; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-
tailed Hawk, 2; Red-shouldered Hawk, 7; Bald Eagle, 2; Marsh Hawk, 5; Osprey,
2; Sparrow Hawk, 17; Bobwhite, 16; Clapper Rail, 1; Purple Gallinule, 1
(Orton); Florida Gallinule, 1; Coot, 125; Oyster Catcher, 3; Piping Plover, 3;
Semi-palmated Plover, 4; Killdeer, 19; Black-bellied Plover, 16; Woodcock, 1;
Wilson’s Snipe, 1; Greater Yellow-legs, 1; Lesser Yellow-legs, 6; Purple Sand-
piper, 2 (l was seen on Oct. 3 and Oct. 15, 5 with 1 Ruddy Turnstone on Nov. 26th
and Nov. 28th; could be seen almost any time after that just after high tide, feeding
on the jetty at the south end of Wrightsville Beach; some were also seen at Fort
Fisher by Funderburg and McAllister, 2 collected; this is second year); Red-backed
Sandpiper, 125; Dowitcher 12, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 5; Western Sandpiper, 1
(Paris); Sanderling, 3; Herring Gull, 800 (est.) ; Ring-billed Gull, 200 (est.);
Laughing Gull, 1; Bonaparte’s Gull, 4; Forster’s Tern, 14; Royal Tern, 1
(McAllister); Caspian Tern, 1; Mourning Dove, 32; Belted Kingfisher, 7; Yellow-
shafted Flicker, 18; Pileated Wood-pecker, 4; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 8; Red-
headed Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 6; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy
Woodpecker, 3; Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 5; Western Kingbird, 1 (McAllister);
Phoebe, 7; Tree Swallow, 3; Blue Jay, 76; Am. Crow, 520; Fish Crow, 16;
Carolina Chickadee, 41; Tufted Titmouse, 77; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 (Airlee
Garden, Holmes and Corbett); Red-breasted Nuthatch, 18; Brown-headed Nuthatch,
142; House Wren, 6; Winter Wren, 3; Carolina Wren, 113; Long-billed Marsh
Wren, 1; Mockingbird, 77, Catbird, 24; Brown Thrasher, 48; Robin, 1200 (est.);
Hermit Thrush, 8; Eastern Bluebird, 85; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 9; Golden-crowned
Kinglet, 9; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 18; American Pipit, 225 ; Cedar Waxwing, 125;
Loggerhead Shrike, 23; Starling, 575 (est.); Blue-headed Vireo, 1; Myrtle Warbler,
892 (est.); Yellow-throated Warbler, 2 (l in Airlee, Holmes and Corbett, 1 on
Beane Estate, Cecil Appleberry and Crawford); Pine Warbler, 14; Palm Warbler,
5; Yellow'-throat, 8; Hooded Warbler, I (McAllister — he has seen a male and 2
females near his house several times); English Sparrow, 69; Eastern Meadow Lark,
142; Red-wing, 2,325 (est.); Boat-tailed Grackle, 31; Purple Grackle, 1; Cowbird,
675; Cardinal, 66; Purple Finch, 23; American Goldfinch, 70; Towhee, 153; Savan-
nah Sparrow, 31; Grasshopper Sparrow', 1, Henslow'’s Sparrow', 4; Sharp-tailed Spar-
row, 1; Seaside Sparrow, 1; Vesper Sparrow, 8; Slate-colored Junco, 34; Chipping
Sparrow, 111; Field Sparrow, 21; White-throated Sparrow, 451 (est.); Fox Sparrow,
6; Sw'amp Sparrow', 4; Song Sparrow, 84. Total, 137 species; 1 1,059 individuals. On
Dec. 20, a male Dickcissel came to C. McAllister’s banding trap and tried to get in
but the trap failed to work. It was studied closely at six feet by Claude and Don as
it came back to the food several times; cf. The Chat , 1949, vol. XIII, p. 33. Also seen
in area just before and after count day: Ruddy Turnstone; Black Skimmer; Willets;
21 Knots, 1 collected by Bunderburg; Ipsw'itch Sparrow, collected by Funderburg;
Marbled Godwits, Holmes, Crawford, Trott, Funderburg, McAllister, Paris; 1 had
been seen at close range in company with several Willets on August 4 by E. Apple-

berry and M. Baker. On Oct. 26 an immature Blue Goose flew into a wire fence at

Smith’s Dairy pond and wras slightly stunned long enough for Mr. Smith to capture

it. He kept it for us to see and McAllister to band, and then turned it loose with

his other geese and ducks in open pasture but it refused to leave; later he clipped a
few' of its flight feathers on one wing; the goose can now fly but has not yet left. —
Mrs. Louise Forsyth , Bob Holmes III , Larry Crawford, Oscar Paris, Jr., John Trott,
John Funderburg, Mrs. Sibbell Turnbull, Wilbur Corbett, Julia Theobald, Maurice
Emmart, Claude and Don McAllister, Becky Near, Leona Carroll, Mrs. Gladys Me-

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Millan, Mary Urich , Ruth Loman , Mary Baker , Polly Mebane , J . A. Bodine , Cecil
A ppleberry and Edna Appleberry, Compiler (Wilmington Natural Science Club,
former Wilmington Bird Club.) (For the first time on a census the tide was low early
in the morning and a very strong cold wind in the late afternoon kept the shore birds
in the marsh grass across the channel.)

WINDOM, Yancey County, N. C. (farms of L. H. Hutchins, Mack Silver, Mrs.
C. P. Gibson, and adjacent territory; open farmland 50%, white pine woodland
2%, pastures 18%, deciduous forests 30%). — Dec. 27; 8 A.M. to dusk. Partly
cloudy; temp. 50° to 60°; no wind. Seven observers in 4 parties. Total hours, 28
(all on foot). Cooper’s Hawk, 2; Red-tailed Hawk, 1; Killdeer, 10; Wilson’s Snipe,
6; Mourning Dove, 8; Black-billed Cuckoo, 1 (seen by Donald Styles — no further
comment. — Ed. ); Downy Woodpecker, 6; Blue Jay, 8; American Crow, 15; Black-
capped Chickadee, 8; Tufted Titmouse, 16; Carolina Wren, 20; Mockingbird, 1;
Eastern Bluebird, 5; Starling, 2-4- ; English Sparrow, 309; Eastern Meadowlark, 1;
Cardinal, 51; American Goldfinch, 62; Red-eyed Towhee, 6; Carolina Junco, 133;
Field Sparrow, 121; Song Sparrow, 276. Total, 23 species; 1,090 individuals. —
Roosevelt Hughes, Paul Hughes, Brook Boone, Donald Boone, Donald Styles, Wade
Styles, and James Hutchins (compiler).

WINSTON-SALEM, FORSYTH COUNTY, N. C. (Same area as in previous
counts, City Lake, City Parks, Reynolda, Yadkin River. Area included woodland 5 0%,
old fields and cultivated fields 30%, lakes and rivers 20%. ) — Dec. 26, 7:30 A.M.
to 5:30 P.M. Wind, 1-5 mph, intermittent rain, temp. 45-50 degrees, six parties,
12 observers. Total hours, 35. Miles by foot, 30; by car, 60. Pied-billed Grebe, 1;
Great Blue Heron, 3; Canada Goose, 303 ; Mallard, 20; Black Duck, 13; Pintail, 3;
Ring-necked Duck, 20; Scaup Duck, 35; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, ].;
Bobwhite, 14; Killdeer, 7; Wilson’s Snipe, 10; Mourning Dove, 28; Screech Owl,
1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 13; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Red-headed Woodpecker,
4; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 14;
Phoebe, 2; Horned Lark, 75 (est.) ; Blue Jay, 11; American Crow, 41; Carolina
Chickadee, 46; Tufted Titmouse, 38; White-breasted Nuthatch, 16; Brown Creeper,
3; Winter Wren, 3; Carolina Wren, 29; Mockingbird, 23; Robin, 1; Hermit Thrush,
2; Eastern Bluebird, 34; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 39; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 10;
Loggerhead Shrike, 2; Starling, 574 (est.); Myrtle Warbler, 9; English Sparrow,
7; Eastern Meadowlark, 13; Red-wing, 2; Purple Grackle, 25; Cardinal, 96; Purple
Finch, 3; American Goldfinch, 22; Red-eyed Towhee, 16; Slate-colored Junco, 311;
Field Sparrow, 118; White-throated Sparrow, 198; Fox Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow,
76. Total, 5 3 species, approximately 2,3 77 individuals. — E. Wayne Irvin , H. M.
Magie, Rev. Douglas Rights, Graham Rights, Dr. and Mrs. Thos. W. Simpson , Mrs.
James L. Stephenson , Janies L. Stephenson, Norval Walker, R. V. White, Orville
White, Robert H. Witherington (compiler.)

News of Local Clubs

B. R. Chamberlain, “Critter Hill,” Route 1, Matthews, N. C.

WILMINGTON NATURAL SCIENCE CLUB. A communica-
tion from John B. Funderhurg, President of the Wilmington Bird Club
states that at the October meeting of the Wilmington Bird Club it was voted

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to change the name of the club to the Wilmington Natural Science Club,
“due primarily to the fact that so many members of the club do not con-
centrate wholly on the study of birds, but are interested in many other
forms of nature.”

WINSTON-SALEM BIRD CLUB. The Winston-Salem group
reports an increased number of bird feeding stations in the yards of their
residence section, with an obvious widened study of their birds . . . The
Clubs “Know Your Birds” talks continue — in a second grade, a kinder-
garten, and at a woman’s club during December, and they are booked for
the County Tubercular Sanitorium for a talk and showing of the Club’s
colored 16mm. moving picture this month . . . The Winston-Salem City
Recreation Department has just started their 7th annual bird box building
contest, 7 to 16 year olds eligible, with $60 in prizes donated by the
Associated Garden Clubs.

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, BIRD CLUB. Here are
some notes from a recent issue of the Greenville (S. C.) News; “The
Greenville Bird Club recently shed its natal down, and is now proudly
fluttering in its new plumage as it peers over the brim of a promising
future. The Christmas meeting, a supper served by the Y.W.C.A. and
spiced by a talk by Dave Tillinghast, still sparkles. For the January meet-
ing Mr. Tillinghast returned, and with his brother, Ed. Tillinghast; and
the speaker was none other than the beloved Gabriel Cannon, of Spartan-
burg, S. C. And as a surprise and distinct pleasure were the colorful side-
line remarks of Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Van Esseltine, of Clemson College.”

PIEDMONT BIRD CLUB. The annual Christmas dinner meeting- was held on
the evening of December 8th, at the Starmount Country Club, Greensboro, N. C.,
with the club president, Mrs. H. L. Medford, in charge. Dr. Charlotte Dawley, pro-
gram chairman, presented three very attractive colored moving pictures of birds,
“What Bird Is That?” “Birds in Winter,” and “Bird Migration.’’ Mrs. Margaret
Y. Wall, who, for the past two summers, has been an instructor at the National
Audubon Society’s Nature Camp at Medomac, Maine, showed a colored moving pic-
ture of the Maine camp. Mrs. Wall, together with club members who had attended
the camp, including Mrs. Floyd Hugh Craft, Miss Etta Schiffman, and Mrs. Edith
Settan, gave an interesting running commentary about the instructors and students and
the work of the camp.

Our Purple Martins

Henry Magie, Winston-Salem, N. C.

This fascinating, useful, fly-catching bird, the largest of the Swallow
family, is one of the early arrivals of our summer nesting visitors, ar-

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riving in Buncombe County March 5th, and in Forsyth County March 14th.
According to Dr. Wesley H aylor, Guilford County Purple Martin en-
thusiast, Martins, with hospitable weather, arrive in Greensboro around
March 4th, while with bad weather they may first appear two or even
three weeks later, and they do not come in one or even two groups, but
keep dribbling in, sometimes some arriving as late as May 1st.

The Purple Martin is about 8 inches long and not purple at all, but
a deep, smoky blue. The female has a duller blue back with patches of
dark gray which become whiter toward the belly. Gregarious in flyway and
nesting habits, they are attracted by multiple apartment nesting homes,
which may include as many as 30 or more units, mounted on a jointed
pole 16 to 24 feet above ground, and located in a yard or field near a lake,
pasture, or alfalfa patch where their food — flying insects, mosquitoes,
moths, beetles, and such — are found.

Our North Carolina Indians understood and utilized the Purple Martin.
To use his courage and daring in driving away hawks, crows, and owl?,
they erected 9-inch gourds on saplings or poles over their racks of drying
venison and deer hides.

The brood, four or five to a nest, safely hatched and self-reliant in
May, stay with us until late July when they form large flocks. T. Gilbert
Pearson, late President of the National Audubon Society, estimated 200,000
occupying a favorite roost in the shade trees of a lot in Greensboro, N. C.,
one summer.

That our Forsyth County farmers recognize the value of the Purple
Martin in catching on the wing millions of the insects that destroy grow-
ing crops is shown by the numerous colony nesting homes and gourds that
are erected and maintained on our farms. Of proven value in Forsyth is
the Purple Martin’s liking for the yellow moth that lays her eggs on the
young alfalfa.

Start the New Year in welcoming your Martins by erecting suitable
nesting homes. Enjoy their sweet gurgling song in flight, often at night,
study their rapid, graceful flight, watch them perched in rows on tele-
phone wires, marvel at the miracle of their migrating instinct as they fly
away 4,000 miles to their wintering home in Brazil, and late next July or
early in August bid them adieu with “happy landings,” and we will be
looking for your return in 1951.

Field Notes and News

UNUSUAL WINTER RECORDS AT ELKIN, N. C.: I had some unusual
records which I forgot to send in last year. We had a record of a Brown Thrasher

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on February 3, 1949, and a still more unusual record of an Orange-crowned Warbler
on February 15. This last record is unusual in the fact that this bird flew against our
den window about nine-thirty one evening and, upon opening the window, flew
into the room and was picked up. This was really a case of identification with the bird
in hand. E. M. Hodel, Elkin, Surry County, N. C.

FLOCK OF BROWN CREEPERS: A flock of 14 Brown Creepers was observed
feeding in a neighbor’s yard on January 8th.

Henry Magie, Winston-Salem, N. C.

INTERESTING NEST SITES OF BLUE JAYS: During the 1949 season I found
a Blue Jay nesting in a Banksia rose bush less than six feet from the ground, and
another Blue Jay nest near the end of a limb of a water oak, about 15-20 feet above the
ground. Both of these seemed to me to be unusual locations for jays’ nests.

(Dec. 7, 1949) Gabriel Cannon, Spartanburg, S. C.

PARTIAL ALBINO CARDINAL AT WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.: A part albino
male Cardinal was identified on our Christmas bird count, December 26. It was a
blotched rufous and dirty white, with black crest, but no distinctive cardinal red.
He has been seen for several weeks at various bird club members’ feeders.

(Dec. 28, 1949.) Henry Magie.

ALBINO MOURNING DOVE TAKEN IN CARTERET' COUNTY, N. C.: In
January I received a dead albino Mourning Dove which had been taken December
3 1 in eastern Carteret County, N. C., by L. K. Thompson of Greensboro, N. C.
Feathers on the top of the head were somewhat grayish, but the rest of the feathers
all were yellowish white. The bird was sent to Harry Davis, Director of the North
Carolina State Museum, Raleigh, and proved to be a male. A. D. S.

CANADA GEESE NEST AT SPARTANBURG, S. C.: On May 23, 1949, Harold
£. Correll and I were checking the Birds at Zimmerman Lake. We knew that
several Canada Geese had hatched out young some weeks before and were hoping for
a view of some of them. We were not disappointed, as we saw an old Goose, then
four small goslings followed by the other parent. The six swimming along in single
file will long remain as one of the outstanding of my wildlife memories.

Gabriel Cannon, Spartanburg, S. C.

ALBINO TOWHEE AT PITTSBORO, N. C.— On December 19 a strange bird
appeared three times at my feeding place. About the size of a thrasher, but perhaps
more plump, and with somewhat shorter tail. The back of the bead, and back and
rump were white, much white on wings and tail, top of head brownish, and breast
brownish with white. In fact it looked as if someone had poured white paint
over the bird. The bill was shorter than a Thrasher’s. Wondered if it could be an
albino Thrasher or Robin . . . December 17: The strange bird is an albino Towhee,
female! Came back several times this morning. Saw her “scratching,” and had a
good look. Clara Hearne, Pittsboro.

SOME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NOTES: The following are some ob-
servations made on a two days trip with Jack Barnes of Winston-Salem, N. C. Dec.
28, 1949: 35 Scaup Ducks, Lake Tahoma, McDowell County; 1 Raven, seen from
Parkway 10 miles from Mount Mitchell; Red-breasted Nuthatch, about 60, Mount
Mitchell. Dec. 29: 242 Canada Geese, 35 Mallard, 46 Scaup, “Win-Mock Farm,” on
Yadkin River, Davie County. (Around 1941-1942 approximately 1,600 Canada Geese
wintered in this area but were scattered by low flying planes, until only a few re-
turned. Land owners now report a gradual increase.) No waterfowl were observed on
lake or Catawba River from Claremont to Marion. Fishermen and natives say they
have seen few waterfowl this fall and winter. Bob Wolff, Greenvile, N. C.

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With the Editor

BIRD’S NEST'S, A FIELD GUIDE : An ideal guide for summer and winter
nature walks, with a unique finding key which will enable the camp counselor, teacher
or nature lover to identify quickly any nest by its location and structure. With 160
pages, it has over 60 photographs, and is of convenient size. The price is $ 2.75 from
your bookstore, or from the publisher, Ives Washburn, Inc., 29 West 5 7th St., New
York 19, N. Y.

“A NORTH CAROLINA NATURALIST, H. H. BRIMLEY” — is the title of
an attractive book, a collection of H. H. Brimley’s writings, edited by Eugene H.
Odom, and recently published by the University of North Carolina Press. Dr. Odum,
who is now at the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., is one of many men and
women, who as youngsters or adults have known H. H. Brimley personally, and

H. H. Brimley and friends, at Carolina Marine Laboratory
of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina,

Beaufort, N. C., June, 1938. From left to right: The late T.

Gilbert Pearson, Virginia Miles, Mrs. H. H. Brimley, Archie
D. Shaftesbury, Miss Inez Coldwell, Elinor S. Reece, Elizabeth
Anderson (Barnes), “H. H.”, Emelie Rose Brown, Mable
Upchurch (Ellis). — From photo by Dorothy Bell (Hubbard.)

consider his friendship a rare privilege. In his introduction, Dr. Odum states: “While
perhaps best known for his lifelong work in building up the North Carolina State
Museum into a major force in the state’s educational system, Brimley was a man
of extraordinarily wide interests and talents. Unlike many of the naturalists and
museum men of his day he did not withdraw himself completely from his fellow
men and devote all his time to his specimens, but, on the contrary, he was a man’s
man, equally at home with and respected by hunters, scientists, business men, and
civic leaders. Because his talent for scientific work and preparation was combined
with the ability to interest people, his writings are authoritative and accurate in
factual material, yet singularly free from the ‘stuffy’ style of the technical paper.”
Old friends will enjoy reading the tales and reminiscences, and many others will
read the pages with pleasure, and will understand why H. H. Brimley was loved
by everyone who knew him. The price of the volume is $3.50 at your book store, or
from the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N. C.

New Members of Carolina Bird Club

Mrs. Olive L. Askew, Box 24
Rich Square, N. C.

Henry M. Best, Jr., Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. T. A. Blair, Rt. 2, Easley, S. C.

T. Edward Bobo, c-o Pacific Mills,
Lyman, S. C.

Mrs. E. M. Briles, Rt. 3, High Point,

N. C.

Mrs. James L. Brown, 103 West Depot
Street, Concord, N. C.

Mrs. Paul P. Brown, 1 805 St. Marys St.,
Raleigh, N. C.

Mrs. S. Herbert Brown, 7 Westwood Rd.,
Biltmore, N. C.

John F. A. Cecil, Biltmore House,
Biltmore, N. C.

Dave Clark, 202 West Ashe Ave.,

Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. Rhett Clark, 2719 Preston St.,
Columbia, S. C.

Robert Coleman, Travelers Rest, S. C.

Mrs. E. C. Crumpton, 1407 E. North
St., Greenville, S. C.

E. E. Culler, Jr., 3630 Verner St.,
Columbia, S. C.

Miss Emily Culler, 345 Glover St.,

S.E., Orangeburg, S. C.

E. R. Cuthbert, Box 328, Summerville,

S. C.

Mrs. Eleanor Y. Drane, 605 Bagley St.,
Greensboro, N. C.

P. M. Dulin, Badin, N. C.

Mrs. P. M. Dulin, Badin, N. C.

Alex D. Estill, 3 708 Blossom St.,
Columbia, S. C.

Mrs. Jack Frierson, 120 St. John,
Darlington, S. C-.

Thomas A. Glasscock, 506 Arlington
St., Greensboro, N. C.

Mrs. Thomas A. Glasscock, 506 Arlington
St., Greensboro, N. C.

Mrs. R. D. Graham, 1 1 Broad St.,

Sumter, S. C.

A. L. Guv, 2609 Ashland St., Raleigh,

N. C.

Mrs. Bessie C. Hancock, Jackson, N. C.

Mrs. H. A. Helms, 1005 Peace St.,
Raleigh, N. C.

Edwin M. Hoffman, Last Resort,

Black Mountain, N. C.

Miss Mary Jenkinson, 2624 Augusta Rd.
Greenville, S. C.

Mrs. G. A. Kaminer, Arcadia, Columbia,
S. C.

Winston Kaminer, Arcadia, Columbia,

S. C.

Hon. Fred A. Kestler, Mayor, Concord,

N. C.

Miss Kathleen Lafferty, Founders Hall,
Box 124, Guilford College, N. C.
John A. McLeod, Jr., 113 E. Hendrix
St., Greensboro, N. C.

Miss Marie Millings, 110 King St.,
Charleston, S. C.

Miss Iila Mitchell, 1 005 N. Eugene St.,
Greensboro, N. C.

Warner Montgomery, 1213 Glenwood
Rd., Columbia, S. C.

Miss Rose Morgan, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Musicians’ Bird Club, Mrs. Janie

Patterson Wegoner, Pres., Concord,
N. C.

Mrs. Arthur G. Odell, 298 North Union
St., Concord, N. C.

Thomas Parks, 110 Mimosa Lane,

Lenoir, N. C.

S. Kav Patterson, 2 1 Grove St., Concord,
N. C.

Miss Aileen Pegg, 1402 Madison St.,
Greensboro, N. C.

Mrs. J. Frank Richardson, Tryon, N. C.
Mrs. Henry D. Salter, P. O. Box 366,
Walterboro, S. C.

Mrs. Ravenel B. Shedd, Rt. 1,

Winnsboro, S. C.

Mrs. Hal D. Shuler, Rt. 5, Sumter, S. C.
Thomas Sigman, R. 3, Box 169,

Hickory, N. C.

Mac Styles, Travelers Rest, S. C.

Mrs. Murray S. Tate, 2506 Camden Rd.,
Greensboro, N. C.

Ted Tharin, Jr., 1209 Glenwood Rd.,
Columbia, S. C.

Cyrus Thompson, 2 1 1 Park Ave.,

Raleigh, N. C.

Miss Jane Norwood Tillinghast,
Eastover, S. C.

Mrs. J. B. Whitener, 130 Woodburn
Rd., Raleigh, N. C.

Miss Elizabeth Williams, Travelers Rest,
S. C.

Mrs. Cornelia B. Woodward, C-o Mrs.

A. R. Pinson, Walterboro, S. C.

address should be sent to: Dr. Archie D.
N. C., Greensboro, N. C.)

(Notification of correction or change of
Shaftesbury, Editor The Chat , W. C. U.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — North Carolina

Asheville Bird Club: P — Mrs. Norman B. Beecher; S — Miss Margaret A. Allen, 208
Pearson Dr. ; T — Mrs. Francis E. Field.

Chapel Hill Bird Club: P — Mrs. Lynn Gault, Box 1058 ; V-P — Richard L. Weaver;
S-T — Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Box 8 8.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Audubon Club: P — Mrs. George C. Potter, 2111 Malvern
Rd.; V-P — Mrs. H. W. Kilpatrick; S — Mrs. B. D. Hendrix, 1615 Oaklavvn; T
B. R. Chamberlain ; Publicity Chmn. — Miss Clara Burt.

Greensboro, Piedmont Bird Club: P — Mrs. H. L. Medford, 830 Cornwallis Rd. ; V-P
— Dr. Charlotte Dawley and S. A. McFalls; Cor. S — Mrs. Franklin H. McNutt,
Rt. 1, Box 333, McLeansville ; Rec. S — Mrs. W. A. Hill; T — Mrs. E. J. Fillinger;
Ex. Comm. — Officers and Mrs. Floyd H. Craft and Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall.
Henderson Bird Club: P — Miss Garnette Myers; V-P — Miss Sallie Garlick; S-T
Miss Elizabeth Fox.

Hickory Bird Club: P — J. Weston Clinard; V-P — Mrs. George E. Bisanar; S-T
Mrs. Alex F. Vallotton, 1415 Eighth Ave. ; Reporter — J. W. Clinard.

High Point, Catesby Bird Club: P — James R. Mattocks; S — Mrs. Chester C. Haworth;
T — Mrs. John C. Siceloff.

Lenoir Audubon Club: P — S. B. Howard; V-P — Mrs. R. C. Powell; S-T — Mrs. R. F.

Greer, Box 800 ; Publicity Chin. — Miss Margaret Harper.

Lumberton Bird Club: P — James Stephens, Jr.; V-P — Mrs. Henry McKinnon; S
Mrs. D. L. Whiting; T — Miss Lillian Whiting.

Raleigh Bird Club: P — Frank B. Meacham; V-P — Mrs. J. M. Jenrette; S — David L.
Wray, N. C. Dept. Agr. ; Ex. Com. — Officers and Robert Overing and Mrs. R. L.
Deaton.

Roanoke Rapids Bird Club: P — Miss Sara Cannon, 538 Hamilton St.; V-P Miss
Marjorie Cannon; S-T — Lydia Deyton, Box 365.

Rocky Mount, Francis H. Craighill Bird Club: P — J. W. E. Joyner; V-P The Rev.
Gray Temple; S — Miss Dorothy Craighill; T — Miss Lilly Shearin; Members of
Executive Committee — Mrs. Fairy Bandy and Mrs. J. W. E. Joyner.

Southern Pines Bird Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Robinson; V-P & S — Miss Louise Haynes,
Box 660; T — Miss Norma Shiring; Rec. S — Mrs. Lloyd Prime.

Tarheel Bird Club: P— Rufus Page; S-T— Mrs. Julia W. Maulden, 20 8 William
St., Kannapolis, N. C.; Historian — Mrs. Andrew Smith.

Tryon Bird Club: P — Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall; S-T — Mrs. Thomas Clark; Publicity
Chm. — Mrs. H. Lan Moore.

Wilmington Natural Science Club: P — John B. Funderburg, 1211 South Fourth St.;
V-P — Mrs. Cecil Appleberry; T — Charles F. Theobald; S — Mrs. C. D. Maffitt,
219 South Fifth St.; Directors — Mrs. W. C. Mebane, Mrs. W. R. Baker, Mrs.
N. E. Everson.

Winston-Salem Bird Club: P— Henry Magie; S-T— Wm. S. Rothrock, 2434 Stockton
St.; Directors — Charles Babcock, Thurmond Chatham, Jr., Richard J. Reynolds, II.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — South Carolina

Charleston Natural History Society: P — Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf; V-P— E. Burnham
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Nzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Uzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.

Columbia Natural History Society: P — Gilbert J. Bristow; V-P — Harry Hampton;
T — Dr. Paul J. Philson; S. Mrs. Clyde Sisson; Ex. Com. Officers and Mrs. G. E.
Charles.

Greenville Bird Club: P — Miss May W. Puett; V-P— P. M. Jennes; S-T — Miss Rosa
Lee Hart.

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BULLETIN OF CAROLINA BIRD CLUB, Inc.

CHARLESTON (S. C.) MUSEUM— FOUNDED 1773

First in America

VOL XIV MARCH, 1950 No. 2

Woman’s College, U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

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Bulletin of Carolina Bird Club, Inc.

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor

Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.

Editorial Board: Alexander Sprunt, Jr., The Crescent, Charleston 50, S. C. — Conser-
vation, State and National; Dr. Richard L. Weaver, Box 1078, Chapel Hill, N. C. —
Education; B. R. Chamberlain, R. 1, Matthews, N. C. — Local Club News.
Contributing Editors: Miss Grace Anderson, Statesville; Mrs. Edna Lanier Apple-
berry, Wilmington; Mrs. A. W. Bachman, Henderson; E. B. Chamberlain, Charles-
ton Museum, Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs. Edwin O. Clarkson, Charlotte; J. W. Clinard,
Hickory; Harry T. Davis, N. C. Museum, Raleigh; Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green,
Raleigh; Dr. John H. Grey, Jr., Williamsburg, Va.; Miss Clara Hearne, Pittsboro;
Dr. Thelma Howell, Macon, Ga. ; Mrs. Zora P. Jensen, Maple City, Mich.; Joe Jones,
Chapel Hill; J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount; Henry Magie, Winston-Salem; Rev. J.
J. Murray, Lexington, Va. ; Howard T. Odum, New Haven Conn.; Oscar H. Paris, Jr.,
Greensboro; Prof. Phillips Russell, Chapel Hill; James L. Stephens, Jr., Lumberton;
Mrs. Eddie W. Wilson, Cary; Robert L. Wolff, Goldsboro; D. L. Wray, Raleigh.

Entered as second-class matter April 8, 1941, at the post office, Greensboro,
North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Published five times a year on the fifteenth of January. March, May, September,
and November as the official organ of Carolina Bird Club, Inc. Articles for publi-
cation should reach the editor by the first of the month in which the issue is pub-
lished. _

notification of change of address should be sent TO THE

EDITOR.

Volume XIV

March, 1950

Number 2

CONTENTS

Review of “South Carolina Bird Life” — Charlotte Hilton Green .... 17
The Editors of “South Carolina Bird Life” — B. Rhett Chamberlain . . 19
C.B.C. Enjoys Mid-winter Field Trip to Lake Mattamuskeet —

Margaret Y.Wall 21

News of Local Clubs — B. R. Chamberlain 24

Columbia Natural History Society Visits Bulls Island —

Kay Curtis Sisson 25

A Letter from Mrs. Zora S. Jensen 28

Field Notes and News 29

With the Editor 21

New Members of Carolina Bird Club Inside Back Cover

Local Clubs and Their Officers Outside Back Cover

Cover Picture by Courtesy of Charleston Museum

CAROLINA BIRD CLUB OFFICERS

PRESIDENT B. R. Chamberlain, Rt. 1, Matthews, N. C.

VICE-PRESIDENTS: Robert L. Wolff, Greenville, N. C.; Mrs. Cecil Appleberry,

Wilmington, N. C.; Alexander Sprunt, Jr., Charleston, S. C.

SECRETARY Mrs. G. C. Potter, 2111 Malvern Road, Charlotte 7, N. C.

TREASURER Robert Overing, Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.

EDITOR OF THE CHAT . . Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Harry T. Davis, Raleigh, N. C.j Dr. Richard L. Weaver, Chapel Hill, N. Cj
Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro, N. C.} Mrs. W. H. Faver, Eastover S. C.

Review of “South Carolina Bird Life”

Charlotte Hilton Green, Raleigh, N. C.

(Reprinted from The Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer , through courtesy
of Mrs. Green and the News and Observer )

SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD LIFE. By Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and E. Burnham
Chamberlain. Contributions from Charleston Museums: XI, edited by E. Milby Burton,
Director. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 1949. Over 600 pages. $10.00.

One of the finest books in the history of American ornithology has just
been published by the University of South Carolina Press. It is the fruition
of several decades of work and planning and authentic records kept for
generations. The authors are two outstanding ornithologists, not only of
their own state, but of the country.

The records are many, and go far back (over 200 years) for serious
ornithological work began in South Carolina in May, 1722, with the ar-
rival of Mark Catesby. In succession came such famous ornithologists as
Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, and Dr. John Bachman. Dr.
Elliott Coues, and still later Dr. C. Hart Merriam did some work in the
state, and there are also such names as Dr. William Brewster and L. M.
Loomis. Modern work began with Arthur T. Wayne, who devoted all his
time to ornithology from 1883, and was constantly in the field until 1930.
He is said to have added a bird to the State list for every year he was in the
field, an accomplishment that probably has no parallel in this country. In
1910 the Charleston Museum published his book, “The Birds of South
Carolina,” the first state bird book to be produced in the Southeastern
States.

The two present authors, Sprunt and Chamberlain, have been actively
interested in the birds of their native state since boyhood. Much of their
early training, both in the museum and in the field, was under Wayne,
“ornithologist, teacher, friend,” to whom they have dedicated the book.
Through the years, increasing information made a supplement necessary,
which the authors of this volume did in 1931. Then, with more local
observers in the field, especially much work being done in the interior,
and with this added information and a more nation-wide interest in birds,
it was realized an entirely new book was necessary to bring all records
and information to date. This has been most successfully done in this
volume.

Too, with outstanding observers keeping careful records for over two
centuries, it is understandable that more species of birds have been made
known to science from South Carolina than from any other state, bearing
out Wayne’s claim that his state stands first, in ornithological history, of any
state in the union.

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The hook is written in a delightful style, and is beautifully illustrated
by many original paintings of four outstanding bird artists — Peterson,
Jaques, Dingle and Dick. There are also 36 excellent photographs by such
outstanding bird photographers and experts as Cruickshank, Grimes, Sprunt,
Halliday, Reilly and Carroll. And what seems to be something new in bird
books, there are 12 excellent black and white photographs of habitats, such
as Folly Beach, a salt marsh, a cypress stream, cypress marsh, a cotton field,
the foothill country, Blue Ridge vista, etc.

As a field ornithologist Sprunt is credited with being one of the best
in the country. For years he has been a member of the staff of the Na-
tional Audubon Society, is in charge of many of their Audubon 1 ours,
and some of their lectures, or Screen Tours. Chamberlain is curator of
zoology at the Charleston Museum and for many years has been in charge
of its bird records and collections which have been used so extensively in
the writing of this book. The book was edited by E. Milby Burton, director
of the museum, and himself an outstanding ornithologist, both as field
man and laboratory technician.

Besides the excellent sketch on the history of ornithology of the state,
there is a fine one on “On Studying Birds” which points out how birds can
never be adquately understood unless considered in relation to their en-
vironment. “One cannot expect to find a covey of Bobwhites in a salt
marsh, or a brace of mallards nesting in a chimney. Nevertheless, so little
importance is attached by many people to this simple fundamental that
they are often disappointed and become discouraged. A working knowledge
of habitat is therefore essential, and by habitat is meant the immediate
environment — the specific terrain a particular bird utilizes to find its
food, build its nest, and rear its young.”

Of course, for all South Carolinian bird-lovers the book is a “must”
and it is almost equally so for North Carolinians, as many of our birds,
habitat, and conditions are similar. It is much larger, more comprehensive —
and more expensive, than our own. It will be something for us to aim at
when our own state bird book is again revised.

Under each species, with both scientific and local English names, is a
short physical description of the bird, followed by its geographical range
and its status in South Carolina, with an account of the bird’s habits,
characteristics, and also a summary of its food and economic status.

In the accounts of the individual bird’s habits and characteristics there
is many a “bird nugget” to be dug out and enjoyed by the indefatigable
bird student. (The book will have a permanent place on my desk, and
already I have eight pages of those “nuggets” for future use, for which
thank you, Alec Sprunt.)

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Perhaps as good an idea as any, of the value of such books and work to
save birds, and all our wildlife and resources, in general, is the following,
quoting Wayne (1910) “The Snowy Egret is now almost extinct on this
coast — it is so rare a bird at the present day that I have not seen an example
for more than ten years.” In 1949 Sprunt writes: “The Snowy Egret is
now a permanent resident and one may see it, in an appropriate environment,
almost every day of the year, winter and summer. The return to abundance
from its shadow of extinction is a wonderful illustration of concerted and
determined conservation.”

That such a book, even at the price is having an excellent sale, shows
that a discriminating public is indeed interested in conservation of our wild-
life and the good earth and waters that wildlife lives in. Credit should
go, too, to the South Carolina University Press and its managing editor,
Frank H. Wardlaw, for the fine work done in the mechanics of the book.

The Editors of “South Carolina Bird Life”

E. B. CHAMBERLAIN

E. BURNHAM CHAMBERLAIN is
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the
Charleston Museum. He has had charge
of the museum’s collection of birds and
bird records, and he has played a major part
in gathering them for years. He joined the
Charleston Museum staff shortly after re-
turning from service in the First World
War. His experience has been enriched by
trips to outstanding museums of natural his-
tory in this country and in Europe. His field
work and intense love for the outdoors date
from early boyhood. Raised under the pain-
fully exacting hand of Arthur T. Wayne,
South Carolina’s noted ornithologist of the
prehandbook era, he has ever demanded of
himself and others the highest degree of
accuracy in field work. He is a Member of
the American Ornithologists Union. In the co-authorship of South Car-
olina Bird Life, he has achieved a goal long anticipated. Aside from his
contributions to ornithology, his ability in the field of herpetology is well

rocognized.

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His wife, formerly Margaret Sanders, is from St. Matthews, S. C.
They have two boys. 1 he elder, Edward, is a naturalist in his own right.
He is with the Florida Wildlife Service.

ALEXANDER SPRUNT, JR., has
for years been a nationally known figure
in the field of ornithology. As Staff Mem-
ber of the National Audubon Society he
has presented his theme of protection and
conservation with professional force to large
audiences all over the country. His excel-
lent field work repeatedly fascinates thou-
sands of birders who have followed him
at Bulls Island, S. C., at Okeechobee, Fla.,
and other Wild life Refuges. Shortly after
his college days at Davidson, N. C., he
turned to writing nature stories that easily
found their way into leading newspapers,
magazines, and books. His style has done
much to make South Carolina Bird Life
the readable book that it is. He has been a
Member of the American Ornithologists

Union for a number of years.

His wife, formerly Margaret Vardell, is from Red Springs, N. C.
They have a daughter and a son, “Sandy,” who, in following his father in
the choice of a profession, is rapidly gaining the affection and respect of all
who know him.

E. B. Chamberlain.

ALEXANDER SPRUNT, JR.

— Photo by A. D. Cruickshank.

ATTENTION, LOCAL CLLTBS AND SECRETARIES: Various issues of The
Chat , during the past three years, have carried a notice regarding federation with
local clubs in order to establish closer relations with the local groups and promote
more efficient interstate work. If you have not already presented this to your local
group for this year, please do so. The plan provides for an annual fee of 10 cents
a member from the local club (minimum total $2.50), to be sent to the Treasurer of
the C. B. C. Local clubs already having 100% membership in the C. B. C. are exempted
from this 10c fee. All affiliating clubs are to register with Robert Overing, Treasurer
C. B. C., Route 4, Raleigh, N. C., on or before February 15th of each year. Local
units claiming exemption from the 10c fee will also submit a complete list of their
paid up members, on or before each February 15th. Each affiliated local club will be
entitled to send a voting representative to one specified Carolina Bird Club Executive
Committee meeting each year, for the consideration of plans and policies. A copy of
The Chat will be sent to the club library of each affiliated local group.

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CBC Enjoys Mid-winter Field Trip to Lake Mattamuskeet

Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro, N. C.

On Friday evening, January 20th,
members who had arrived early at Lake
Mattamuskeet, National Wildlife Refuge,
in Hyde County, N. C., gathered in the
Mattamuskeet Lodge for a briefing on the
area by W. G. Cahoon, who is Refuge
Manager. He told of how Lake Matta-
muskeet was bought in 1924 by a com-
pany who built drainage canals out from
the lake, built a pumping station and
drained the lake to provide ground for
growing flax, rice, soy beans, tobacco and
potatoes. These crops grew well but the
overhead expense was too great and the
project failed. Again in 193 3 another
company tried and failed. On October 15,
1934, the U. S. Government bought the
area of 50,250 acres and developed the
area into a wildlife refuge. Such animals
as deer, mink, otter and muskrat live in
the refuge; however, the area is best known
as a refuge for migratory wildfowl with
the greatest concentration of Canada Geese
on the Atlantic Coast, hundreds of Whist-
ling Swans and many kinds of ducks.
Hunting is permitted on a limited part
of the refuge during the regular hunting
season which had 35 days in the 1949-50
season. A total of 7,97 8 hunters visited the area and 6,000 geese were killed. Mr.
Cahoon told us that the annual count of wildlife on the refuge was down for 1949.
This, he said, was due largely to the heavy rains during the summer of 1 949, which
made it impossible to plant food for the birds. Robert W. Wolff, field trip chairman,
announced plans for Saturday field trips.

Some of the members who were quite ambitious, arose early Saturday morning
and climbed the tower by way of the circular iron stairway to get an overview of
the area in the early morning light. After breakfast the members were divided and
one group went, via open truck, to the east end of the refuge while the other group
drove down to Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge and enjoyed a boat trip into
Pamlico Sound. In the afternoon the groups reversed.

Just at dusk Saturday, a tired, but very enthusiastic group of bird folks gathered
on the causeway across Lake Mattamuskeet for the special event of the trip — a real
“Eastern Carolina Oyster Roast,” which was provided by Axon Smith, manager of
the Mattamuskeet Lodge.

Saturday evening, B. R. Chamberlain, Carolina Bird Club president, conducted a
brief business session. Messages were read from Mrs. O. F. Jenson, past president of
the Carolina Bird Club, who sent “greetings and best wishes to all our friends,” and
from Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, Editor of The Chat , who could not be with us. Notes

Rhett Chamberlain, Phil Davis, Bob Wolff
Lake Mattamuskeet, Jan. 20, 1950

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LOUIS PARKER, HAROLD GUERARD, MRS. GEORGE POTTER, MILBY BURTON

THOMAS UZZELL BILL JOYNER RHETT CHAMBERLAIN

— Pictures taken by Mrs. George Potter at Lake Mattamuskeet, Jan. 20, 1950.

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of regret were read from Gabriel Cannon, Spartanburg, S. C., and from Mae
Puett, Greenville, S. C.

A count was taken as to the number of members from various locations. Charles-
ton had the most members from the greatest distance, 1 1 members who came 350
miles. Sixty-six people attended the meeting including the following: Charleston,
S. C.: I. M. Metcalf, E. Milby Burton, George B. Rabb, Harold Guerard, Julian
Harrison, John Quinby, Louis Parker, Mrs. Anne Worsham Richardson, Thomas M.
Uzzell, Jr., E. B. Chamberlain, Ellison A. Williams; Charlotte, N. C.: B. Rhett
Chamberlain, Norman Chamberlain, Mrs. George C. Potter, Doris Poole (Mrs. R.
W.) ; Columbia, S. C. : Hallie Overton, Mrs. and Mrs. J. L. Gibbons; Chapel Hill,
N. C. : Dr. and Mrs. Richard Weaver, Mrs. Lynn Gault; Fayetteville, N. C. : Mamie
Gray, Mrs. John A. Oates, Carl F. Plate; Greenville, S. C. : Robert L. Wolff; Greens-
boro, N. C.: Ethel McNairy, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Glascock, Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall,
Mrs. R. D. Douglas; High Point, N. C. : Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Haworth, John W.
Richardson, James Mattocks, Mrs. C. B. Mattocks; Hickory, N. C. : Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Clinard; New Holland, N. C.: Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Tunnell, W. G. Cahoon;
New London, N. C.: John Trott; Raleigh, N. C. : A. L. Guy, Mrs. M. B. Koonce,
Margaret Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Hayden W. Olds, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overing,
Charlotte Hilton Green, Philip H. Davis; Rocky Mount, N. C. : J. W. E. Joyner;
Washington, N. C. : Mary S. McLaurin, Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Brown; Wilmington,
N. C. : Mrs. W. R. Baker, Mrs. W. C. Mebane, Jr., Mrs. H. Vander Schalie, Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Appleberry; Winston-Salem, N. C. ; Miss Zeta C. Davidson; Wrightsville
Sound, N. C.: Mrs. Mary Urich, Mrs. R. M. Herbst; Milton, Vermont: Mrs.
Gladys MacMillan.

An invitation from the Charleston Natural History Society to hold the next
annual spring meeting in Charleston was extended by the Charleston Natural History
Society president, Major I. S. Metcalf. The invitation was accepted.

Robert Overing gave the treasurer’s report, and stated that 37 new members were
added in 1949 and 30 new members in 1950.

Following the business session, J. W. E. Joyner, president of the Francis H.
Craighill Bird Club, Rocky Mount, N. C., showed some of his very beautiful
colored movies. These included the field trips at Beaufort in 1947, and at Lumberton
in 1949, as well as a movie of Gaddy’s Pond and the Fred Latham private refuge,
near Lake Mattamuskeet. Major I. M. Metcalf showed slides of birds of the Charles-
ton area. A movie of breeding birds which was made by Dr. John Grev, former
editor of The Chat, on Pea Island Refuge was shown and interesting comments were
made by Harry T. Davis. John Trott, Chapel Hill, N. C., showed a number of lovely
colored slides of birds and wild flowers.

A number of bird paintings by Mrs. Ann Worsham Richardson of Charleston,
S. C., were on exhibit in the lounge of of the Lodge.

On Sunday, no trips were scheduled but many of the groups, reluctant to leave,
went on field trips of their own around the refuge.

While on the whole the field trip was a very successful one, there was a notice-
able difference in the numbers of birds formerly seen at Mattamuskeet. The Canada
Geese flying in formation were still the most abundant of all species and surely a
thrilling sight for those who had never seen them. The Whistling Swans were much
reduced in numbers. On January 12, 56 swans were counted on the refuge. We saw
only ten on January 21. In some former years thousands of Swans had spent the winter
here. Myrtle Warblers seemed to be more numerous than ever before.

The total number of species recorded for the area was approximately 52. Among
the most interesting seen were American Egrets, Catbird, and House Wren (Trott).

Our sincere appreciation for this delightful field trip goes to Bob Wolff, who
arranged the trip, to Axon Smith, to W. G. Cahoon, and Joe Adams for making our
stay on the refuge a pleasant one.

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News of Local Clubs

B. R. Chamberlain, “Critter Hill,” Route 1, Matthews, N. C.

WILSON WOMAN’S CLUB — Garden Dept. A recent letter
from Miss Camilla Wills of the faculty of Atlantic Ch ristian College,
Wilson, N. C., and long a member of our Club, reminds us of an item
we overlooked last year. In February of 1949, the Garden Department of
Wilson Woman’s Club affiliated itself with C.B.C. Bird interest at Wilson
centers around the Bird Committee of the Garden Department. The new
1950 Chairman of this Committee is Mrs. C. A. Webster, 202 Park Ave-
nue. Wilson was officially made a Bird Sanctuary in 1949.

FA^ E ETEVILLE BIRD CLUB. Here is a new club organized
January 25, 1950, at a meeting at the City Hall attended by an interested
group of birders, many of whom have been members of C.B.C or
N. C.B.C. for years. Miss Mamie Gray was elected temporary chairman,
and Virgil Kelly was named temporary vice-chairman. Mrs. John Oates
and Miss Gray gave an interesting account of the C. B. C. field trip to
Mattamuskeet on the previous week-end. Rufus Page, Supervisor ot
Bladen Lakes State Forest for the N. C. Department of Conservation
and Development, made some interesting and helpful suggestions to be
acted upon at coming meetings, and gave a talk on winter birds, showing
colored slides. Mr. Page is organizer of the Tar Heel Bird Club and the
Elizabethtown Bird Club. Carl F. Plate, Superintendent of Recreation
and Parks Department of Fayetteville, is largely responsible for forming
this new club. Fayetteville was officially declared a Bird Sanctuary in 1948.

HICKORY BIRD CLLTB. This group is enjoying a very worth-
while project at its regular meetings. The lives of our great ornithologist?
are being presented and studied. At the March meeting at the home of
the Donald Menzies, J. Weston Clinard covered the life of Alexandei
Wilson in detail. The lives of Hudson and of John Muir are scheduled
for coming meetings. It’s a very good plan. I hope they do not overlook
William Bartram.

PIEDMONT BIRD CLUB. “Voice Range in Birds” was the sub-
ject discussed at the February meeting, by Dr. Anna Joyce Reardon and Dr.
Archie D. Shaftesbury, both members of the teaching staff at Woman’s
College of the University of North Carolina. For the March 16th meet-
ing, Dr. Charlotte Dawley, of W. C. U. N. C., gave a talk on “Migration
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colored moving pictures of birds by Mrs. Harry E. Duer, of Cleveland,
Ohio . . . Carl W. Bucheister, Vice-President of National Audubon So-
ciety, will present the annual free public lecture at Aycock Auditorium,
Woman’s College, Thursday evening, April 27th, at 8:00 o’clock, with
colored moving pictures. The subject, ‘‘Wildlife Down East.”

WILMINGTON NATURAL SCIENCE CLUB. As this is writ-
ten, the Wilmington group, with a tactful hint here and a shove there
from Mrs. A., is waist deep in preparations for their exhibit at the Azalea
Festival. All reports indicate that it will be the best ever. The Club is doing
a good advertising job before a mighty good audience.

CHARLESTON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. At the
March meeting the President, Major Metcalf showed a group of colored
slides that he took at the C.B.C. meet at Lake Mattamuskeet in January.
A sound film of the Inland Waterways by the U. S. Engineers was fea-
tured, and this was followed by reports from Department Chairmen. Your
Notes Editor had the pleasure of being present.

COLUMBIA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Our report on
activities comes from Sumter where Mrs. W. H. Faver, one of their very
active members, gave a talk and accepted twenty new memberships for
C.B.C. Mrs. Faver is Carolina Bird Club Membership Chairman for
South Carolina. If you attended the Fontana trip you will recall that she
was awarded a prize by the Hickory Club for getting the largest number
of C.B.C. members last year.

Columbia Natural History Society Visits Bulls Island

Kay Curtis Sisson, Columbia, S. C.

Long before daylight on Saturday morning, December 10, 1949, a dozen mem-
bers and friends of the Columbia Natural History Society, really in their right
minds, were motoring toward the Charleston Museum, bent on studying the collection
of mounted birds there, and seeing an exhibit of the originals of paintings used in
South Carolina Bird, Life by Alexander Sprunt, Jr, and E. B. Chamberlain, before
catching the 11:30 boat at Moore’s Landing. This is about twenty-five miles north
of Charleston where the boat would take us to Bulls Island, National Wildlife Refuge.

The first bird we saw at the wharf was a Brown Pelican, the only one seen that
weekend, and the first Great Blue Heron flew out over the marshes while we were
waiting for our navigator.

Until we were all on board the small government boat, I don’t think we realized
that a long-talked-of wish was coming true for certain and sure! The weather was
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hour and we were climbing up the steps in the boathouse at Bulls Island before we
knew it. We had seen Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, Bald Eagles, Cormorants,
Horned and Pied-billed Grebes, Kingfishers, Red-wings and one Piping Plover, which
circled the boat as we came down the last channel.

After being well stuffed with lunch we set forth for Moccasin Pond, one of
several fresh-water ponds maintained for the great congregations of waterfowl.
We went down a wooded lane canopied with magnificent live oaks, magnolias, giant
pines and palmettos. We saw Woodpeckers, Pileated, Red-bellied, Downies, and
Flickers; Red-eyed Towhees, Cardinals, Hermit Thrushes, Carolina and House
Wrens; Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Myrtle Warblers were overflowing the myrtles,
cassinas, wax berries and other lower growing trees and shrubs. Some of us fell way
behind the others in our interest in a strange spiney tree, probably the Hercules’
Club, or Spined Aralia. Several members of our group were especially interested in
watching the big black fox squirrels. This island is just about their northern limit.
Some of these squirrels were marked with a patch of white on the face or tail or
some other part of the body. Fred Sample who is interested in eagles looked for one
of their nests in the top of nearly every great pine tree. We did see one Bald Eagle’s
nest which we were told might have weighed as much as two tons if each piece were
taken down and totaled.

It was surprising to note that few of the common songbirds of the mainland
were seen in this island paradise. None of the Nuthatches, Titmice, Chickadees,
Robins, and only a few Pine Warblers, Brown Thrashers, Bluebirds and just one
Blue Tay and one Brown Creeper were seen. Now and then we’d see a Great Blue,
Ward’s or Louisiana Heron, and Marsh Hawks and Bald Eagles were plentiful over
the marshes.

Not one of us was disappointed in the great numbers of wild ducks on Moccasin
Pond which we watched from behind the reeds. There were Mallards, Blacks, __ Gad-
walls, Pintails, Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, Shovellers, Wood Ducks and
Ring-necks. We saw Canvasbacks, Scaups, Buffle-heads, Old Squaws, Hooded Mergan-
sers "and Ruddy Ducks. This number is only two short of the eighteen seen most com-
monly. We had no expert eye amongst us so there is little doubt that there could
have ‘been more species. We couldn’t figure out what a green-crowned, rusty-brown
headed duck was we saw in front of us and watched fly off. Later on we con-
sulted Peterson’s Guide, Kortright and the new “South Carolina Bird Life” but
the matter of identity was left unsettled for further checking.

After we had discussed, studied and determined on the species we were certain
of amongst the hundreds of ducks on the water, we made a bit of a racket to give
Gilbert Bristow a chance to get some pictures of the ducks rising from the pond in
flocks. Mr. Bristow has given up farming as a hobby in favor of bird photography.
The sudden “skittering” and rising of the ducks was a beautiful sight, and when
they had flown off against the afternoon sky we started back to Dominic House.

As we approached the turn of the road onto the quarter mile straight lane from
the lodge to the sea, we saw a deer which stood a moment then flashed its white
flag and nimbly disappeared into the undergrowth. We still had a half hour of day-
light so we took a left hand turn and walked down on the beach. There were a
couple of Sanderlings keeping just ahead of the waves that washed up on the san .
We saw a few ducks way off in silhouette and a Cormorant but the wind was
blowing too hard out on the beach for it to be pleasing for man or fowl. Coming
back across the dunes Mrs. William Faver and I thought we heard the familiar
“p’peet-p’peet” of the Pipits. Several little brownish streaked birds flew right up
around us. Those who went on ahead saw some of the flock of fifty Wild T urkeys
feeding on the lawn of the lodge, and later watched them settle down for the night
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fireplace for us. Our total for the day was about 60 species of birds seen.

Those who went to Bulls Island, other than those already mentioned, are: Mrs.
Bristow, Miss Anne Faver, Mrs. J. L. Gibbons, Miss Hallic Overton, Mrs. Fred
Sample, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eastman, and Mrs. Ben Meeks.

SECOND DAY

The next morning was warm and balmy like mid-August and before daybreak
and breakfast we hurried to Summerhouse Pond, another small body of fresh water.
We walked slowly across a narrow causeway or dyke at the northern end of this
pond and here beside us in a pool of shallow water was a marsh hen (Clapper Rail)
which silently slid through the reeds. Later we heard its “clattering” utterances.
The path was lined here and there with low growing brush giving us a kind of
blind to stand behind. With the marshes on both sides and the clear water of the
pond in the distance, here was a super spot for establishing oneself for a few hours
of watching when you were not trying to see everything on the island in one week-
end. In fact, halfway across was a small burlap “blind” used by someone who per-
haps thought he had a seat in his own kind of heaven! The berry-bearing bushes here,
too, were full of Redstarts and other warblers and small songbirds. We scared up
many Coots from the cjuiet pools amongst the reeds, and small numbers of Wood
Ducks, Blacks and Pintails suddenly flew up into the sky. Two or three Great
Blues flapped their wings quietly and flew over the marshes.

After bacon and eggs and plenty of good black coffee, Mrs. Moffat who manages
the lodge, and well, drove us to the northern end of the island. It was on this parti-
cular woodland road that she pointed out the Bald Eagle’s nest.

Just before we reached Jacks Pond we climbed down from the truck and crept
slowly into the open roadway that led across a wide impoundment, then a sand dune
just beyond which lay the ocean, its beach strewn with fantastically twisted limbs and
trunks of trees bleached nearly white, killed by the steady and overwhelming on-
slaught of salt water. In the October issue of Nature Magazine, Anthony Merrill,
writing about Cape Romain (49,000 acres) of which Bulls Island is an “ancient
barrier reef,” 6 miles long and 2 miles wide (at its widest point), makes this
interesting statement: “The sea has completely swallowed a lighthouse, an entire cape
and countless acres of irreplaceable forest. Its next objective is Jacks Pond.” The
effect of salt water on this largest pond “would be a disasterous blow to the w’hole
refuge.” Desipte this probable sinister fate, the panorama spread out there before us
was unforgettable!

At this point Mrs. Faver and I were left by the others in an attempt to identify a
wwen and numerous sparrows in the thick sedge along the sides of the dyke. We
“squeaked” and “squeaked” but got only fleeting glimpses of species we did not
identify. If we stepped into the grass we were immediately covered with wood-ticks
and then we’d go to picking them off of each other and vowed not to put our foot
out too far. We saw Yellow-throats, Song Sparrows and lots of female Red-wings, but
the elusive little wren we’ll have to go back to study further, and we hope success-
fully next time, and soon!

Besides we had to hurry now to catch up with the rest of the group who would
be waiting for us at the northern end of Moccasin Pond. If we thought we had seen
a magnificent sight the afternoon before, here were even more ducks on the water
against a lovely wooded shore opposite. We watched all the different species, most
of which we’d seen at the other end of the pond, and already we felt the triumph
of recognizing those that had been strange to us the day before. At midday the
truck called for us and we returned to the lodge.

The boat trip back to the mainland was very interesting because the tide was
out and the mud flats were easily visible. There were Sanderlings, Yellowlegs,

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Willets, Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied Plovers, and occasional Pied-billed and
Horned Grebes, and Herring Gulls, both mature and the darker plumage of the
immature were seen. But the highlight was the Oyster-catcher with its black head
and neck, white belly and long, thick red bill. We must have seen a dozen of them.
Sprunt and Chamberlain call them “the aristocrats of the shore tribe.” Our total count
for the weekend reached about 89 species.

Well, the island of enchantment is disappearing behind us and I am keen to go
back again this winter.

A LETTER FROM MRS. ZORA S. JENSEN

To the North Carolina Bird Club
Dear friends:

You notice I have addressed you by the old title, for this letter is meant for that
particular group.

Most recently, opening a box delivered by the mailman, I found your parting
gift to me — the book by Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and E. Burnham Chamberlain on
“South Carolina Bird Life.” I sat right down and mentally went on old trips with
you all. Bulls Island was first — the Oyster Catchers started that; then I went over
all the shore birds we saw on the trip over. Do you remember the close view of
Duck Hawks from the boat? When I look back, it seems impossible to accept the
idea of rain on that whole trip for I have such “sunny” memories. The Wild Turkeys
flying across the road, and the Bald Eagle’s nest with young plainly inside; as well
as Snowy Egrets — my first, all made the trip to Bulls Island a high light.

Memory raced on — suddenly I was on the rugged Pea Island trip. Early morning
breakfast in the dark at Manteo — piling in the government trucks for the race for
the 7 o’clock ferry. How bitterly cold, but anticipation gave warmth to the heart!

On the ferry, crossing, I can still see those Bald Eagles sitting on every pile, or
p0St — majestic creatures. Hurrying on, and rounding the sound area, we came upon the
view of the far banks. It looked completely blanketed with snow — binoculars amazed
us to reveal thousands upon thousands of Snow Geese. Do you recall when the eagle
set them into such gorgeous flight patterns against the deep blue sky with the sea
grass and bays below. We needed Jaques to commemorate it!

What good cheer, and companionship at luncheon far out on the lonely windswept,
deserted banks — so near the famous treacherous Cape Hatteras. Thanks to you all,
we had dinner that day — for we had been traveling and had not brought what we
should. I can still see Catharine Shaftesbury’s nice big ham, and remember how
she always thought of the needs of people like us. Dick Weaver really froze that day,
but I’m sure he thought it was worth it! The government biologist’s comments on
leaving us: “This is the most uncomplaining, enthusiastic group I have ever piloted.
The weather today — the cold, bitter wind is a tester. You are good sports!

Thank you all so very much for this book which means so much to me. Each time
I go through it something in it reminds me of another one of my friends amongst
you all. Charlotte Hilton Green, my good friend has written your greetings on the
fly leaf — I wish you could all have written in it.

I saw the originals of the Roger Tory Peterson pictures in the book at the
Audubon Annual meeting in Detroit — very lovely. Jaques’ things, I think, though,
capture the real feelings of a place — the stillness, the real environment of bird life.
The whole book is just “tops” in every way, and I for one feel a great pride in what
our good friends have accomplished.

It was my great pleasure to introduce Alexander Sprunt on our Audubon Screen

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Tour up in Traverse City, Michigan. He came out and spent the afternoon at our
Cottage and such fun as we had reminiscing and talking over the new book. It is
even better than I anticipated!

My thanks to you all, and I hope before too long we shall join you on at least
one trip again.

Sincerely,

Zora S. Jensen.

Field Notes and News

OWLS THAT ANNOY — During last year’s nesting season the Robins about my
yard raised a great disturbance several times a day without apparent cause. After
repeated investigations, I finally caught a glimpse of a small falcon-like bird making
a getaway through the trees. Remains of several nestlings were found over a period of
ten days. After several weeks we finally got rid of two Sparrow Hawks, and the
commotion around the yard ceased. It is against my principles to destroy birds
usually considered as useful in destroying mice, rats, and other noxious pests about
house and field, but in this case it seemed worth while.

The small Screech Owls also get into trouble once in a while. They sometimes
appropriate boxes put up for the Flickers and destroy the occupants in the process.
When the box is cleaned out, one is very likely to find the feathers of numerous
small birds and of Flickers as well. It would seem proper to stop such depredations.

Wesley Taylor, Greensboro N. C.

INTENSE MICROSCOPIC ANIMAL POPULATION IN GADDY’S GOOSE
POND : On a visit to the famed Gaddy’s goose pond at Ansonville, N. C. on April
5, 1948, the floating microscopic fauna was sampled with a plankton net. The lake
was found to be in a startling condition as follows: There were 4,300 planktonic
animals per liter compared to the usual 1 to 50 more often found in lakes of usual
fertility. There were primarily Bosmina and Cyclops. The lake at this time was
intensely argillotrophic that is, containing colloidally suspended iron and silica from
clay drainage. This dense population was apparently not feeding on diatoms or other
phytaplankton (microscopic plants) which were almost completely absent. The in-
triguing idea arises that this great plankton population was supported by the harmless
bacteria growing with the aid of phosphates and nitrates supplied by droppings of
the great numbers of Canada Geese, up to 5,000, wintering on this tiny lake. There
were 28 geese remaining on that date. There was almost no littoral vegetation at the
time. We wish to thank Mr. Gaddy for his help. — Tom Odum and Virginia Odum,
Osborn Zoological Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

PEA ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N. C.: Here are some of the
waterfowl counts on Pea Island Refuge for the latter part of 1949. Following the
names of most of the species are three groups of figures, (a) the date when first
seen, and the number; (b) the peak number and date; and (c) the total estimated on
the refuge to Dec. 31. Whistling Swan: Oct. 22, 6; Nov. 15, 113; 113. Canada
Geese: Oct. 18, 21; Dec. 6, 12,500; 15,000. Snow Goose: Nov. 9, 8; Dec. 9, 12,000;
12,500. Blue Goose: Nov. 1, 34; Nov. 16, 34; 34. Mallard: Nov. 9, 23; Nov. 21,
60; 100. Black Duck: resident; Nov. 21, 4,000; 6,000; Gadwall; resident; Nov.
1, 325 ; 400. Baldpate: Oct. 28, 5; Nov. 8, 11; 30. Pintail: Oct. 12, 20; Nov. 28,

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4,000; 4,500. Green-winged Teal: Oct. 12, 12; Dec. 5, 200 ; 400. Blue-winged Teal:
Oct. 12, 6; Dec. 1, 150; 200. Shoveller: Nov. 9, 12; Dec. 20, 100; 200. Ring-
necked Duck: Nov. 9, 10; Dec. 20, 50; 100. Canvasback: Nov. 9, 5; Dec. 16, 5; 5.
Greater Scaup Duck: Nov. 1, 22; Dec. 20, 4,500 ; 5,000. Bufflehead: Nov. 28, 8;
Dec. 20, 100; 200. Ruddy Duck: Nov. 9, 25; Dec. 20, 500 ; 700. Red-breasted Mer-
ganser: Nov. 10, S; Dec. 20, 12; 50. Coot: Oct. 28, 100; Dec. 5, 350 ; 500. Great
Black-backed Gull: Oct. 28, 6; Dec. 10, 180; 200. Avocet: 6 observed, from Nov.
4 to Dec. 20. — Lewis B. Turner, Refuge Manager, Manteo, N. C.

SNOWY OWLS INVADE
NORTH CAROLINA: Last De-
cember, reports of unusual num-
bers of Arctic Owls arriving in
the northern states indicated
that this was another invasion
year. In North Carolina, Henry
Magie reported that an “all
white” owl was seen at Winston-
Salem, by Stewart Buchanan, on
the evening of Dec. 27. Buch-
anan estimated the bird’s wing
spread as at least three feet, and
the height, when perched,
twelve inches; heavy appearing
body, round face, and no mark-
ings observed ... At Greensboro,
N. C., John B. Weldon, employee
at the Greensboro airport, re-
ported that on Jan. 23, two
tower operators, one a Scout-
master, picked up with car lights
at the airport a large white owl,
undoubtedly a Snowy Owl. They
watched the owl for twenty min-
utes or more, following it with
the flood lights. Attempts to
capture the bird were futile . . .
According to the Greensboro
Record, during the week of February 13th, Bill Underwood reported seeing, on the
front lawn of his home at Greensboro, three white owds, huge creatures with a wing
span of possibly five feet. A couple of days later, Underwood, with three other ob-
servers, saw another Snowy Owl in a wooded area in the Irving Park section of
Greensboro.

SNOWY OR ARCTIC OWL. Captured in Carteret
County, N. C., Dec. 14, 1945.
(Photograph courtesy Greensboro News- Record.)

The Snowy or Arctic Owl nests in the tundra of northern Canada and northern
Alaska. Some appear in northern United States each winter, from Montana to New
England, but every four or five years their mouse-like food, lemmings, becomes scarce
and many hundreds of Snowy Owls drift southward looking for food, sometimes
reaching as far south as Texas, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Unused to civilization,
the bird is not shy, and so hundreds of these practically harmless birds are killed
during each invasion. The last invasion of the United States was during the winter
of 1945-1946. Most of the birds show more or less dark spotting or bars, but some
of the males are practically pure white. — A. D. S.

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WILMINGTON, N. C. Migration reports, Aug. 1, 1949-Nov. 30, 1949. Marbled
Godwit, Aug. 4, E. Appleberry and M. Baker, flew within 30 feet in line of Willets,
settled on the beach for a few minutes. Man-o ’-war-bird — 1, Aug. 28, near Long
Beach causeway by Dr. Will Rose; Aug. 29, 3 at Fort Caswell, 1 at Wrightsville
Beach, by Rose; Aug. 29, 3 at Southport by Watters Thompson; Sept. 2, 1 at Mason-
boro Sound, by Maurice Emmart. Purple Sandpipers — See Wilmington’s 1949 Christ-
mas count in Jan. issue of The Chat. White-rumped Sandpiper — Oct. 19, E. and C.
Appleberry. Baird’s Sandpiper — Nov. 25, identified by Charles L. Broley who is quite
familiar with them, observed at 6 ft by Broley, E. Appleberry, Baker, and Mebane,
bird so friendly we could hardly persuade it to fly a little. White Ibis — Oct. 25, 2
immature seen at Orton by Kenneth Sprunt; still there Nov. 8th, when they were seen
by Sprunt, Baker, and Appleberry. Avocet — 1 Observed feeding day and night at
mudhole, Oct. 16 — Oct. 26. Saw-whet Owl — Seen Nov. 13 by Theobald family who
almost caught it. Eastern Kingbird — Oct. 7, Wrightsville Sound, Urich and Herbst.
Western Kingbird— Oct. 24, at Rocks, seen morning and afternoon at close range
by Baker and E. Appleberry. Gannet — Oct. 23, 24, at Rocks; by Nov. 23 great num-
bers were in surf at Wrightsville. Painted Bunting — We have long believed that
some birds winter here, and are keeping records; Sept. 27, Claude McAlister; Oct. 1,
Maurice Emmart; Oct. 24, at Rocks, Baker and Appleberry — this one was sitting in
the top of a tree in full sunlight and singing. Stilt Sandpiper — Oct. 14, 19 seen by
Appleberry, Baker, and Urich. Piping Plover — Nov. 26, 1 seen by Hon, Holmes, Mc-
Culloch, and Appleberrys.

Wilmington Natural Science Club (formerly Wilmington Bird Club)

Edna Lanier Appleberry, Compiler

With the Editor

CONSERVATION PLEDGE: I give my pledge as an American to save and
faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country— its soil and
minerals, its forests, waters, and wildlife.

THE BLL1EBIRD TRAIL — is what Connie Watts, of Baldwin, Georgia, would
like to make of U. S. Highway 23, if he can get help to put up 3,300 Bluebird
houses on the route from Canada to Florida, according to the United Press. U. S.
route 2 3 crosses western North Carolina, passing through Asheville.

LAKE JUNALUSKA A BIRD SANCTUARY : We have been informed that,
through the efforts of Mrs. J. S. Henninger, C. B. C. member at Chapel Hill, N. C.,
Lake Junaluska, Haywood County, N. C., has been declared a bird sanctuary. Mrs.
Henninger wishes information regarding movies, lectures, etc., to be given there this
summer. Among the possible sources of lectures we suggest (a) N. C. Department
of Conservation and Development, Division of Forest and Parks, Raleigh, N. C. ; (b)
N. C. Fish and Wildlife Commission, Raleigh, N. C. ; and (c) National Audubon
Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y. If any of our readers have suggestions,
send them to The Chat, or write directly to Mrs. T. S. Henninger, Strowd Hill,
Chapel Hill, N. C.

AUDUBON NATURE CAMPS for adults professionally interested in schools,
camping, museums, libraries, recreation and youth group activities or any phase of
conservation, and for members of bird clubs, garden clubs, and others with a non-
professional interest in the out-of-doors and natural resource conservation, are being
held again this summer in Maine ( 1 2 th year), Connecticut (7th year), Texas, and

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California. Each camper enrolls for a two-weeks session during the summer and
actively participates in classes in the field under expert leadership. Numerous Carolina
teachers and nature workers have attended the Audubon Nature Camps during the
past few years, and all are very enthusiastic about the camps, the camp work, and the
camp leaders. For dates and general information drop a card or letter to: National
Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y.

WHO RAISES LOVE BIRDS? — A letter from Julius J. Szabo, 292 Alpine St.,
Perth Amboy, N. J., states that he is interested in raising Parakeets (Love Birds) as
a hobby, and would like to obtain the names and addresses of reliable breeders for
the purpose of obtaining breeding stock. He would appreciate any information which
C.B.C. members might send to him.

SUE ROUGHTON THOMPSON — whose article “Scarlet Tanager Nests at Chapel
Hill,” appeared in the December, 1949 issue of The Chat , is Mrs. Matt L. Thompson
whose home is on Dogwood Drive, Chapel Hill, N. C. the home formerly occupied
by Ove and Zora Jensen. Mrs. Thompson states: “Although we are not yet banding
any birds, we are diligently planning toward that end. In the meantime, as a family,
we are keeping up the sanctuary and learning more and more as the days go by. We
had previously kept feeding stations and had been intensely interested in birds
prior to taking over the (Jensen) location.”

SOUTH CAROLINA’S BIRD DAY: Through the work of the Garden Club of
South Carolina and its Bird Committee, the latter headed by Chairman Mrs. A. D.
Abercrombie, Greenwood, S. C., the South Carolina legislature has established April
26th as South Carolina’s Annual Bird Day. The aims of the bird program for the
garden clubs of South Carolina for 1949-1950 include: “A definite study of birds by
Garden Club members and future gardeners — youth of today; this study to include
life histories of birds, nesting habits, migrating habits, feeding habits, associates,
economic importance and attracting and protecting birds.

ANNUAL SPRING MEETING TO BE HELD AT CHARLESTON, S. C.
Carolina Bird Club members have received the program of the twelfth annual spring
meeting, to be held April 28, 29, and 30, at Charleston. Field trips are especially
featured, and an enjoyable meeting is assured. Carl W. Buchheister, Vice-President
of the National Audubon Society, will be a guest of C. B. C. at the Charleston meeting.
Don’t overlook the business meeting at 10:00 o’clock Sunday morning at the Charles-
ton museum. Registration headquarters, and source of field trips and plans, and
schedules is at The Alhambra, Mt. Pleasant, just across Cooper River from
Charleston.

A LETTER TO DR. T. L. QUAY — “Dear Dr. Quay: I am pleased that you
located the Skinner and Achorn Winter Birds of the Sandhills. I hope that you saw
Mr. Packard. Also I would suggest that you call on Dr. R. E. Coker and see the
original drawings by E. J. Sawyer which I presented to the University of North Caro-
lina in order that they could be used locally and carefully preserved. I am pleased that
you have called attention to the availability of the book and find it valuable. Very
sincerely, ChaS. C. Adams.” (Dr. Skinner was the prime force behind the publi-
cation of the Skinner and Achorn book, while he was director of the New York State
Museum at Albany. He has presented the University of North Carolina with the
original drawings and all other materials involved in the construction and publi-
cation of the book.)

New Members of Carolina Bird Club

Mrs. Harry Alexander, 1122 Rotary Drive,
High Point, N. C.

C. M. Appleberry, 5 Lake Forest Park-
way, Wilmington, N. C.

Mrs. W. E. Aycock, Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. Raymond G. Barnett, 609 Greenway
Terrace, Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. Cora C. Briles, Rt. 3, High Point,
N. C.

Barbara Brooks, % Chamber of Com-
merce, High Point, N. C.

Annie Gray Burroughs, Rt. 4, Henderson,
N. C.

Carrie Burton, 554 N. William St., Hen-
derson, N. C.

Mrs. J. T. Buxton, 26 Frank Clarke St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Frank Chandler, Hasell St., Sumter, S. C.

Sara Clapp, 1001 Johnson St., High Point,
N. C.

Mrs. C. C. Crittenden, 15 37 Caswell Dr.,
Raleigh, N. C.

Liza Lee Culberson, 1546 Iredell Dr.,
Raleigh, N. C.

John R. Dapper, Rt. 3, Pickens, S. C.

G. O. Doak, Box 687, Chapel Hill, N. C.

Mrs. G. O. Doak, Box 687, Chapel Hill,
N. C.

Harry Ellis, Rt., 1, Box 144, Toecane,
N. C.

Mrs. J. A. Eshelman, 905 Johnson St.,
High Point, N. C.

Mrs. D. J. Folk, Williston, N. C.

James Furr, 709 West Howell, High Point,
N. C.

Dr. E. R. Hardin, N. Elm St., Lumberton,
N. C.

Mrs. J. P. Harland, Box 48, Chapel Hill,
N. C.

Mrs. Hugh H. Harris, 1701 Queens Rd.,
Charlotte, N. C.

Julian Harris, % Lakeside Pharmacy,
141 Broad St., Charleston, S. C.

Mrs. Thad L. Harrison, 2034 Sherwood
Ave., Charlotte, N. C.

J. O. Hauschild, 922 Club Drive, High
Point, N. C.

Byron Haworth, Box 1551, High Point,
N. C.

Mrs. J. F. Hayden, 400 E. Washington,
High Point, N. C.

Annie M. Herbst, Wrightsville Sound,
Wrightsville, N. C.

George H. Hobart, 60 3 W. Farriss, High
Point, N. C.

Mrs. George H. Hobart, 603 W. Farriss,
High Point, N. C.

Marshall Hunter, 1728 Queens Road,
Charlotte, N. C.

Dorothy Hutaff, 97 Magnolia Ave., Fay-
etteville, N. C.

Martha Jordan, 406 Cameron Ave., Chapel
Hill, N. C.

Ava Lee, 803 Patricks St., Tarboro, N. C.

Mrs. G. W. Leighton, Rt. 9, Box 178,
Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. Edward U. Lewis, Lone Pine, Tar-
bcro, N. C.

Mrs. Gladys MacMillan, Wrightsville
Beach, Wrightsville, N. C.

James L. McLaurin, Box 392, Washing-
ton, N. C.

Mrs. Richard A. Myers, 2137 Radcliffe
Ave., Charlotte, N. C.

Rebecca Stewart Near, 1312 Bolton St.,
Baltimore 17, Md.

Louis Parker, 6 Greenhill St., Charleston,
S. C.

Carl F. Plate, 206 City Hall, Fayetteville,
N. C.

Mrs. Robert W. Poole, 1312 Harding PL,
Charlotte, N. C.

J. M. Quattlebaum, 1110 Princeton St.,
Columbia 5, S. C.

R. I. Quigley, 1108 Westwood, High
Point, N. C.

Mrs. R. I. Quigley, Sr., 1108 Westwood,
High Point, N. C.

John Quinby, 145 Cannon St., Charleston,
S. C.

Mrs. Lyman Quincy, 9 Franke Clarke St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Tom Rand, Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. H. Vander Schalie, Castle Hayne,
N. C.

Bess Siceloff, 539 Parkway, High Point,
N. C.

Mrs. Thomas H. Siddall, Jr., 516 W.
Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C.

Murray S. Tate, 2506 Camden Road,
Greensboro, N. C.

Mrs. Mary Urich, Wrightsville Beach,
Wrightsville, N. C.

Mrs. C. D. Van Cleave, 2 1 6 Cameron Ave.,
Chapel Hill, N. C.

Notification of correction or change of address should be sent to:

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor The Chat, W. C., U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — North Carolina

Chapel Hill Bird Club: P— Mrs. Lynn Gault, Box 1058; V-P— Richard L. Weaver;
S-T — Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Box 88.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Audubon Club: P — Mrs. George C. Potter, 2111 Malvern
Rd.; V-P — Mrs. H. W. Kilpatrick; S — Mrs. B. D. Hendrix, 1615 Oaklawn; T —
B. R. Chamberlain; Publicity Chmn. — Miss Clara Burt.

Greensboro, Piedmont Bird Club: P — Mrs. H. L. Medford, 830 Cornwallis Rd. ; V-P
— Dr. Charlotte Dawley and S. A. McFalls; Cor. S — Mrs. Franklin H. McNutt,
Rt. 1, Box 333, McLeansville; Rec. S — Mrs. W. A. Hill; T — Mrs. E. J. Fillinger;
Ex. Comm. — Officers and Mrs. Floyd H. Craft and Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall.
Henderson Bird Club: P — Miss Gamette Myers; V-P — Miss Sallie Garlick; S-T
Miss Elizabeth Fox.

Hickory Bird Club: P — J. Weston Clinard; V-P — Mrs. George E. Bisanar; S-T
Mrs. Alex F. Vallotton, 1415 Eighth Ave. ; Reporter — J. W. Clinard.

High Point, Catesby Bird Club: P — James R. Mattocks; S — Mrs. Chester C. Haworth;
T — Mrs. John C. Siceloff.

Lenoir Audubon Club: P — S. B. Howard; V-P — Mrs. R. C. Powell; S-T — Mrs. R. T.

Greer, Box 800; Publicity Chm. — Miss Margaret Harper.

Lumberton Bird Club: P — James Stephens, Jr.; V-P — Mrs. Henry McKinnon; S
Mrs. D. L. Whiting; T — Miss Lillian Whiting.

Raleigh Bird Club: P — Frank B. Meacham; V-P — Mrs. J. M. Jenrette; S David L.
Wray, N. C. Dept. Agr. ; Ex. Com. — Officers and Robert Overing and Mrs. R. L.
Deaton.

Roanoke Rapids Bird Club: P — Miss Sara Cannon, 538 Hamilton St.; V-P Miss
Marjorie Cannon; S-T — Lydia Deyton, Box 365.

Rocky Mount, Francis H. Craighill Bird Club: P — J. W. E. Joyner; V-P The Rev.
Gray Temple; S — Miss Dorothy Craighill; T — Miss Lilly Shearin; Members of
Executive Committee — Mrs. Fairy Bandy and Mrs. J. W. E. Joyner.

Southern Pines Bird Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Robinson; V-P & S Miss Louise Haynes,
Box 660; T — Miss Norma Shiring; Rec. S — Mrs. Lloyd Prime.

Tarheel Bird Club: P— Rufus Page; S-T— Mrs. Julia W. Maulden, 20 8 William
St., Kannapolis, N. C. ; Historian — Mrs. Andrew Smith.

Tryon Bird Club: P— Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall; S-T— Mrs. Thomas Clark; Publicity
Chm. — Mrs. H. Lan Moore.

Wilmington Natural Science Club: P — John B. Funderburg, 1211 South Fourth St.;
V-P — Mrs. Cecil Appleberry; T — Charles F. Theobald; S — Mrs. C. D. Maffitt,
219 South Fifth St.; Directors — Mrs. W. C. Mebane, Mrs. W. R. Baker, Mrs.
N. E. Everson.

Wilson Woman’s Club, Garden Dept.: Chmn. — Mrs. C. A. Webster, 202 Park Ave.,;
Miss Camilla Wills; Mrs. Will Rhodes.

Winston-Salem Bird Club: P— Henry Magie; S-T— Wm. S. Rothrock, 2434 Stockton
St.; Directors — Charles Babcock, Thurmond Chatham, Jr., Richard J. Reynolds, II.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — South Carolina

Charleston Natural History Society: P — Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf; V-P — E. Burnham
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Uzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.
Columbia Natural History Society: P— Mrs. Clyde Sisson; V-P— Gilbert J. Bristow;
S — Mrs. J. L. Gibbons, 720 Brandon Ave.; T— Fred Sample; Ex-Com. — Officers
and G. E. Charles.

Greenville Bird Club: P— Miss May W. Puett; V-P— P. M. Jennes; S-T— Miss Rosa
Lee Hart.

The Chat

BULLETIN OF CAROLINA BIRD CLUB, Inc.

VOL. XIV MAY, 1950

No. 3

Woman’s College, U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

The Chat

Bulletin of Carolina Bird Club, Inc.

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor

Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.

Editorial Board: Alexander Sprunt, Jr., The Crescent, Charleston 50, S. C.— Conser-
vation, State and National; Dr. Richard L Weaver, Box 1078, Chapel Hill, A. C.—
Education; B. R. Chamberlain, R. 1, Matthews, N. C. — Local Club News.
Contributing Editors: Miss Grace Anderson, Statesville; Mrs. Edna Lanier Apple-
berrv Wilmington ; Mrs. A. W. Bachman, Henderson; E. B. Chamberlain, Charles-
ton Museum Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs. Edwin O. Clarkson, Charlotte; J. W. Clinard,
Hickorv Ru'rv T Davis, N. C. Museum, Raleigh; Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green,
Raleigh;’ Dr. John H. Grey, Jr., Williamsburg, Va.; Miss Clara Hearne, Pittsboro,
Dr Thelma Howell, Macon, Ga.; Mrs. Zora P. Jensen, Maple City, Mich ; Joe Jones,
Chanel Hill- J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount; Henry Magie, Winston-Salem; Rev. J.
J Murray, Lexington, Va.; Howard T. Odum, New Haven Conn.; Oscar H. Paris, Jr.,
Greensboro; Prof. Phillips Russell, Chapel Hill; James L. Stephens, Jr., Lumberton,
Mrs. Eddie W. Wilson, Cary; Robert L. Wolff, Goldsboro; D. L. V ray , Raieigh.

Entered as second-class matter April 8, 1941, at the post office, Greensboio,
North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Published five times a year on the fifteenth of January, March, May, September,
and November as the official organ of Carolina Bird Club, Inc. Articles for publi-
cation should reach the editor by the first of the month in which the issue is pub-
lished.

Bulletin subscription, one dollar a year, included in all membership fees.

NOTIFICATION OP CHANGE OF ADDRESS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
EDITOR.

Volume XIV

May, 1950

Number 3

CONTENTS

Annual Meeting Held at Charleston

Meet Virgil Kelly — Robert Ovcrmg ^

Bird House Project

Bird Photography — Hugh Medford , Jr. ^8

Summary of Treasurer’s Statement, April 2.3, 1950 — Robert Overing 40

Our Chimney Swift — Henry Magie 41

4?

Field Notes and News

In Memoriam: George Hamilton Holmes, 1872-1950;

Marie Allen Walker Holmes, 1875-1950 46

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With the Editor 1

New Members of Carolina Bird Club Inside Back Cover

Local Clubs and Their Officers Outside Back Cover

Cover Picture from Photograph of Oil Painting by Frank Sherrill, .
1950 High School Graduate, Statesville, N. C.

Plan to Attend the C. B. C. Fall Meeting at Greenville,
South Carolina, Saturday, October 14, 1950

Annual Meeting Held at Charleston

The twelfth Annual Meeting of Carolina Bird Club, held at Charles-
ton, South Carolina, April 28-30, was well attended by members from the
two Carolinas — nearly 100 members and guests attended the dinner ses-
sion Saturday evening April 29th. The meeting was smoothly organized and
conducted and well enjoyed by all who attended. The registration and
first session were held Friday evening in the Alhambra Hall, in Mount
Pleasant village which is just across the Cooper River, on U. S. highway
17, north from Charleston. President B. Rhett Chamberlain, of Charlotte,
N. C., conducted the meeting and announced the field trip and meeting
schedules. An exceptionally enjoyable part of Friday evening’s program
was the showing of some unusually beautiful moving pictures of birds by
Mrs. Harry E. Duer, of Cleveland, Ohio. Description and commentary
during the showing of the pictures were given by George A. Smith, of
Greensboro, N. C., to whom thanks are due for persuading Mrs. Duer to
bring her pictures to the meeting.

Field Trifs Saturday

Two concurrent field trips were planned for Saturday, and the major-
ity of the group, over sixty in all elected the Bulls Island trip, which was
in charge of Charleston Natural History Society’s President Major I. S.
H. Metcalf and B. R. Chamberlain. A smaller group of about a score of
birders, piloted by E. Burnham Chamberlain, Curator of Zoology at the
Charleston Museum, went on a field trip to I’On Swamp region, several
miles north of Charleston.

The group for Bulls Island left at about 7 A.M. from the dock at
Moore’s landing, 25 miles north of Charleston, and went by boat four
miles or so across the Inland Waterway and through marsh channels, to
Bulls Island, which is a narrow strip of land extending some six miles
along the sea coast. It is a part of the 60,000 acre Cape Romain National
Wildlife Refuge, maintained by the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service of the Department of the Interior. The tide had dropped a little
too low for our boat to reach the island dock, so the crowd disembarked
by way of the marsh, and were soon on one of the island’s inviting forest
trails, with its beautiful pines, moss-draped live oaks, holly, magnolia,
and palmettos. After a picnic lunch, more of the forest trails were in-
vestigated, and the group crossed the island to the ocean beach, where many
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Rhett Chamberlain, Major Metcalf, and Walter Adams, of Asheville, N. C., took
a dip in the breakers. An obliging dozen Brown Pelicans put on a “follow the leader”
parade. Several kinds of warblers were seen during the day, but what perhaps
attracted most attention and observation were Painted Buntings, which were “firsts”
for many of the observers in this group. Among other interesting finds were Bald
Eagles and a flight of Wood Ibises, and some observers were lucky enough to see
a Wild Turkey. Numerous American and Snowy Egrets, Oyster Catchers, Hudsonian
Curlews, Greater and Lesser Yellow-legs, Dowitchers and various other shore birds
were seen on the boat trip through the marshes. Much of the spare time between
watching birds was devoted to searching for and removing specimens of the region’s
widely known ectoparasites, Amblyomma americanum , but fortunately for most,
the ticks were more annoying by their presence than by their bites. Several of the
members making this trip had been to the Island before, and more of those there
this time hope to make the trip again.

Following is a list of C.B.C. members and guests on this trip to Bulls Island:
Walter Adams, and R. H. Rembert, Asheville, N. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. A1 Blumen-
thal, Miss Inez Coldwell, Dr. Charlotte Dawley, Miss Virginia Harrison, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh L. Medford, and Hugh L. Medford, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Archie D. Shaftes-
burv, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Tate, and Dr. and Mrs.
Weslev T’avlor, Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs. J. T. Buxton and Mrs. Lyman Quincy, Sum-
ter, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Chamberlain, Matthews, N. C. ; J. Weston Clinard,
Hickory, N. C. ; Miss Sophie Dabbs, and Mrs. Walter Thompson, Mayesville, S. C. ;
Harrv Davis, Mrs. R. L. Deaton, Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green, Mrs. Mary Guy, Mrs.

M. B. Koonce, Frank B. Meacham, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overing, Miss Virginia Pick-
ell, Miss Barnett Spratt, Miss Margaret Watson, Mrs. J. B. Whitener, and Dr. David
Wrav, Raleigh, N. C. ; Miss Gladvs Hart and Miss Rosalee Hart, Travelers Rest,
S. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lovin, Mrs. Fred May, and Mrs. C. S. Warren,
Lenoir, N. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. James Mattocks, and James Mattocks, Jr., High Point,

N. C.; Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf, A. Carrare Robertson, Mrs. A. C. Robertson, and
Thomas LTzzell, Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. R. A. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Harry C.
Northrop, Miss Laura Owens, and Miss Esther Springs, Charlotte, N. C. ; Miss May
Puett, Spartanburg, S. C.; Mrs. Harry Orr; Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Salter, Waiter-
boro, S. C. ; Mr. James H. Sanders, Gaffney, S. C.; and Mrs. H. E. Duer, Cleveland,
Ohio.

The field trip to I’On Swamp, led by E. Burnham Chamberlain, went particular-
ly in search of one of the rarest North America’s song birds, Bachman’s Warbler,
which was not seen again in the Charleston region for 48 years after its original
discovery there, by Dr. John Bachman, in 1 833, and has been seen but few times
anywhere. Most of the following group which made this trip were lucky enough to
see one of these warblers, besides observing other interesting bird species: Mrs.
Cecil Appleberry, Wilmington, N. C. ; Gilbert Bristow, Mrs. Margaret Y. Gibbons,
Hallie Overton, Fred Sample, and Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia, S. C. ; Gabriel Can-
non, Harold Correll, and Dr. W. P. Walker, Spartanburg, S. C. ; Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. Chamberlain, Julian Harrison, Louis Parker, John Quinby, Mrs. Anne W.
Richardson, Newton Seebeck, and Ellison A. Williams, Charleston, S. C.; Norman
Chamberlain, Matthews, N. C. ; Mrs. W. H. Faver, East over, S. C.; and Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Greer, Lenoir, N. C.

Dinner Meeting Saturday Evening at Ml. Pleasant

President B. Rhett Chamberlain was in charge of the dinner meeting which was
held Saturday evening at the Alhambra Hall in Mt. Pleasant. Honor guests at this
meeting were Mrs. H. H. Brimley, Raleigh, N. C., whose husband, the late H. H.
Brimley, was one of the authors of both editions of Birds o,f North Carolina -, and
Mrs. Arthur T. Wayne, Mt. Pleasant, S. C., whose husband the late Arthur T.
Wavne, was the author of Birds of South Carolina, which, published in 1910, was

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the first state bird book produced in the southeastern states. On behalf of the
Executive Committee, Club Treasurer Robert Overin- presented to President
Chamberlain a nice pocket magnifier. Major Metcalf introduced the guest speaker,
Harold S. Reeves, a native Charlestonian, who gave a delightful talk on “ he
Speech of Charleston.”

At the meeting Saturday evening, Miss Margaret Watson, Raleigh, N. C., presented
colored moving pictures and told of the work of the National Audubon Society’s
summer Nature Camp, at Medomae, Maine, and there was on exhibit a collection of
bird’s nests, sent by Miss Genevieve Moore, Aberdeen, N. C. A special “Tick Picket s
Medal” was presented to Mrs. Lyman Quincy, Sumter, S. C., for the removal of the
greatest number of ticks— 1 25— from Bulls Island. Major Metcalf proved too modest
To accept the specially designed Water Ouzel decoration for his diving and re-
covering a pair of binoculars accidentally dropped overboard at the Island dock.
Ellison Williams was given serious commendation for his observations of Bachman’s
Warbler. Others not previously listed, who attended were: Harold S. Reeves, Mrs.
Helen Potter, Marvin D. Richardson, and Mrs. I S. H. Metcalf, Charleston, S. C. ;
and M. L. Church, Charlotte, N. C.

Sunday morning, April 30th, the early risers went on more or less informal
field trips along marshes and seashore, hive members, Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green,
B. R. Chamberlain, Robert Overing, Archie D. Shaftesbury, and Thomas Uzzell,
Jr., piloted by Uzzell who has seen Bachman’s Warblers several times during the
past few years, made a trip to the I’On Swamp region and were able to get good
views of a singing male Bachman’s Warbler, and, on the return trip, saw seveial
White Ibises, including one young (flying) in its mottled plumage.

Business Meeting Held at Charleston Museum

The business meeting, held in the lec-
ture ball of the Charleston Museum, was
called to order by President Rhett Chamber-
lain at 10:00 o’clock Sunday morning with
the announcement that the election of officers
and other important items would be handled
first in order to excuse those who planned
to attend church services. Treasurer Robert
Overing presented his annual report which
will be published in The Chat. Nominating
Committee Chairman, Mrs. Robert Overing,
presented her committee’s list of nominees,
and, with Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green
acting as temporary chairman, the follow-
ing officers were elected: President, Mrs.
Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro, N. C. ; Vice-
Presidents, B. R. Chamberlain, Matthews,
N. C., Miss May Puett, Greenville, S. C.,
J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount, N. C. ; Sec-
retary, Mrs. Mary Guy, Raleigh, N. C.;
Treasurer, Robert Overing, Raleigh, N. C.;
Editor of The Chat , Dr. Archie D. Shaftes-
bury, Greensboro, N. C. ; Members at Large
of the Executive Committee, P. M. Jenness,
Greenville, S. C., E. B. Chamberlain,
Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Mary S. McLaurin,
Washington, N. C., and R. H. Rembert, Asheville, N. C.-

Several changes in club regulations were discussed and the following were ap-
proved at the business meeting: (l) Beginning next year, the three Vice-Presidents

MRS. MARGARET Y. WALL
Newly Elected President C. B. C.

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shall be elected for 1, 2, and 3 years respectively, to insure the carry-over of at
least two officers each year; (2) that the editor of The Chat be appointed by the
Executive Committee rather than elected by the membership; (3) that annual dues
remain the same for individuals with the additional provision for a family member-
ship of three dollars ( $ 3 .0 0 ) for immediate family and dependent children, and
receive one copy of The Chat. The following' were also considered: (l) That the
officers, except Editor, be elected for a minimum term of two years; (2) That a
dual slate of nominees for office be presented at future elections; (3) That elections
be conducted by mailed ballots; and (+) That a child’s page be instituted in The
Chat at this time, but these were voted down.

Robert Overing reported that Carl Buchheister, Vice-President of the National
Audubon Society, has considered the advisability of establishing an Audubon Nature
Camp in the Carolinas, and a motion carried that the Club notify the National
Audubon Society that we feel that there is an urgent need for such a nature training
center in the Carolinas and urge the serious consideration of the matter by their
Camp Committee.

A check showed that a total of 112 species of birds were observed during the
week-end field trips.

Following Sunday morning’s meeting at the Charleston Museum, the members
enjoyed an excellent exhibit of bird paintings by the Charleston artist, Mrs. Anne
Richardson.

Thanks are due to the Charleston Club and to the Charleston Museum officials for
making possible this excellent meeting. The local arrangements for the meeting
were headed up by E. B. Chamberlain and Robert Coleman. Due to the death of
Mrs. Coleman’s father, Mr. Coleman was unable to attend the meeting, and Major
Metcalf took over his duties.

MEET VIRGIL KELLY

Virgil Kelly, a supporting member of the Carolina Bird Club of Fayetteville,
N. C., has one of the finest collections of bird eggs in the South. They are on display
at his home in cedar show cases effectively illuminated with fluorescent lighting.

Mr. Kelly began taking notes on bird nests in 1914. He began his present collec-
tion of bird eggs in 1922. His interest in this field began with close association with
Henry Rankin, Sr. Later, the Brimleys of Raleigh became Kelly’s fast friends through
correspondence, though he never met them, and “C. S.” assisted in securing the
necessary Federal collector’s permit for him.

Eighty-three species of birds are represented in the collection. All eggs were
personally collected by Kelly in Eastern North Carolina, mostly in the counties of
Chatham, Cumberland, Wake, Carteret, Pender, Brunswick, Robeson, and Harnett. He
tries to secure four clutches of eggs for each species. Eggs of the same species vary
greatly in size, shape, and color.

One of the rarest sets in the collection is that of the Swainson’s Warbler, collected
in Robeson County. The largest egg is that of the Black Vulture, the smallest that of
the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The earliest record is of Great Horned Owl eggs
found in Cumberland County on January 30, 1949. The latest record, Black Skimmer
eggs found in Brunswick County on August 5, 1928. Kelly said he has found eggs
of the Bobwhite, Carolina Wren, and Mourning Dove later than August 5, but he
did not collect them.

Kelly said that collecting woodpecker eggs is more of a problem than collecting
eggs of most other species because the bird begins incubating each egg as it is laid,
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advanced to be removed properly from the shell. The Red-cockaded Woodpecker
apparently is an exception, as all eggs in a clutch are equally developed, Kelly believes.

Kelly pierces the eggs with a needle, enlarges the hole with dentists’ drills, and
blows out the contents with a metal blow pipe. He washes out the shells, and writes
with ink on each egg the AOU number, the year collected, the number of the set
and the number of eggs in the set. He keeps meticulous card records, also.

In the collection are Pileated Woodpecker eggs from Cumberland and Bladen
Counties, Red-tailed Hawk eggs from a nest 80 feet high in a pine tree, Kingfisher
and Rough-winged Swallow eggs from holes in banks, eggs of the Bachman Sparrow,
the Oyster-Catcher, the Woodcock.

Mr. Kelly and his gracious wife delight in showing and describing the collec-
tion to all who visit the beautiful home on Maple Avenue, in Fayetteville. Mis.
Kelly’s favorite is a Boat-tailed Crackle’s egg which has markings on it greatly
resembling a fan dancer. Once, Kelly was struck by what he thought was a snake,
but which turned out to be a Bobwhite near its nest. He said that frequently he has
heard unhatched birds of the larger species, such as hawks, calling from within
the unbroken shells, when he is climbing a tree to the nest. And one time a Least
Tern hatched out in his room from an egg he was intending to prepare for his
collection !

Robert Ovf.rinc, Raleigh, N. C.

Bird House Project

The following editorial from a recent issue of The Hickory (N. C.) Record will
doubtless be of interest to many C. B. C. members.

“For almost two decades the editor of The Record has watched with deep interest
the bird house project which is annually revived and brought to triumphant success
about this time of year.

“Yesterday, a beautifully built bird house was received at The Record office, with
the following note attached:

This bird house was built by Joe Eggers, Sixth grade student of the Brook-

ford School. It was made from a plan in “Boy Bird House Architecture,” by

Leon H. Baxter. It is a Nuthatch box, but we believe it might be used by a

Downy Woodpecker, Titmouse, or Carolina Wren.

Brookford School Students

0

“We hope readers will pardon us for injecting a personal angle into this editorial,
but to us the letter seems highly important because it illustrates how class work can
be dovetailed into a continuing program in which an entire community is helped by
a project that serves to excite school-wide interest.

“Twenty years or more ago, when Mrs. J. W. Clinard, principal at Brookford
School, first adopted the bird house project, many of the children were not ap-
preciative of birds. Consequently, nests were being destroyed and slingshots used
effectively in decimating the bird population of the community.

“Mrs. John D. Brooks, of the Brookford School faculty, has been largelv respon-
sible for the extraordinary success that has marked the continuing bird house-building
activities among boys of that community. She and Mrs. Clinard are today just as
enthusiastic in their treatment of the project as when they started it. In the intervening
years scores of their former students, now grown men and women, gladly testify
to the lasting value of this type of school work.

“No boy who has ever studied the habits of birds and built houses for feathered
friends will ever again be a party to the destruction of nests or the killing of birds.

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Furthermore, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the stimulation of interest in
birds and their habits, makes one more conscious and appreciative of the beauties
of nature.”

Bird Photography

Hugh Medford, Jr., Greensboro, N. C.

May and June are the months to really go in for bird photography in the South.
Practically all of the birds either have eggs or young in the nest, and the nest is the
most desirable place to photograph most birds, because a bird will return to its nest
several times an hour. A bird blind is necessary to photograph most birds on the
nest. A very suitable blind is the “Umbrella Blind” by Dr. F. M. Chapman, described
in his book, Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist ( 1907). The blind consists of
a sign umbrella, leaf green in color with the side’s burlap dyed green, and four young
saplings or old pipe 7 feet in length. The burlap is sewed in a strip six feet wide
and slightly longer than the circumference of the open umbrella. The burlap has a
draw string in the top. To assemble the blind the four saplings or pipes are driven
in the ground to form a square. The umbrella is placed on top of these four stakes,
and after this the burlap is put on like a skirt and the draw string pulled tight over the
top. Thus the blind is complete.

Another suitable blind is merely a pup tent which is very handy for photography
when the nest is on the ground and winds are likely to turn over a tall blind. When
this blind is pitched, it is advisable to pitch it without the use of the center pole by the
use of two poles placed along the outside edge of the tent; also use two guy ropes as
one center rope may spoil many a perfect picture.

“The Blind de Luxe,” invented by G. A. Bailey to soothe his frozen limbs and
described by him in Bird Lore for November-December, 1922, as “a small house on
wheels so constructed that it can be drawn behind a car or wagon.” This blind has
its advantages for one who must have comfort, but due to its weight of several
hundred pounds, it cannot be carried far without a crew of several men, and is not
easily transported over fences or ditches. It consists of a small house measuring about
5x5 by 7 feet tall. The frame is built of 2 x 2’s and covered with composition
board, a door at one end and a window at the other.

Since many nests are so far above the ground, a scaffolding must sometimes be
used on a tripod with a box on the end of it big enough to conceal the camera, or
it may be possible to attach it to a nearby limb. This, however, should be left for a
few days before any pictures are attempted. The camera must then be worked by a
wire, string or electrical device. The photographer must remember that in the most
cases he must conceal himself. When he does this, he must place his blind so that
he can see what the camera is going to include in the picture.

The use of a blind is far more important than the details of its construction.
Birds soon become accustomed to any inanimate object, no matter how conspicuous or
large, but they do not tolerate sudden changes of any kind. The blind should not be
suddenly set down at arm’s length from the bird’s nest, but should be left a dozen
paces away for a while, then slowly moved in a few feet at a time until it is at its
desired spot. It is best to leave the blind in position for a day before attempting any
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should be bent away or cut for a few days as some birds will leave the nest i! too
much is done in too short a time.

When you get ready to use your blind, it is advisable to get a confederate to go to
the blind with you, put you in the blind and leave. This will be found to be a great
time saver for many birds no matter how accustomed they may be to the blind, if
they see you enter it, they will wait a long time for you to come out again before
forgetting about you and proceeding to their nests in a natural, undistuibed fashion.
If two persons enter the blind and one goes away, however, the bird is perfectly
satisfied and loses his fear as soon as the confederate has retired to a proper distance.
The slightest motion from within the blind will greatly alarm some birds so that
one must be careful to make all the necessary adjustments before his accomplice lea\es.
One using a camera should equip it with a lens hood so that any adjustments of the
shutter or diaphragm that are necessary will not expose the fingers. I he lens hood
need be merely a square of cardboard the size of the opening in the blind with a
hole cut in it into which the lens fits snugly, but it is better if a circlet of cardboard
one-half inch wide be glued around the hole so that when the lens fits into the circlet
it will set back from the cardboard. This makes the lens inconspicuous and gives more
room for the fingers when manipulating the shutter, a Small mirror will enable one
to see the dial on his shutter and diaphragm from behind and enable him to make
any changes desired without turning the camera.

A background must be considered. The best background is a light gray. It
should be placed far enough back so that it will not be in focus. One must be careful
when he places his blind at a nest or feeding station so as to get the sun at his back
during the hours he wishes to photograph. If the camera is placed at a 45° angle to
the nest, the least distortion will result. If one knows in advance just where the bird
will alight, the camera should be focused on that point, but in the case of nesting
birds, one cannot always know whether it will come from the front, side, or back, and
he may want all parts to be in focus. If such be the case, he should focus near the
front "of the nest and shut down the lens diaphragm until both the back and front
are sharp. This will necessitate greatly lengthening the exposure which, owing to the
activity of the bird, may not always be possible. In photographing nest and eggs on
a bright day, it is usually most satisfactory to close the diaphragm to a small
aperture, throw a shadow over the whole nest to get uniform light and give a long
exposure. This is sometimes possible with incubating birds also, but more often one
has to content himself with a short exposure and use the lens more or less wide open
with resulting loss of “depth of focus.”

Many naturalists like best a camera taking a 4" x 5" negative and equipped with
a double extension bellows. In a camera of this size a lens with a focal length of 10
and a maximum opening of F4.5 is very useful. Lenses with a longer focal length act
as telephoto lenses and give larger images. In ordinary field photography, when a
blind is not used, a long focal length has great advantages. The chief disadvantage of
the 4" x 5" size is that it is very heavy and tiring to carry. The 2/2" x 3^4" is less
taxing on the arms.

Because of the unwieldy size of the big camera, the miniature type was invented.
The Leica and the Contax are familiar examples. Most of these Cameras are quite
expensive and are of little use in bird work unless equipped with a 135mm (6")
or longer lens. It is easy to use equipment of this type. The main disadvantage is that
the very small film surface makes it hard to get the best quality in enlargements.
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desired, so unless especially equipped, the miniature type camera is often better for
large birds than for small birds.

Flash equipment, synchronized for daytime use has been used by a few nature
photographers to great advantage. By setting the flash off within 3 or + feet of the
bird, the lens can be stopped down as far as F22 or F32 or even F+5 depending
on the size of the bulb used. This assures extreme “depth of focus” as well as ade-
quate exposure. The distance between the flash and the subject should be measured
fairly carefully as the light diminishes very rapidly with distance. One would think
that a flash of light set off in a bird’s face would shock it out of its wits, but this
dies not seem to be the case. Some birds at feeding stations continue eating as if
nothing happened. Even birds at the nest seem to be frightened more by the sudden
click of the shutter than by the flash. After all, they are probably accustomed to
blinding flashes of lightning during summer storms. The flash technique solves the
problem of photographing birds on cloudy days, and in the dense shade of woodlands.
It also eliminates the necessity of subjecting nest and eggs to the glare of the hot
sun while waiting for the parent to return. For most small birds a minimum shutter
speed of 1 /200th of a second should be used as otherwise there is likely to be some
movement.

Pictures of flying birds are most easily taken with a reflex type camera where
the bird can be followed in the ground glass and focused upon up to the moment of
exposure. In the miniature type camera focusing is accomplished through a small
range finder in which a double image appears. When the two images coincide the
focus is sharp. One excellent way of taking “wing shots” with this equipment is not
to adjust the focus while following the bird, but to set it at an arbitrary distance
and then follow the bird through the range finder. The moment the two birds join
together to make one in the range finder, the picture is snapped. Some photographers>
in taking flight shots with a miniature camera and a long lens, determine an approxi-
mate point where the birds should pass, focus upon it and then use the view finder
to take the picture. Flight shots should be taken for the most part at speeds of
1 /500th of a second or even higher if the light and film speed will permit. The
faster films, however, are likely to be grainy unless a fine-grain developer is used.
Herring Gulls, Herons and other slow fliers can often be stopped with an exposure
of 1 /200th of a second.

In closing I would like to say no matter how technically perfect a picture is,
it is of no value to an ornithologist unless it is suggestive of the bird.

Summary of Treasurer’s Statement, April 23, 1950

Balance brought forward, May 22, 1949 $ 755.57

Amount received to April 23, 1950 982.50

Total $1,738.07

Disbursements 654.78

Balance on hand April 25, 1950 $1,083.29

(In this balance are special funds to the total of $555.75, which,
leaves a total of $527.54 now available for 1950-1951.)

Robert Overing, Treasurer Carolina Bird Club.

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May, 1950

Our Chimney Swift

“The swallows returned today to Capistrano, on this date for the 10 8th suc-
cessive year.” This came to me today, March 18th, 1950, over my radio, and while
1 am just a little skeptical regarding1 these birds arriving on precisely the same day
Near after year to plaster their mud bottle nests against the ruined walls of the
centuries old California mission, I am reminded of the arrival each spring of our
own Chimney Swifts, which are often miscalled Chimney “Swallows,” though not
even distantly related to the swallows. Where our Chimney Swifts spent their
winters was long a mystery to bird students. Audubon said, “wintering range un-
known.” Our Brimleys, as recent as 1942, said, “winter in northern South America.”

Our Carolina Indians held the legend that the swifts hibernated in sheltered mud
along streams. The March, 1945 issue of “ The Chat” reveals the solution of this
mystery, reporting that 13 leg bands from killed Chimney Swifts had been brought
bv natives from northeastern Peru to the coastal authorities who sent these leg bands
to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D. C., and the bands were
identified as authentic bands from Chimney Swifts banded, with some 300,000 others
in seven of our states from Alabama north to far off Ontario, Canada.

We Carolinians have no Capistrano, we lack hollow trees, but we do possess
many chimneys, cold in summer for our Swifts’ nesting and roosting, with ample
flving insect food; and we rejoice that this interesting bird comes to us from Peru as
a welcome Summer nesting visitor, arriving in late March and early April.

Your Chimney Swift is 5/4 inches long, has scimiter shaped wings with 12 inch
spread, a stubby tail of quills used as a brace as he perches vertically on a wall or
chimney interior. Both sexes are sooty brown, erratic in flight as they glide, soar and
dart in catching their food of flying insects. Mom Swift’s nest is shaped like a half
saucer, of twigs broken off by her feet in flight, cemented together and attached to a
vertical surface with a glutinous saliva from her mouth.

Watch your Swifts this Summer. You will be captivated. We enjoyed last
August hundreds of Swifts at approaching twilight circling, darting down into a
200 foot high brick smoke stack at an unused tobacco leaf drying plant, and into the
cold chimneys of our 80-year-old church, both these roosting places being in the center
of the business section of our city.

Can we encourage the Swifts to nest with us, no not on your life; BUT we have
ample chimneys and the needed food, and we protect our birds. Dr. Gilbert Pearson
told me ten years ago when we were consulting him regarding, “Reynolda,” our
first bird sanctuary: “All man can do to make a bird sanctuary is to furnish the
shelter and protection and the birds will do the rest.” We wonder if that genial, wise,
helpful ornithologist had chimneys in mind. Henry Magie, Winston-Salem, N. C.

AUDUBON’S BIRDS OF AMERICA — in a new handy sized popular edition,
with 288 full page, 4-color plates is announced by The Macmillan Co., 60 Fifth
Ave., New York 1 1, N. Y. The size is small, 5x8j4 inches, but so is the price, $2.95,
so many bird lovers will want a copy for themselves or for a gift . . . And while
we are mentioning books, a notice from the American Garden Guild, 444 Madison
Ave., New York 22, N. Y., announced a reprinting of the old “Birds of America,”
8^x1 1 14 inches, for $5.95. Bird students criticize it because some of it, especially
terminology, is out of date, but there are well over 100 full color plates, from
paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, for the original “Birds of New York.”

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Field Notes and News

CEDAR WAX WINGS FLY TO DEATH AGAINST WINDOW. Ten Cedar
Waxwings fell dead when a flock of about 25 flew against a window of Bynum

Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill.

(May 6, 1950) Phillips Russell.

ALBINO JUNCO AT SUMTER, S. C. : On March 8th, Mrs. Wm. Paver and

I watched an albino Slate-colored Junco in the garden of Mrs. Lewis Buxton, in

Sumter, S. C. It was completely white except for a fleck of black here and there,
and its bill, legs, and feet were pink. It was feeding with a flock of normal plum-
aged Juncos. Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia, S. C.

BIRDS NEED WATER — If you live in town do you know where a bird may
find good drinking water, or a clean bath? Water is just as important as food, and
it must be clean. See that the bird bath is cleaned every few days. A good, well
placed bath will usually bring all the birds in the neighborhood. The best location is
in the open, about three feet above the ground. This gives the birds a chance to see
cats or snakes and so feel safe. A small dripping fountain flow of water will attract
warblers particularly. Particular attention should be paid to supplying water to the
birds during freezing weather. Wesley Taylor.

WEST COLUMBIA, S. C. : On April 18th, I had the pleasure of seeing three

young Killdeers which H. M. Manus had located just off U. S. Highway 1, near

Six-Mile Creek, in Lexington County, S. C. The fact that the incubation period is

about 2+ or 25 days would mean that the parents of these birds began nesting near

the middle of March. This early breeding date might be of interest, since according
to Birds of North Carolina, (1942) April, May, and June are the breeding months
of the Kildeer. Ove F. Jensen photographed a Killdeer’s nest and four eggs ( The
Chut, 1948, vol. XII, no. 3, p. 53), which he discovered on March 15th, 1948 in
a field near Chapel Hill, N. C.

Mrs. G. E. Charles.

LENOIR, N. C. : On the afternoon of March 31, in a short time I observed 16
species of birds at the feeder outside our window, including: Mourning Dove (2),
Hairy Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Mock-
ingbird, Brown Th rasher, Robin, Starling, Myrtle Warbler (one has been here
alf winter), English Sparrow (we have very few, this was the first I had seen m
weeks), Purple Crackle (first I had seen this year), Cardinal, Towhee, White-
throated Sparrow, and Song Sparrow. On Mar. 6th, Purple Finches were seen at
the bird bath, the same date as 1949. The first Brown Thrasher was seen on
March 30th, and Hermit Thrushes are still here (April l).

Mrs. Charles E. Lovin.

POSSIBLE BREWSTER’S WARBLER OBSERVED AT GREENSBORO, N. C. :
At 1 :00 P.M., May 1st, with weather bright and clear, I observed this bird for from
5 to 8 minutes while it was feeding in hickory and oak trees, adjacent to a wooded
section, at my home in Greensboro, N. C. I made a mental note of the markings
and found they checked with Peterson’s description of Brewster’s Warbler, which
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a cross of Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers. 1 do not believe that the
bird which 1 saw was a female of another species as markings were too brilliant.
Outstanding were golden or yellow wing coloration, white underparts and yellow
shoulder, with black eye line. No call or song was noted.

Hal Strickland.

FLORIDA GALLINULE FOUND DEAD AT GREENSBORO, N. C — On May
17th some of my ’fifth grade students reported seeing a dead bird near Freeman’s
Mill Road, just inside the Greensboro city limits. After it was brought in the bird
was examined by Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury and proved to be a Florida Gallinule. There
was no apparent injury, though the bird seemed emaciated.

Emma Leah Perrett.

PARTIAL ALBINO WHITE-THROATED SPARROW AT SPARTANBURG,
S. C. : On the afternoon of April 12th, while sitting with my wife and daughter on
the back lawn of our home, within 40 feet of the spot where our usual scattered
grain had attracted a couple of dozens of birds, including some Starlings, Purple
Grackle, Cardinals, and several sparrows, including six or eight White-throats, my
daughter called my attention to a bird with a white head. Through my binoculars
it proved to be an albino White-throated Sparrow, which was quite a thrill for me
to see. The bird’s throat, neck, and head were perfectly white, with a few specks
of black on the top of the head, and a fairly large white spot in the middle of the
back. It had the usual vellow spots between the bill and eyes.

Harold E. Correll, Spartanburg, S. C.

HOW EARLY DO BLUEBIRDS NEST IN NORTH CAROLINA? I have what,
for this locality is an early nesting record for Bluebirds, and would like some
comparative records to see just how early it is. On March 28, 1950, I found young
birds large enough to make a great clamor in the nesting box. I had not noticed them
sooner since it was cold and I hadn’t been out very much.

Mrs. Florence H. Robinson, Southern Pines, N. C.

(In Birds of North Carolina , 1942, p. 275, the earliest North Carolina nesting
date mentioned for Bluebirds was reported from Greensboro by J. H. Armfield,
who found Bluebird eggs “as early as April 5.” At Greensboro, some Bluebirds
select their nesting sites in late autumn, so it seems possible some may begin
nesting in March, especially in the years when spring “opens” early. Wonder if Dr.
D. L. Wray or other C.B.C. members have such records. — A.D.S.)

STICK GATHERING TECHINQUE OF THE OSPREY.— During the late
afternoon of June 19, 1948, while sitting in a blind at a roost of Common and
Fish Crows, I witnessed one method used by an Osprey to gather material for its
nest. It is common knowledge that an Osprey seldom alights on the ground and
usually will not attempt to pick up a fish that it has dropped, so I had always assumed
that they lit in a tree and broke off the desired branch with its beak and carried it
to the site of the nest. However, I was watching an Osprey through my glasses when
it seemed to land in a dead tree about one hundred yards away, and I was surprised
when it seemed that it was going to try to perch on a small branch in the top of the
tree. The branch broke almost immediately when the bird grasped it and was carried
off in the direction of a large nest in its claws. This action was repeated two more
times during the afternoon, but on the third attempt the branch it had chosen did
not break immediately, so the bird strained upward, beating its wings furiously
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it circled over the field for nearly an hour, calling continuously until finally joined
by another Osprey, presumably its mate. Both birds then flew off toward the nest.

John B. Funderburg, Wilmington, N. C.

SHRIKES MAKE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: About the
middle of April, numerous daily newspapers carried the story
of a snake-festooned tree in the yard of Jesse Haltom at Troy,
Montgomery County, N. C. Crowds of curious and incredulous,
people from many parts of the state trampled Haltom’s hedge
and strawberry patch to get a look at the trees which were
decorated with twenty-one snakes, and also a lizard and a.
mouse. For a time no one seemed to know the perpetrator of
the phenomenon, and it was stated that the Troy Fire Chief
planned to place a truck near the snake tree and play the light
on it all night to “find out who or what might be doing the
decorating.” Real light was shed on the mystery when Miss
Mary L. Small, Greensboro bookkeeper, reported to the Greens-
boro News that two snakes were impaled on the thorns of a
locust tree across the street from her office. Miss Small stated
that this was the work of a Shrike or Butcher Bird, and added
that Shrikes had been hanging up snakes and mice and lizards
on that tree for years, “just like a butcher hangs up a carcass
on a meat hook.” Though Shrikes have hooked beaks, they do
not have clawed talom, so, unlike usual birds of prey, they
cannot tear their food apart with beak and feet. Smaller prey,
as grasshoppers, which make up much of their diet, is usually
wedged in a crotch while it is being torn up, but larger victims
are impaled on a thorny tree or barbed wire fence. LTnused
food, as snakes, small birds (commonly minus their heads),
and even pieces of bread may be left hanging and eaten a few
days later, though sometimes the “stored” food is abandoned.
Recently (May 6th), Phillips Russell reported seeing near Bur-
lington, N. C., a Shrike fly across the highway carrying a limp
bird, apparently an English Sparrow, which was so heavy the
Shrike had to alight and take a fresh hold. Until I heard a
Shrike sing ( The Chat , vol. VIII, no. 5, p. 79), I had assumed
that the name French Mockingbird, that is given them in some localities, might be
due to their resemblance in size and color to Mockingbirds. The song, though
coarser, sounds somewhat like a Mockingbird or Catbird. — A. D. S.

(Small snake impaled on Locust tree thorn, Greensboro, N. C., April 16, 1950.
Photo courtesy of Greensboro News.)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES WINTER IN NORTH CAROLINA: In November,
1949, Misses Aline and Ida Mitchell reported the arrival of a female Baltimore
Oriole, at their home at 1005 Eugene Street, Greensboro, N. C. It was joined
at the feeding trays about a month later by a male Baltimore Oriole. The two
left just before Easter, this spring, after having been annoyed several weeks by
a Mockingbird. During the winter Baltimore Orioles were reported at other feed-
ing stations in Greensboro, by C. A. Holland on Beech wood Street, by Mr. and
Mrs. Ray A. Young on West Lake Drive, and by other observers, most of them at
considerable distance from the Mitchell home, but it was not determined whether
or not these were birds from the pair seen in the region of the Mitchell home. A
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previous winter ( The C/iat, 1949, vol. XIII, p. 50.) From Raleigh, N. C., comes
the report that three Baltimore Orioles which were observed at a feeding- station at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Wells from early in February, 19 50, to well in
April. A.D.S.

SWAINSON’S WARBLER AT BLOWING ROCK, N. C.: On June II, 1949,
I saw a Swainson’s Warbler at Blowing Rock, N. C. The bird w-as unafraid, and I
watched it for fully half an hour, often at distances as close as 4 and five feet, as it
flitted about in a rhododendron thicket. (A little over a year earlier, on April
24th, 1948, at Airlee Gardens, Wilmington, N. C., I had seen two of these warblers,
which were observed and identified by E. B. Chamberlain and several other C.B.C.
members, on the Club’s spring field trip.)

Mrs. Floyd Hugh Craft, Greensboro, N. C.

WARD’S HERON CAPTURES AND SWALLOWS WHARF RAT— At this
Gulf Coast town there is a fish house on a dock over the water, where fish are cleaned
and packed for shipment or for local sale. The gurry is dropped into the water
under the dock, and attracts numbers of pelicans and gulls that are in constant com-
petition for the scraps, and have little fear of man. There is also a Ward’s Heron,
sub-species of the Great Blue Heron, which hangs around the fish dock. Today I
noticed this heron standing in some thick grass, above high tide mark. Suddenly
this bird struck and came up with a good sized wharf rat in his bill. It had the rat
by the hind leg and the rat was trying to bite the bird’s beak. From a distance of
about fifty feet, I watched to see how the heron would solve its problem. Apparently
he realized that if he changed his hold on the rat, the rat would escape. After a
little while, the heron walked down into the water, and held the rat under water
for a few seconds. When brought up, the rat was still struggling, and it was put
under the water again. But the rat still moved when brought up again, so the bird

put it under the water a third time. By this time the rat was completely limp and

the heron proceeded to swallow it.

On this same bay, I once saw a Florida Cormorant trying to swallow a small
snake, about 20 inches long. Every time the cormorant would get part of the snake
swallowed, the other end would wrap around the cormorant’s neck, apparenty choking
the bird so that it would have to loose its hold. Then the bird would start with

the other end of the snake, and the same thing would happen again. I never learned

wrhich finally won out finally, though I watched for quite a while. Being in a motor
boat, I had to leave before the matter was settled. It is not unusual to see land
snakes swimming from one island to another, along this coast.

(Dunedin, Fla., Feb. 23, 1950.) G. H. Holmes, Tryon, N. C.

WILMINGTON, N. C. — Some winter season records , Dec. 1, 1949-April 1,
1950. This year our bird population has been as variable as the weather. There
were more Ring-necked Ducks than we have ever observed before, but fewer
Scaup and Horned Grebes than usual, and more Red-breasted Nuthatches than we
ever remember. Chipping Sparrows were fewer. (Could DDT have anything to
do with this? ) The Purple Sandpipers and European Widgeon left early, possibly
on account of the hot weather. Pied-billed Grebes, which have been unusually
abundant all winter, are now gathering in groups (Mar. 25) Anhinga , Mar. 8, 1
(we are trying to see if they winter); European Widgeon , arrived Dec. 6, last
seen Feb. 5; Blue-winged Teal, Mar. 24, 2 pair on Greenfield Lake; Oyster-
catcher, Jan. 26, 1 pr. mating, Wrightsville Beach; Piping Plover, 3 here all winter,
7 seen Mar. 24; Wilson’s Plover, Mar. 21, 4; Knot, 19 seen off and on all winter,
last seen Feb. 15, may still be here; Purple Sandpiper, arrived Oct. 3, last seen Jan. 7;

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Pectoral Sandpiper , Mar. 21, 3; Purple Martins, arrived. Mar. 1; White-eyed Vireo
Feb. 1, 3 seen singing; Parula Warbler , first seen Mar. 24; \ ellov: -throated

Warbler, Mar. 24, 15 or more; Dickcissel, male at Claude McAllister’s feeder;
Bachman’s Sparrow, observed all winter, but have not started singing (Mar. 25).
The Blue Goose first observed Oct. 26, 1949 (cf. The Chat , vol. XIV, no. 1, 1950,
P. ll), is still at Smith’s Dairy. It can fly but does not leave. Its head is quite
white now.

Wilmington Natural Science Club, Edna Lanier Appleberry, Compiler.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT WINTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: On Decem-
ber 2 6, 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eastman first observed a Yellow-breasted Chat
which remained all winter at their home in Eau Claire, North Columbia, and was
seen almost daily through April 16th. The Chat ate along with other birds, and
seemed to prefer cracked pecans, thought it ate bread crumbs and apples, and drank
quantities of water. It remained silent, but, contrary to the books, it was not
at all shy. Though the Chat is a common summer resident throughout South Car-
olina, South Carolina Bird Life ( 1 949, p. 483) lists but one winter record.

Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia Natural History Society, Columbia, S. C.

In Memoriam

GEORGE HAMILTON HOLMES, 1 872-1950
MARIE ALLEN WALKER HOLMES, 1875-1950

Members of Carolina Bird Club were saddened to learn of the passing of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Holmes, which occurred April 17th as the result of an automobile
collision at Bethany Crossroads, near York, South Carolina.

George Hamilton Holmes was born at Birmingham, England, Dec. 2, 1872, and
at the age of 9 years he came to the United States via Canada, settling near Brevard,
N. C., with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Simcox Holmes. He was a graduate in
Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee, and for a number of years he
engaged in railroad engineering, assisting in designing railway systems, particularly
in the mid-west. He moved to Tryon in 1 903, shortly after his marriage to Marie
Allen Walker. An active participant in the life of his community, he was past
president of the People’s Bank and Trust Co., Tryon; a past president of the Tryon
Chamber of Commerce, a past president of the Tryon Rotary Club, and a Vestry-
man in the Episcopal Church. He was for several years President of the Tryon Bird
Club. Both Mr. and Mrs. Holmes were charter members of the North Carolina
Bird Club, and Mr. Holmes was a signer of the charter of the Carolina Bird Club.
A keen observer with a wide knowledge of the natural resources of his region, Mr.
Holmes has written many interesting notes of his observations. His last contribution to
The Chat was dated March 3rd, 1950, from Dunedin, Florida, where he and Mrs.
Holmes were spending the winter.

Mrs. George H. Holmes was born Marie Allen Walker, at Georgetown, S. C.,
in 1 875. She was graduated at St. Mary’s College, Raleigh, N. C., and, as her
husband, was active in community work at Tryon. She was a past president of the
Tryon Garden Club, and a past president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church.

Surviving are two sons, George H. Holmes II, Charlotte, N. C., and Laurence
H. Holmes, Tryon, N. C., and several grandchildren. One grandson, George H.
Holmes III, was for several years the youngest member of the N.C.B.C.

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With the Editor

CORRECTIONS: The title of the article on page 19 of the March, 1950, issue of
The Chat (vol. XIV, no. 2) should be: The Authors of “South Carolina Bird Life”;
and the signature at the end of the article, p. 20, should be: B. R. Chamberlain.
. . . Accidentally omitted from the list of those who attended C.B.C. Field Trip
to Lake Mattamuskeet, p. 23, same issue, are the names of Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Tate, Greensboro, N. C.

NOTICE TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The next meeting of the C.B.C.
Executive Committee will be held on Saturday, September 9th, at Raleigh. You
will be notified of the hour and room. Plan to attend.

THE HAND MAGNIFIER — Which the Executive Committee presented to
Rhett Chamberlain at Charleston was something which Rhett had wanted for a
long time and he says he is “very happy to have it.”

PHILLIPS RUSSELL — C.B.C. member from Chapel Hill, N. C., is the author of
“The Woman Who Rang the Bell,” an exciting biography of Cornelia P. Spencer,

and the book which won the Mayflower award for the Best Book of 19+9 bv a

Carolinian.

LIBERTY, N. C., NOW BIRD SANCTUARY: Liberty, N. C., became a bird
sancuary April 1 +th by a proclamation of the Mayor, Dr. R. D. Patterson. This
was the result of the work of the Rose Garden Club and the Liberty Garden Club,

whose bird chairmen, Mrs. H. K. Routli and Mrs. J. F. Deaton, supervised a contest

in the Liberty school which resulted in the making of many bird houses, bird
feeders, and bird posters.

NATIONAL PARK LECTURERS: “The Hegers,” whose home address is 3969
Lowry Avenue, Cincinnati 29, Ohio, will be available again during the coming
year for colored moving picture lectures on our National Parks. They have studied
and worked in our National Parks many years. Mr. Heger serves as Park Naturalist
during the summers, and besides being an experienced naturalist is a skilled moving
picture photographer. If interested, write to them for further information.

PLANNING A VISIT TO BULLS ISLAND?— Bulls Island, which is owned by
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is a part of the Cape Romain National
Wildlife Refuge with headquarters at McClellansville, S. C. HOWEVER, the
Lodge on Bulls Island has been leased to Joseph Moffett, and any plans involving
the use of the house facilities or transportation to or from the Island, other than
regularly scheduled tours of the National Audubon Society, must be made with
Mr. Moffett, whose address is Bulls Island, Awendaw, S. C. Tours of the National
Audubon Society are, of course, handled entirely through the Society’s Headquarters,
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York 28, N. Y.

AUDUBON ART TOURS — which include work by such notable bird painters
as Allan Brooks, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, R. Bruce Horsfall, Athos Menaboni,
Roger Tory Peterson, George Miksch Sutton, and others, are offered to local spon-
sors on a contribution basis, to encourage greater public interest in wildlife and
conservation problems. The Art Tours may be sponsored by any organization in-
terested in stimulating public interest in the out-of-doors and the wise use of
natural resources. Your library or art museum or other interested group in your

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city may be willing to help sponsor such an exhibition. For details write to National
Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y7.

SOS, HELP — Henry Magie, Winston-Salem, N. C., calls for help: “A flock ol
7 Starlings regularly raid my feeder — they eat a pound of beef suet in 2 days. Have
wired a lump under a tree limb patronized by Woodpeckers and Chickadees. Who
offers effective measures to repel invading Starlings?”

DAILY7 CHECK LIST — In the November, 1949, issue of The Chat we men-
tioned a daily field trip record sheet of birds of the southeastern United States which
has been prepared bv Henry M. Stevenson, 12 1 N. Copeland St., Tallahassee, Fla.
This bird list, which is printed on 2 sheets (4 pages, S^xll inches), with notebook
perforations protected by thin copper rings, has proved so popular that it has been
revised and the price has been reduced to 10c a set, $1.00 for 12 sets, $2.00 for
25 sets, $5.00 for 70 sets. These improved lists are ruled with 21 vertical columns and
have more space for each field trip.

REV. R. C. STUBBINS — C.B.C. member who is pastor of Lindsey Street Meth-
odist Church, Reidsville, N. C., has been elected an honorary member of Reidsville’s
Green Thumb Garden Club for his work in helping make Reidsville a bird sanc-
tuary. Rev. Stubbins is a former President of Greensboro’s Piedmont Bird Club.
According to the Greensboro News, “When the Green Thumb was plugging its
project to make Reidsville a sanctuary Rev. Mr. Stubbins ‘barnstormed’ every
school and virtually every civic club or organization of any kind in Reidsville

talking about birds and their value to the human race.”

CARDINALS AND FLOWERING DOGWOOD— THE COVER PICTURE— is
from a painting by 19-year-old Frank Sherrill who was graduated this spring from
the Statesville (N. C.) high school. Sherrill began art studies when nine years of
age, under Miss Louise Gilbert. He first took up painting bird pictures about four
years ago when he had rheumatic fever, and has since developed quite an interest in
bird observations and field trips. Last year one of his bird paintings was accepted
for exhibition by the Piedmont Art Festival at Winston-Salem, N. C., and during
the past spring the Charlotte (N. C.) Children’s Museum has exhibited some of his
work. He has met Roger Tory Peterson and Allan Cruickshank, both of whom have
been quite encouraging. Edward von S. Dingle also has encouraged and helped

young Sherrill in working with his bird art.

LONG-WATTLED UMBRELLA BIRD: From Dr. Ben F. Royal, Morehead
City, N. C., comes a note from the New York Times, with the announcement of
the capture, by Charles Cordier of the New York Zoological Society’s staff, of four
specimens of the Ecuadorean Long-wattled Umbrella Bird, Cef halo p terns ornatus
fenduliger, the first of the species ever netted. The birds will arrive in New Y7ork
in May, and are sure to attract attention at the Bronx Zoo, since there hangs from the
breast of the bird, which is about he size of a crow, a foot-long wattle covered
with feathers. And along with the umbrella is a sort of feather beret that can
spread over the top of the head and cock over one eye in a rakish fashion. Dr. Royal
adds: “When I get too old to work or perhaps as a punishment for a argely mis-
spent life, I should like to be banished for at least a year to the Bronx Zoo, by what-
ever name then called, to really commune with nature and especially with some of

my cousins once or twice removed. I am sure I could find many ^ irtues there dis-

played worthy of emulation.”

New Members of Carolina Bird Club

Mrs. Henry M. Baker, Sr., Rockford Road,
lli^h Point, N. C.

Dr. Spencer P. Bass, Bass Memorial Hos-
pital, Tarboro, N. C.

Miss Frances H. Beckwith, 321 Court
Street, Utica, N. Y.

R. R. Benhain, Box 606, Tryon, N. C.

Gilbert J. Bristow, 292 1 Blossom St.,
Columbia, S. C.

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Brown, Caswell Train-
ing School, Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Elias Carr, Braceb ridge Hall, Mac-
clesfield, N. C.

Mrs. Frank W. Chandler, 215 Hasell St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. S. N. Clark, Sr., Tarboro, N. C.

Mrs. John T. Creighton, Tryon, N. C.

Miss Omara Daniel, 538 Hamilton Street,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Mrs. Chester F.. Dimick, Box 806, Tryon,
N. C.

Mrs. Paul F. Ducom, 19 Blanding Street,
Sumter, S. C.

Miss Lelia M. Dye, 521 Ramsey Street,
Fayetteville, N. C.

Mrs. Champion Edmunds, 62 Camp Alice
Road, Sumter, S. C.

Miss Martina Carr Fillmore, Tarboro,
N. C.

Miss Margaret Fisler, 304 Vance Apts.,
Raleigh, N. C.

Mrs. Haywood P. Foxhall, 104 W. Park
Ave., Tarboro, N. C.

Robert Martin Gaines, 104 Phillip Street,
Tarboro, N. C.

Mrs. Robert Martin Gaines, 104 Phillip
Street, Tarboro, N. C.

Mrs. J. I. George, 801 College Street,
Kinston, N. C.

W. F. B. Haynsworth, 103 F,. Calhoun
Street, Sumter, S. C.

Miss Nellie Johnston, Route 1, Saluda,
N. C.

Mrs. Matthew F. Korn, 19 Folsom Street,
Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. R. G. Lenox, 2 30 Broad Street,
Sumter, S. C.

Edward B. Lewis, Lone Pine, Tarboro,
N. C.

Miss Elizabeth Long, 7 39 Roanoke Ave.,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Herbert L. Mapes, Box 12 32, Tryon,
N. C.

Mrs. Herbert L. Mapes, Box 1232, 1 ryon,
N. C.

Miss Mamie Meeks, Box 621, Kinston,
N. C.

Tommy Memory, Wagraxn, N. C.

Mrs. Sybil K. Morse, Box 965, Tryon,
N. C.

Dr. R. Allvn Moser, RED 1, Omaha 4,
Nebr.

Raymond A. Paynter, Jr., 208 Forest Hill
Road, Hamden 14, Conn.

Mrs. William H. Purdy, 17 E. Charlotte
Ave., Sumter, S. C.

Isaac J. Quigley, 1108 Westwood, High
Point, N. C.

Mrs. J. G. Raby, 1206 Main Street, Tar-
boro, N. C.

Mrs. Q. E. Ready, 719 Roanoke Ave.,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Wilbur Roadhouse, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Wilbur Roadhouse, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Martin K. Rosefield, 412 W. Cal-
houn St., Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Harry J. Ryttenburg, 217 Hayns-
worth St., Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. William L. Saunders, 316 Valley
Road, Fayetteville, N. C.

J. W. Shute, Box 20 1, Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Harry E. Sloan, 715 N. Park St.,
Mullins, S. C.

Dr. Thomas W. Simpson, 3252 Reynolda
Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Mrs. Thomas W. Simpson, 325 2 Reynolda
Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Miss Lenora Watts, 1204 N. Queen St.,
Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Lewis E. Whitfield, 2600 Ft. Bragg
Road, Fayetteville, N. C.

Mrs. Tommy Williams, 17 E. Charlotte
St., Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Barney Williams, 22 Folsom St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Margaret Davis Winslow, 50 3 St.
Patrick St., Tarboro, N. C.

Samuel C. Wortham, 710 Country Club
Drive, Greensboro, N. C.

of address should be sent to: Dr. Archie
Greensboro, N. C.)

(Notification of correction or change
D. Shaftesbury, Editor The Chat , W.C.U.N.l .,

Local Clubs and Their Officers — North Carolina

Chapel Hill Bird Club: P — Mrs. Lynn Gault, Box 1058; V-P — Richard L. Weaver;
S-T — Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Box 88.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Audubon Club: P — Mrs. George C. Potter, 2111 Malvern
Rd.; V-P— Mrs. H. W. Kilpatrick; S— Mrs. B. D. Hendrix, 1615 Oaklawn; T—
B. R. Chamberlain; Publicity Chmn. — Miss Clara Burt.

Greensboro, Piedmont Bird Club: P — W. C. Carr; V-P — Miss Harriet Mehaffie and
Hal Strickland; Cor. S — Miss S. Ann Locke; Rec. S — Miss Annabel Thompson;
T — Mrs. E. J. Fillinger; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Mrs. H. L. Medford and Mrs.
George A. Perrett.

Henderson Bird Club: P — Miss Garnette Myers; V-P — Miss Sallie Garlick; S-T —
Miss Elizabeth Fox.

Hickory Bird Club: P — Mrs. George E. Bisanar; V-P — Mrs. W. J. Shuford; S-T —
Mrs. George Warlick; Reporter — J. Weston Clinard.

High Point, Catesby Bird Club: P — James R. Mattocks; S — Mrs. Chester C. Haworth;
T — Mrs. John C. Siceloff.

Lenoir Audubon Club: P — S. B. Howard; V-P — Mrs. R. C. Powell; S-T — Mrs. R. T.

Greer, Box 800; Publicity Chm. — Miss Margaret Harper.

Lumberton Bird Club: P — James Stephens, Jr.; V-P — Mrs. Henry McKinnon; S —
Mrs. D. L. Whiting; T — Miss Lillian Whiting.

Raleigh Bird Club: P — Hayden Olds, Wildlife Resources Commission; V-P — R. L.
Deaton; S-T — F. B. Meacham, State Museum; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Miss
Gladys Currin and Mrs. Albert Guy.

Roanoke Rapids Bird Club: P — Miss Sara Cannon, 53 8 Hamilton St.; V-P — Miss
Marjorie Cannon; S-T — Lydia Deyton, Box 365.

Rocky Mount, Francis H. Craighill Bird Club: P — J. W. E. Joyner; V-P — The Rev.
Gray Temple; S — Miss Dorothy Craighill; T — Miss Lilly Shearin; Members of
Executive Committee — Mrs. Fairy Bandy and Mrs. J. W. E. Joyner.

Southern Pines Bird Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Robinson; V-P & S — Miss Louise Haynes,
Box 660; T — Miss Norma Shiring; Rec. S — Mrs. Lloyd Prime.

Tarheel Bird Club: P — Rufus Page; S-T — Mrs. Julia W. Maulden, 20 8 William
St., Kannapolis, N. C. ; Historian — Mrs. Andrew Smith.

Tryon Bird Club: P — Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall; S-T — Mrs. Thomas Clark; Publicity
Chm. — Mrs. H. Lan Moore.

Wilmington Natural Science Club: P — John B. Funderburg, 1211 South Fourth St.;
V-P — Mrs. Cecil Appleberry; T — Charles F. Theobald; S — Mrs. C. D. Maffitt,
219 South Fifth St.; Directors — Mrs. W. C. Mebane, Mrs. W. R. Baker, Mrs.
N. E. Everson.

Wilson Woman’s Club, Garden Dept.: Chmn. — Mrs. C. A. Webster, 202 Park Ave.,;
Miss Camilla Wills; Mrs. Will Rhodes.

Winston-Salem Bird Club: P — Henry Magie; S-T — Win. S. Rothrock, 2434 Stockton
St.; Directors — Charles Babcock, Thurmond Chatham, Jr., Richard J. Reynolds, II.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — South Carolina

Charleston Natural History Society: P — Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf; V-P — E. Burnham
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Uzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.

Columbia Bird Club: P — Mrs. Clyde Sisson; V-P — Gilbert J. Bristow; S — Mrs. J.
L. Gibbons, 720 Brandon Ave.; T’ — Fred Sample; Ex. Comm. — Officers and G. E.
Charles.

Greenville Bird Club: P — Miss May W. Puett; V-P — P. M. Jennes; S-T — Miss Rosa
Lee Hart.

The Chat

BULLETIN OF CAROLINA BIRD CLUB, Inc.

SHRIKE or BUTCHER BIRD — Lanins sp.

VOL. XIV

SEPTEMBER, 1950

No. 4

Woman’s College, U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

The Chat

Bulletin of Carolina Bird Club, Inc.

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.

B. Rhett Chamberlain, Associate Editor , Route 1, Matthews, N. C.

Contributing Editors: Mrs. Edna Lanier Appleberry, Wilmington, N. C.; Mrs. A. W.
Beachman, Henderson, N. C.: Gabriel Cannon Spartanburg, S. C.; E. B. Chamber-
lain, Charleston Museum, Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs. Edwin O. Clarkson, Charlotte,
X. C. : J. W. Clinard. Hickory, X. C.; Harry T. Davis, X'. C. State Museum, Raleigh
X. C. ; John B. Funderburg, Wilmington, X. C.; Mrs Charlotte Hilton Green, Raleigh,
X. C.; Miss Clara Hearn, Pittsboro, X. C.; Mrs. Zora P. Jensen, Maple City, Mich.;
Joe Jones, Chapel Hill, X. C.; J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount, X. C.; Henry Magie
Winston-Salem, X. C. ; James Mattocks, High Point, X. C.; Hugh Medford, Jr.,
Greensboro, X. C.; Rev. J. J. Murray Lexington, Va. ; Oscar H. Paris, Jr., Greens-
boro, X. C.; Prof. Phillips Russell, Chapel Hill, X'. C. : Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia,
S. C. : Dr. Wesley Taylor, Greensboro, X'. C. ; Mrs. Eddie W. Wilson, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Cary, X. C.; Robert L. Wolff, Goldsboro, X. C.; D. L. Wray, Raleigh,
X. C.

Entered as second-class matter April 8, 1941, at the post office, Greensboro,
North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Published five times a year on the fifteenth of January, March, May, September,
and November as the official organ of Carolina Bird Club, Inc. Articles for publi-
cation should reach the editor by the first of the month in which the issue is pub-
lished.

Bulletin subscription, one dollar a year, included in all membership fees.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
EDITOR.

Volume XIV September, 1950 Nltmber 4

CONTENTS

White Ibis Found Nesting in North Carolina — ./. L. Stephens 49

Baltimore Orioles Wintering at Raleigh, N. C. — 1 Thomas L. Quay 51

Local Club News — B. R. Chamberlain 52

Christmas Bird Count Dates Dec. 23 through Jan. 1 54

Some Gift Book Suggestions 55

Field Notes and News 5 7

With the Editor . 62

Cover Photograph by Professor A. A. Allen, Cornell University

CAROLINA BIRD CLUB OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, 6 Springdale Court, Greensboro, N. C.

VICE-PRESIDENTS: B. R. Chamberlain, Matthews, X. C. ; Miss May Puett,

Greenville, S. C. ; J. W. E. Joyner, Rockv Mount, N. C.

SECRETARY Mrs. Mary M. Guy, 2609 Ashland St., Raleigh, N. C.

TREASURER Robert Overing, Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.

EDITOR OF THE CHAT Dr. A. D. Shaftesburv, W.C.D.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

P. M. Jenness, Greenville, S. C. ; E. B. Chamberlain, Charleston, S. C. ;-Mrs.
Mary S. McLaurin, Washington, N. Cl. ; R. II. Rembert, Asheville, N. C.

If you are interested in a field trip to the Beaufort, N. C. -Cape Lookout
region the week-end of Jan. 27 write at once to the editor oi The ia

White Ibis Found Nesting in North Carolina

J. L. Stephens, Lumberton, N. C.

White Ibis were found nesting at Lennons Marsh near Lumberton,
N. C., on May 15th, 1950, and so far as is known this is the first instance
of White Ihis nesting in the state.

White Ibis are known to nest commonly in tropical regions to the
South. From 300,000 to 600,000 of these birds were found nesting in the
marshes of the St. Johns River, Florida, by Sprunt in 1938. Individual

White Ibis, probably stragglers, have
been observed at Beaufort, N. C.,
and in Onslow County, N. C.

'The occurrence of the White
Ibis as a nesting bird in this state has
been expected. Ornithologists in
South Carolina have, in recent years,
been reporting a gradual northward
extension of the White Ibis nesting
range. In 1922 Sprunt discovered 75
pairs nesting at Fairlawn Plantation,
near Charleston, and in the spring of
1943 DuPree saw six or seven pairs
at Blakes Reserve, on the South San-
tee River. Birds seen about George-
town and Waccamaw River planta-
tions each spring have indicated colo-
nies nesting in the area. In 1944 a
flock of several hundred were seen at
Pauleys Island, Georgetown County,
South Carolina. This spring for the
first time some 1,200 White Ibis
moved across into North Carolina
and set up housekeeping at Lennons
Marsh.

White Ibis at Lennons Mash, May, 1950 The birds located their nests ill
(Photo by Margaret Fisher. Courtesy . _ i i , 1 „ •

N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission) low cypress trees and low bushes, in

what is known locally as the Lennons Marsh Heron Rookery. Estimates of

the number of Ibis present were made from nests counted. In the three-acre

section of swamp used by the White Ibis, Little Blue Herons, Water 1 ur-

keys, American Egrets, Black-crowned Night Herons, and Great Blue

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Herons were nesting. The White Ibis, in 1950, utilized a section of the
rookery formerly used by Water Turkeys and American Egrets, and these
birds appeared to be present in reduced numbers due to the competition for
suitable nesting sites. No decrease in the population of Little Blue Herons
was noted due to crowding by White Ibis.

1 he White Ibis nests were located very close together, and constructed
of sticks lined with moss and cypress leaves. The eggs, usually three or
four, were of a greenish-white ground color, splashed and dotted with dark-
brown markings.

As the young were observed from time to time they appeared to be
unusually healthy. In contrast, the death rate of young heron nestlings in
the same rookery was very high. At age of two weeks as many of the
young Ibis as could be caught were banded.

On September 15th the first
banded Ibis was reported killed at
Loris, South Carolina, and as the
winter advances there will be other
returns which will help to tell the
story of White Ibis migration.

The White Ibis is a spectacular
bird. To stand in the rookery and
see groups xT Ibis returning to feed
their young in flocks of 6, 10, 15, is
an inspiring sight. You are impressed with the speed of White Ibis flight as
contrasted with that of its neighbors, the herons. The White Ibis flies with
its neck extended, and the long, pink, down-curved bill gives it a distinctive
appearance. These white birds with black-tipped wings may travel in a V,
or in Indian file, or in a straight line, flapping and sailing alternately.

The White Ibis eats large numbers of crayfish, grasshoppers, and cut-
worms. The large quantity of insects taken makes the White Ibis an eco-
nomically valuable bird, which in addition to its aesthetic value, makes it a
welcome addition to the nesting birds of North Carolina.

White Ibis Nest at Lennons Mash,
May, 1950

(Photo by Margaret Fisher. Courtesy
X. C. Wildlife Resources Commission)

B. R. CHAMBERLAIN APPOINTED ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE CHAT :
At the June 3rd meeting’ of the Executive Committee of the Carolina Bird Club,
B. Rhett Chamberlain was appointed Associate Editor of The Chat. Mr. Chamberlain
will also continue to be in charge of “News of the Local Clubs,” and communica-
tions for him should be addressed to B. R. Chamberlain, Rt. 1, Matthews, N. C.
During the past several years Mr. Chamberlain has made numerous excellent contribu-
tions to tlie columns of The Chat, including several splendid records of his bird
observations, all of which have added much to the interest and value of The Chat.

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Baltimore Orioles Wintering at Raleigh, N. C.

Thomas L. Quay

The latest edition of “Birds of North Carolina” (Pearson, Brimley,
and Brimley, 1942) lists the Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galkula L.) as a
“summer visitor in the mountains, transient in rest of State.” No winter
records are mentioned, there presumably being none up to that time. I he
fourth edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union’s “Check-List of
North American Birds” (1931) gives the winter range as “from southern
Mexico through Central America to Columbia; casually in Massachusetts,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania.”

In their excellent new hook, “South Carolina Bird Life,” Alexander
Sprunt and E. B. Chamberlain (1949) devote a whole page to tracing the
history of the occurrence of the Baltimore Oriole in that state in winter.
They note that, “Though the Baltimore Oriole winters in the tropics,
there are a few sporadic records for the eastern Linked States at that season,
but in no state do so many records appear as in South Carolina. All of these
but one are of recent date.” The number of birds recorded each year is as
follows: 1911, 1; 1933, 1; 1934, 4 (four places); 1935, 1; 1941, 1;
1942, 1; 1946, 1; 1947, 4 (three places); 1948, 1; 1949, 6 (three
places). Most of these birds were seen between early January and mid-
March, and the longest that one bird was under continuous observation was
from February 16th to March 10th, 1949.

Baltimore Orioles have recently appeared in winter in North Carolina
also. The published records are as follows:

1. One first-winter male, at Greensboro. Seen regularly at feeding
station in yard of Miss Ida Mitchell, from January 23rd to April 20th,
1949. A. D. Shaftesbury, Chat 13 (3):50.

2. Three first-winter birds, presumably one female and two males, at
Chapel Hill. Seen regularly at feeding station in town, from December
27th, 1948, to April 27th,’ 1949. Mrs" R. B. Sharpe, Chat 13 (3):50.

3. One male and one female, age not indicated, again in yard of Miss
Ida Mitchell at Greensboro. The female arrived in November and the
male in December 1949, both left during the first week of April 1950.
A. I). Shaftesbury, Chat 14 (3):44.

At least five Baltimore Orioles were observed at Raleigh during the late
winter and spring of 1950, all in first-winter plumage. Three of these
(one male and two females) were seen daily in the yard of Dr. B. W.
Wells, from January 10th to April 20th. They came regularly three or
four times each day, and fed together at the feeding station, in loose com-
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1 hrashers were higher in the peck-order than the Orioles. They ate several
kinds of food, but seemed partial to a mixture of suet, peanut butter, and
flour placed on the ground in cans. Although they were away from the
Wells’ ) ard more hours each day than present, the extent of their range
was not determined. The two females were trapped and banded on April
15th by Norman B. McCulloch, Jr. (band numbers 38-193 937 and
38-193 938); both were in their prenuptial molt, which occurs only in the
first-year birds.

The other two Orioles, both first-winter males and both in molt, were
trapped and banded by Mr. McCulloch in his own yard, about two miles
distant from Dr. Wells’ house (band numbers 38-193 934 and 38-193
935). Neither of these birds was seen but the one time.

It will be noticed that at least nine of the eleven Baltimore Orioles
seen in North Carolina the past two winters were first-winter birds. AH
eleven were seen in town, at feeding stations. It seems likely that the group
of three in the Wells yard could have been from a single brood. The two
Raleigh sites were composed of park-like stands of medium-sized deciduous
trees. Since it is probable that many more Orioles were present in the State
than recorded, it is urged that the members of the Carolina Bird Club make
a special effort this coming winter to be on the lookout for these rare wintei
visitors, and send the records either to the writer or to the editor.

Division of Biological Sciences,

North Carolina State College ,

Raleigh , North Carolina,

September 26, 1950.

Local Club News

(The Secretary or other representative of each local club is requested to send in
brief notes on the activities of members and their friends. The notes must be about
people — what they are doing and what they plan to do. Please jot down the doings
of your people — everything you deem Chatworthv, and send in the news at once.
A postal card or two from each local club will be better than a volume from one
club. — B. R. Chamberlain, Rt. 1, Matthews, N. C.)

HIGH POINT, N. C.: Hugh Medford, Jr., of Greensboro, N. C.,
addressed the Catesby Bird Club at the first fall meeting which was held
Tuesday evening, September 5th, at the home of Mrs. Henry M. Baker,
Sr. The club president, J. O. Hauschild, was in charge of the meeting, and
program chairman Mrs. R. I. Quigley, introduced the speaker, who gave an
interesting talk on “Bird Photography,” which was illustrated by a number

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of bird pictures from his own photographic collection. Plans for next yeai
were discussed by the club, and refreshments were enjoyed by the twenty -
four members in attendance.

COLUMBIA, S. C.: The Columbia Natural History Society is now
Columbia Bird Club. According to information received from Club 1 reas-
urer Fred Semple this action was taken at a meeting which was held I ues-
day evening, May 9th, 1950.

GREENSBORO, N. C.: Piedmont Bird Club’s first fall meeting was
a picnic supper held at Camp Herman, near Greensboro, on Saturday eve-
ning, September 16th. The new president, Mrs. W. C. Carr, was in charge,
with Hospitality Chairman Miss Etta Schiffman in charge of arrangements.

. . Several preseason field trips have already been held, and regular week-
ly trips are arranged by Field Trip Chairman Dr. Charlotte Dawley.

TAR HEEL BIRD CLUB: The Tar Heel Bird Club met on August
4th, 5th, and 6th, at Fletcher, N. C., as the guests of Mrs. Paul R.
Maunden, at the Gerry-Gd Farm. In three bird walks on the farm and one
at Montreat, N. C., a total of 48 different kinds of birds were seen. At
the business session one new member was recognized and one elected.
Vaughn Brock, Hickory, N. C., was elected president, Miss Olwyn
Owens, Kannapolis, N. C., was elected secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. An-
drew Smith, Morganton, N. C., was re-elected club historian. I he next
general meeting will be at Edisto Island, S. C., in August, 1951.

HENDERSON, N. C.: One of the objectives of the Henderson Bird
Club is to create among children a love for birds and an interest in pro-
tecting them. Club secretary, Miss Elizabeth Fox, reports some effective
work done among the boys and girls in the elementary schools in identify-
ing and protecting birds. Groups of children in each school in Hendeison
gave special Audubon programs in April. Copies of Peterson’s “How to
Know the Birds” were placed in the libraries of each school by the club.
The President, Miss Garnette Myers, informs us that “Bird Corner, a
column sponsored by the Henderson Bird Club in the Henderson daily
newspaper has given impetus to a growing interest in birds and conserva-
tion in Henderson and Vance County.

HICKORY, N. C.: At the September meeting of the Hickory Bird
Club, held on the evening of the twenty-first, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Weston Clinard, Mrs. W. J. Shuford gave a talk on the life of the
noted English naturalist and author, William Henry Hudson (1841-1920),

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who was born in Buenos Aires of American parents, and included among
his writings stories of many species of birds of England and South America,
many of the latter being the same birds in North America in a different
season of their migration. First prize in the Bird Quiz, a nesting box for
House Wrens, was awarded to Mrs. Katharine Vallotton. An interesting
round table discussion was held, and plans were discussed for several
members to attend the Carolina Bird Club fall meeting to be held in
October, at Greenville, S. C. Club president Mrs. George E. Bisanar was
in charge of the meeting.

I RA ON, N. C.: 1 he late Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton Holmes
were honored at the Lanier Library in Tryon, August 15th, with the gift
by the I ryon Bird Club of an automatic record player with a set of records
of birds’ songs. The presentation was made by Mrs. A. W. Brintnall,
president of the Tryon Bird Club, and the gift was accepted by Mrs. M.
Parish-Watson of the Lanier Club. Mrs. Brintnall expressed the hope that
from time to time additional records would be presented to the Lanier
club, so that there might be musical programs for the benefit of those
interested. Roses and baskets of flowers which were displayed were later
placed on the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes.

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.: A note from the old dependable Henry
Magie sends regrets that none of the Winston-Salem Bird Club can attend
the C. B. C. Executive Committee meeting Sept. 9th, at Raleigh, N. C.
Cause: “Our club has shrunken to seven men, five ‘elderly,’ two virile field
men. Reason is, we mistakenly omitted including women in our 1936 or-
ganization.” . . . Their club continues chapel hour talks in public and private
schools and talks to numerous garden clubs, function in the City Recrea-
tion Bird House contest and are active in the Christmas bird count. . .
Magie reports a grand experience as guest speaker at the “4 State Council’’
of Senior Girl Scouts, August 7th, at Roaring Gap.

Christmas Bird Count Dates Dec. 23 Through Jan. 1

DATES FOR 1950 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: Saturday, December 23rd,
1950, through Monday, January 1st, 1951, inclusive. Now is the time to begin to
check over your local area for your Christmas count, and get your plans organized.
This year, as for several years past, Carolina Bird Club will co-operate with the
National Audubon Society in making the Christmas count of the number and kinds
of birds in various localities throughout the nation. Last year The Chat printed counts

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from 14 localities in North Carolina and from five localities in South Carolina.
We hope to have more this year, particularly from South Carolina. Local clubs,
groups, and individuals are urged to make counts wherever possible. Now is the time
to begin to check over your local area for your Christmas counts, and get your plans
organized. Enlist the help of every local bird enthusiast in this pleasant game and
see that beginners go with more experienced observers. Instructions are listed m
Audubon Field Notes , April 1950, a separate reprint of which may be purchased foi
15c from National Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. V In ordei
to be published in the January issue of The Chat, lists from C. B. C. members should
be received bv the editor of The Chat not later than Tuesday, January 9th.

Some Gift Book Suggestions

Here is a list, by no means complete, of bird books — some new and some not
so new, that you might find of interest in selecting a gift for a bird lover friend or for
an addition or two to your own bookshelf.

A Field Guide to the Birds (east of the Rockies), by Roger Tory Peterson (second
revised and enlarged edition 1947), Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. $3.50. Many
regard this as the best field guide for our region. Field Guide to Western Birds, by the
same author, with same publisher and price, covers the U. S. from the Rockies
westward.)

Audubon Bird Guide , Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Pough (1946), Double-
day & Co., Inc., Garden City, N. Y. $3.00. Sponsored by National Audubon Society.
A very popular field guide.

Field Book of Eastern Birds, by Leon Augustus Hausman (1946), G. P. Putnam’s
Sons, New York City. $3.75. Has several good features to help beginners, but a good
companion to any bird watcher.

Birds’ Nests , A Field Guide , by Richard Headstrom ( 1 949 ) , Ives Washburn, Inc.,
29 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. $2.75. A convenient sized, well illustrated
identification manual to the nests of birds of the United States east of the one hun-
dredth meridian. Splendid for winter study.

The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America, by Francis H. Kortright ( 1 94 3 ) ,
American Wildlife Institute, Washington, D. C. $4.50. A vade me cum for sportsmen
and bird students.

How to Know the Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson (1949), a Mentor Book, and

Birds, A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds, by Herbert S. Zim and Ira

N. Gabrielson ( 1 949 ) , a Golden Nature Guide, are both small guides which seem
particularly suitable for children and beginning bird students of any age.

The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds, edited by John H. Baker ( 1 94 1 ) , Double-
day & Co., Garden City, N. Y., $2.50, was out of print for some time, but I believe

it has been republished; and there has recently appeared a briefer Handbook of At-

tracting Birds by Thomas P. McElroy, Jr., published by Knopf, New York, at $2.75
a copy. This latter book seems rather superficial in spots.

Here are some of the bird stories and collections of bird stories which you will
find interesting: The Murmur of Wings, by Leonard Dubkin (Whittlesey House,
McGraw Hill Book Co., N. Y., 1944, $2.50 — twenty-three short chapters about
citv birds by a business man who spent his spare time watching them) ; Wings at My

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Window, by Ada Clapham Govan (The Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1940, $2.50 — re-
printed many times, this is a true story of a woman’s physical and spiritual regenera-
tion brought about by her hospitality to birds) ; Wild Wings, by Joseph James Murray,
a long time Carolina Bird Club member, who is a Presbyterian pastor in Virginia
and has been for many years a leader in serious bird observation in Virginia • (John
Knox Press, Box 1176, Richmond 9, Va., 1947, $2.50 — a collection of stories that
will be enjoyed by young and old, by hiker and shut-in) ; Hawks Aloft., bv Maurice
Broun (Dodd, Mead Co., N. Y., 1949, $4.00 — the interesting story of Hawk Moun-
tain in Pennsylvania) ; Bird Islands Down East, by Helen Gere Cruickshank (The
Macmillan Co., New York, 1941, reprinted in 1949, $3.00 — interestingly written
and with splendid photographs by the author’s noted husband, Allan D., this little
book is for all who love the sound of the restless surf beating against the shore and
the feel of salt spray on the face) ; The Awl Birds, by J. K. Sanford (The Devin-
Adair Co., 2 3-2 5 East 2 6th St., New York 10, N. Y., 1949, $2.00 — an exciting
adventure story based on the return of the Avocet to England as a breeding bird
after an absence of over one hundred years) ; and A North Carolina Naturalist — H. H .
Brimley, edited by Eugene P. Odum (The Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill,
N. C., 1949, $3.50 — a collection of writings, tales, and reminiscences by the first
Curator and Director of the N. C. State Museum, who was for more than 60 years
identified with the natural historv of North Carolina.)

A Guide to Bird Watching, by Joseph J. Hickey (Oxford Univ. Press, 1943,
$3.50) and Modern Bird Study, bv Ludlow Griscom (Harvard Univ. Press, Cam-
bridge 38, Mass., 1945, $ 2 . 5 0 ) both give a more or less popular explanation of the
more technical sides of bird studv, with interesting methods by which amateur natural-
ists can explore the mysteries of bird life.

Art Introduction to Birds, by John Kieran, w ith 100 birds in color by Don Eckel-
berrv ( 1 946, 1950), Garden City Pub. Co., Garden City, N. Y. $2.50. A book for
beginners, that has much to delight the more advanced bird student as well.

South Carolina Bird Life, bv Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and E. Burnham Chamber-
lain (1949), University of South Carolina Press, Columbia 1, S. C. $10.00. This
fine new book is certainlv a must for the library of everv serious minded bird student
of our region.

Birds of North Carolina, by T. Gilbert Pearson, C. S. Brimley, and H. H. Brimley
(1942), State Museum, Raleigh, N. C. $3.50. Few copies left.

Menaboni’s Birds, a collection of the best paintings by Athos Menaboni, with
fresh, personal text by Mrs. Sara Menaboni, Rinehart &. Co., Inc., 232 Madison Ave.,
New York 16, N. Y., $10.00. Contains 32 plates in full natural color, 9x12 inches . . .
13 full pages of black and white reproductions of the brilliant paintings that have
made Menaboni famous. Here is a gift of pure beauty that will grow in value with the
years. The first printing of both the regular edition and the special $25.00 limited
edition with extra portfolio were sold out before the November tenth printing date
and a new printing cannot be made until next March, but your bookseller may still
have some first edition copies in stock.

AUDUBON WILDLIFE TOURS — Fascinating one and two day trips are avail-
able again this year, to the Okeechobee-Kissimmee region of Florida and also from the
Everglades National Park to colorful Florida Bay, a real tropical wildlife tour.
For dates, prices, and other arrangements, write to National Audubon Society, 1000
Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y.

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Field Notes and News

EARLY ARRIVAL RECORD OF YELLOW-THROATED VIREO IN N. C. :
On the afternoon of March 28th, at my home in Greensboro, N. C., I observed a
Yellow-throated Vireo. T'h is seems to be a few days earlier than previously recorded,
possibly due to the rather mild winter. John A. McLeod, Jr..

MAN-O’-WAR-BIRD SEEN AT SOUTHPORT, N. C.: On the evening of June
1 I, 1950, just at twilight, Waters Thompson and 1 sawr a Man-o’-War Bird hovering
over the harbor shore at Southport, N. C. We watched the bird for about fifteen
minutes, until we had to leave.

(July 11, 1950.) H. G. Loftin, Jr. Morehead City, N. C.

TWO PURPLE MARTIN FAMILIES NESTING IN ONE GOURD— One of
my friends tells me that he has seen two and even three pairs of Purple Martins
nesting together in very large “2 gallon” gourds. A suitable Purple Martin gourd
(for one pair) must be approximately 7 inches or more in inside diameter.

(Sept. 17, 1949.) Dr. Wf.slfv Taylor, Greensboro, N. C.

EVENING GROSBEAK REPORTED AT WARRENTON, N. C.: A communica-
tion of April 1st in the Greensboro Daily News states that, during the previous week,
four Evening Grosbeaks were seen on the property of Dawson Alston in Warrenton,
the birds being definitely identified by Attorney Julius Banzet, local authority on
bird study and bird identification.

A. D. S.

HOUSE WRENS FOUND NESTING IN (SPARTANBURG) SOUTH CARO-
LINA: We have had an unusual summer record here in Spartanburg, S. C., this
year. In April a number of House Wrens were seen. A pair built in an old fence post
in our back yard, and on June 6th, four young ones came off the nest. The adult
birds were soon nesting again, this time at a location further down the street, and
one voting of the second brood was seen. Other House Wrens have been seen and
heard in various sections throughout the city.

(August 29, 1950) Ruth Crick, Spartanburg, S. C.

WOOD IBIS SEEN NEAR BEAUFORT, CARTERET COUNTY, N. C.: Today,
July 14th, 1950, Dot Hutaff and I observed an adult Wood Ibis, in flight and feed-
ing, east of Beaufort, N. C., between the North River bridge and the oyster farm
experiment station. While at Lennon’s Pond, near Lumberton, N. C., I took some
good moving pictures of both Wood anti White Ibises, and hope I did as well with
the Wood Ibis here this afternoon. I am enjoying the summer here in the Morehead
City, N. C., region, banding Cormorants at Ellis Lake and Black Skimmers on the
island at the Beaufort, N. C.., inlet.

Dick Borden, Raleigh, N. C.

BLUEBIRDS NESTING DATES IN CHARLOTTE, N. C.: In the May 1950
issue of The Chat , v. 14, p. 43, Mrs. Florence H. Robinson mentions her observa-
tion of young Bluebirds in a nest at Southern Pines, N. C., as early as March 2 8th, and
the request was made for comparative Bluebird nesting records from the observations
cf other C.B.C. members. In the booklet on “Birds of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina,” which I wrote in 1944, I gave my records for eleven years
of Bluebird nesting as “average date nests begun March 17, once on March 2.” As
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cn March 17th, one year on March 2nd, and one year within a day or two of the
! 7th. Since then, I have kept up with nests among other Charlotte gardens and the
average date still seems to be March 17th. Tommy Bluebird Clarkson was hatched
on a chilly Spring day, April 25th, but the nest was begun on March 17th. (Cf. The
Chat , 1944, v. 8, p. 19.)

Elizabeth Barnhill Clarkson

PRAIRIE HORNED LARKS OBSERVED NEAR COLUMBIA, S. C. : A family
of Prairie Horned Larks was first seen by J. H. Fowles on June 12th in Richland
County, near Columbia, S. C. The same morning we saw two adults feed a young
bird, and the group was joined by another young bird. The Horned Larks were
watched and studied by several members of the Columbia Bird Club until June 30th,
when last seen at the airport in Lexington County. When this was reported to E. B.
Chamberlain of the Charleston, S. C., Museum, he stated that this discovery records
“the farthest southeastward penetration to date.”

Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia, S. C.

STATESVILLE, N. C. : The birds have been unusually courteous to me this year.
A Veery sang about my yard until May 26th, and I expect nested in the country.
A Wood Thrush began a nest outside my window on June 10th. Another Thrush 'built
in the garden on June 15th. Their singing encircles the house. Last winter was full
of Purple Finches and in early April the Robin nested again on my porch. A Bullbat
has taken over my field of skv, and day and night hears his solitary voice. For the
first time an Ovenbird is nesting in the neighborhood. I have not seen him lately
but I hear his song. A Parula comes back and forth — and all the usual immemorial
birds.

(July 3, 1950) Grace C. Anderson

PINTAILS NEST IN PIEDMONT REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA: A pair
of Pintails appeared on a small pond just south of the city limits of High Point,
Guilford County, N. C., about May 20th, 1 950. They appeared in good health, full
plumage, and were able to fly normally. They gradually became more tame, and
on about June 4th the female was missed. On June 5th, the female was seen slipping
through the weeds and brush as though returning to a nest. About June 13th, the
male disappeared, presumably shot. On June 25th the nest was located, in thick brush,
on a bank about eight inches above the water and one foot from the water. On
June 27th, six of the seven eggs had hatched, and the female brought off a fine brood
of livelv little brown ducklings. (We have recently been told that wild Pintails
nested successfully last year on Deep River, in Summer Township, Guilford County,
near the Randolph County line.)

(June 29, 1950) James Mattocks, High Point, N. C.

MONTREAT, N. C.: The following forty-seven species were observed at Mon-
treat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, during the period from August 8 until
September 15, 1949: Pied-billed Grebe, Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk,

Screech Owl, Whip-poor-will (call), Rubv-throated Hummingbird, Belted King-
fisher, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sap sucker (inwt.),
Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Phoebe, Empidonax sp. (Least Flycatcher?),
Wood Pewee, Blue Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nut-
hatch, Carolina Wren, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Robin, Wood Thrush, Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-and-white
Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler (a rather unexpected sight record , but well-verified
at extremely close range), Parula Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler,

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Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-th roateil Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler,
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Pine Warbler, Oven-bird, Hooded Warbler, Canada Warbler,
American Redstart, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Cardinal, Towhee, Song
Sparrow.

(August 23, 1950) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Simpson, Winston-Salem, N. C.

RALEIGH, N. C.: Yellow-throated Vireo Nest — On our spring bird count, May
2, 1950, I found a Yellow-throated Vireo’s nest, about 25 feet up in a water oak,
near the marsh at Boneyard Lake on the western edge of Raleigh, N. C. The female
was on the nest and I watched her with binoculars for some time. Examination of the
nest on May 27 revealed four eggs — one cracked and another with a hole, with ants
in the nest. Apparently something had disturbed nesting and the nest had been
abandoned. We do not have many nesting records of tin's vireo because it nests so
high in trees, so this record is a welcome addition.

Red-eyed Towhee Nest — On May 22, Jesse Primrose reported a Red-eyed To wheels
nest in Raleigh, N. C., at the Rex Hospital where Primrose was convalescing. 01
all places to be birding! But Primrose was there with his field glasses. I went out
and he showed me the nest which was about three feet from the ground in a thick
Burfordi holly bush, next to a sidewalk between the hospital and the nurses’ home,
where many people walk each day. Mr. Primrose found the nest by observing the
male and female carrying material to the nest. He and I watched the female Towhee
carrying food to the young birds.

(May 31, 1950) ‘ David L. Wray, Raleigh, N. C.

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.: Daily field observations were made during the
spring migration period from April 1, 195 0, through May 15, 1950. Almost all of
the winter residents had left before this time. A large proportion of the species listed
during the six week period of observation would be regarded as either permanent or
summer residents, in the sense that individuals of these species have elected to remain
in the locality during the remainder of the summer. These have been marked bv
asterisks. Actually, these individuals are in the minority and banding operations
would undoubtedly show that most of the birds seen during the migration period did
not remain, but passed through to other breeding areas. Turkey Vulture*, Red-tailed
Hawk* (April 10), Broad-winged Hawk* (May 7), Bob-White*, Mourning Dove*,
Nighthawk* (not recorded before May 15), Whip-poor-will* (calling throughout
period, one seen at dusk, April 28), Chimney Swift* (arrived April 27), Ruby-
throated Hummingbird* (April 27), Yellow-shafted Flicker*, Red-headed Wood-
pecker*, Downy Woodpecker*, Crested Flycatcher* (May 6), Wood Pewee* (arrived
May 6), Rough-winged Swallow (May 5), Blue Jay* (April 25), Am. Crow*,
Carolina Chickadee*, Tufted Titmouse*, White-breasted Nuthatch*, House Wren*
(arrived May 15), Bewick's Wren (Afrit 3-8), Carolina Wren*, Mockingbird*,
Catbird* (arrived May 5), Brown Thrasher* (arrived April 10), Robin*, Wood
Thrush* (April 27, May 5), Olive-backed Thrush (Mav 8), Eastern Bluebird*,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* (arrived April 20), Cedar Waxwing (April 2 0 ) , Starling*,
Yellow-throated Vireo* (arrived April 18), Mountain Vireo (April 28), Red-eyed
Vireo* (arrived April 27), Black-and-white Warbler* (April 27), Tennessee
Warbler (May 3), Parula Warbler (May 3), Yellow Warbler* (arrived April 22),
Cape Mav Warbler (April 2 2 - 3 0 ) , Black-throated Blue Warbler (May 12), Myrtle
Warbler (April 8-May 15), Cerulean Warbler (May 2), Blackburnian Warbler
(May 15), Bay-breasted Warbler (May 8), Oven-bird* (first heard, calling May
5), Maryland Yellow-throat* (arrived Mav + ), Hooded Warbler* (arrived April
27), American Redstart (seen about May 15, probably remained), House Sparrow*,

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Eastern Meadowlark*, Red-wing*, Orchard Oriole* (arrived April 28), Scarlet
Tanager (April 29), Summer Tanager* (arrived April 27), Cardinal*, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak (April 26, May 8), Blue Grosbeak* (May 15), Indigo Bunting* (arrived
April 28), Purple Finch (April 13), Am. Goldfinch*, Red-eved Towhee*, Slate-
colored Junco (last seen April 15), Chipping Sparrow*, Field Sparrow*, White-
throated Sparrow (last seen about May l). (in addition to the above species marked
by asterisks, the following have been noted in this locality on occasion during the
summer: Killdeer, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Screech Owl, Barred Owl, Purple Martin,
Loggerhead Shrike, and [on the basis of song heard in usual habitat, but not seen]
White-eyed Vireo and Prairie Warbler.)

(August 2 3, 1 950) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Simpson, Winston-Salem, N. C.

SPRING BIRD CENSUS AT DURHAM, N. C., May 13, 1950: Territory covered
included Duke Campus, Bird Sanctuary, Ellerbee Creek lowlands, Hollow Rock,
Hillandale Golf Course, and country roads north and northwest of Durham. About
50% wooded, 50% open, including some pasture and cultivated lands. Cool, cloudy
until mid-afternoon. Observers in field from 6:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M., giving a total
of 16.5 party hours. About 8 miles on foot, 75 miles by car. American Egret, Little
Blue Heron, Green Heron, Turkey Vulture, Bob-white, Killdeer, Woodcock, Mourn-
ing Dove, Whip-poor-will, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Rubv-throated Hummingbird,
Yellow -shafted Flicker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern
Kingbird, Phoebe, Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Pewee, Blue Jay, Am. Crow, Caro-
lina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown-headed Nuthatch,
House Wren, Carolina Wren, Mockingbird, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Robin, Wood
Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Blue-grav Gnatcatcher, Loggerhead
Shrike, Starling, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Mountain Vireo, Black-
and-White Warbler, Parula Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-
throated Blue Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Bay-breasted
Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana
Water-thrush, Kentucky Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat, Yellow-breasted Chat,
Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, English Sparrow, Bobolink, Eastern Meadow-
lark, Red-wing, Orchard Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, Cardinal,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Am. Goldfinch, Red-
eyed Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Swamp
Sparrow, Song Sparrow. Total, 78 species. Observers: Frank Egerton , Paid J.
Kramer (compiler), Richard Kramer , C. B. Martin , Jr.

SPRING CENSUS AT RALEIGH, N. C., May 2, 1950. Dawn to dusk. Warm,
foggv early, with heavy overcast of clouds rest of day, with intermittent rain. Terri-
tory covered same as for Christmas census. Species observed: Great Blue Heron,
American Egret, Little Blue, Green, and Yellow-crowned Night Herons; Am. and
Least Bitterns; Blue-winged Teal; Greater, and Lesser Scaup Duck; Bufflehead;
Turkey, and Black Vultures; Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, and Marsh Hawks; Osprey,
Bolnvhite; King Rail; Sora; Coot; Killdeer; Wilson’s Snipe; Spotted, and Solitary
Sandpipers; Greater, and Lesser Yellowlegs; Pectoral Sandpiper; Mourning Dove;
Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Great Horned, and Barred Owls; Chuck-will’s Widow;
Whip-poor-will; Chimney Swift; Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Belted Kingfisher;
Yellow-shafted Flicker; Red-bellied, Red-headed, Hairy, and Downy Woodpeckers;
Eastern Kingbird; Crested Flycatcher; Phoebe; Acadian Flycatcher; Wood Pewee;
Tree, Rough-winged, and Barn Swallows; Blue Jay; Am. Crow; Carolina Chicka-
dee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted, and Brown-headed Nuthatches; Brown
Creeper; House, Carolina, and Long-billed Marsh Wrens; Mockingbird; Catbird;

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Brown Thrasher; Robin; Wood, Hermit, Olive-backed, Gray-cheeked I brushes;
Veery; Eastern Bluebird; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Cedar
Waxwing; Loggerhead Shrike; Starling; White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Mountain,
and Red-eyed Vireos; Black and White, Prothonotary, Worm-eating, Blue-winged,
Parula, Yellow, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Myrtle, Yellow-throated, Chestnut-
sided, Black-poll, Pine, Prairie, anil Yellow Palm Warblers; Oven-bird; Northern,
and Louisiana Waterthrushes, Maryland Yellowthroat ; Yellow-breasted Chat; Hooded
and Canada Warblers; Redstart; English Sparrow; Bobolink; Eastern Meadowlark;
Red-wing; Orchard Oriole; Rusty Blackbird; Scarlet, and Summer Tanagers; Cardi-
nal; Rose-breasted, and Blue Grosbeak; Indigo Bunting; Am. Goldfinch; Red-eved
Towhee; Savannah, Grasshopper, Henslow’s Vesper Sparrows, Junco, Chipping, Field,
White-throated, Swamp, and Song Sparrows. Total, 126 species. Observers: D. L.
Wray (compiler), Will Hon , J. W. Johnson , Robt. Overing , Mrs. Charlotte H.
Green , Philip Davis , T. L. Quay, Wm. H. Brown, Ethel Wray.

CEDAR WAXWINGS FOUND NESTING NEAR HIGH POINT, N. C.: On
June 11, 1950, two nests of Cedar Waxwings were located at the Richardson farm,
just south of High Point, N. C. One nest was 30 feet up in a wild mulberry tree on
a limb out over the yard, about 15 feet from the main trunk of the tree. The female
was on the nest, apparently incubating. A few minutes after the nest was discovered,
the female left the nest and flew directly to a dead limb of a sweet gum tree, about
75 feet away. There the male was waiting, and fed her while she fluttered her wings
and begged. The male attempted to mate three or four times, but she eluded him.
After the male had brought up and passed six or seven morsels to her, they sat on the
twig a couple of minutes squeaking to each other, and then she returned directly to
the nest.

The second nest was located 50 yards away, and was 3 0 feet high in a cedar tree,
on a limb which had turned up, and was growing up about eight feet from the
main trunk. The female here also appeared to be incubating. On June 24th there
were two young in this nest in the cedar tree, apparently about one day old. They
were well supplied with pin feathers on June 2 8th.

During the afternoon of June 11th, an extension ladder was set up at the mul-
berry tree in the hope of obtaining pictures. The ladder was placed with the top
some ten feet from the nest, but the female left the nest and did not return that
evening or during the next day, so, on the evening of June 12th, the nest and four
eggs were collected.

On June 13th, a third Waxwing nest was located, 65 feet or more high in the
outer limbs of a sweet gum tree, about 60 feet from the mulberry. This pair was
exceedingly shy, although they had chosen a location overlooking the garden where
people constantly came and went.

On June 20th and 21st, a pair of Cedar Waxwings (possibly those run out of
the mulberry tree), were busily engaged in carrying cedar bark to a new nest about
100 yards from the cedar tree nest, this fourth nest being located 4(1 feet high in a
sweet gum tree beside U. S. highway 311. The pair would come swooping down
from the gum and fly in graceful undulations about 15 feet above the ground to a
large cedar tree a hundred yards away (near the other nest). There one bird would
attack a horizontal limb in the upper part of the tree while the mate sat by and
apparently squeaked encouragement. When the working bird (the female?) had
pulled a strip of bark loose they would fly back. At one time they were making
round trips in about 3 to 4 minute intervals. The nest was apparently completed
in the next day or so.

(June 29, 1950) James Mattocks, High Point, N. C.

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With the Editor

INTERESTED IN SECURING A MOTION PICTURE LECTURER : — A note
from Cleveland P. Grant states that they have a beautiful new folder describing' the
Grants’ ten current moving picture lecture films. Drop a card to Cleveland P. Grant,
245 Davis St., Mineral Point, W isconsin.

MISS MARGARET WATSON TO TEACH IN JAPAN: A note in mid-summer
from Miss Margaret Watson requested us to change her address from State School
for Blind, Raleigh, N. C., to her home at Elm City, N. C., as she expected to leave
soon to teach in Japan, and did not vet have a complete address there.

BINOCULARS— We h ave just received from a Pacific coast importer an in-
teresting free booklet, “How to Select Binoculars,” with a list of what appears to
be real bargains in imported field glasses, many of Zeiss design, made in occupied
Japan by Japanese artisans trained by skilled German technicians sent to Japan
during the war. If you are interested, the address is: D. P. Buslmell & Co., Importers,
43 E. Green St., Pasadena 1, California.

C. B. C. MEMBER MAKES TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: Mrs. R. D.
(“Virginia”) Douglas recently completed a trip ’round the world, on the way
making a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Bruce W. Shoobridge, the former Helen
Douglas, who lives at Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. Mrs. Douglas saw many in-
teresting birds. A note dated April 1st, states: “Left Brisbane today and am going
along the coast toward Sydney. Shall have to fly to Tasmania. For three weeks we
were out of sight of land. Gatun Bay in the Canal Zone was lovely— strange flowers
and birds, scores of Man-’o-war-birds near the canal. Jaegers are flying about the
ship now. White-tailed Tropic-birds or “Bo’suns” are beautiful. Their elongated cen-
tral tail feathers are like streamers in the wind . . .” Mrs. Douglas returned home
by way of the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea, and England.

AUDUBON SCREEN TOURS: During the present 1950-195 1 lecture season,
140 cities throughout the nation are each enjoying a series of five lectures in the
Screen Tours under the National Audubon Society’s sponsorship. In all, some twenty
nationally known lecturers — bird authorities, explorers, naturalists, expert photog-
raphers, conservationists all — are provided, and with about 350 special lectures in
addition to the Screen Tours a total of 1,000 lectures must be provided
during the current season. If your local club contemplates the possibility of sponsoring
Audubon Screen Tours in your city during the 1951-1952 season, write to the National
Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y., for descriptions of the
lecture-programs with colored moving pictures which they will present next season
throughout the United States in communities of every size. February 195 1 is the final
month for decisions to participate in the 1951-1952 series.

BIRD SONG RECORDS: An album of songs of 72 American birds, recorded
in woods, gardens, fields, and prairies, brought to your armchair in an album
of six double-sized ten-inch vinylite records, with an announced identifying each
songster, is a unique gift for nature-loving youngsters and grown-ups. The cost, $8.50,
from Comstock Publishing Company, Roberts Place, Ithaca, N. Y. The Comstock
Company also makes an album of four 10-inch records, “Voices of the Night,”

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recordings of 26 kinds of frogs and toads of eastern North America, at £6.50 . . .
“A Mockingbird Sings” is the title of a 12-inch double-faced vinvlite recording of
ten minutes of the best songs and imitations of a very unusual Mockingbird which
has been observed for several summers in Massachusetts. This record, which is ideal
for your own use or for a gift to a friend or school or nature group, is available
for £2.50, from Massachusetts Audubon Society, 155 Newburv St., Boston 16, Mass.
The price includes a circular on the Mockingbird, by Roger Tory Peterson, and a
leaflet helping the listener to identify the various songs and calls on the record.

DUNN, N. C., MADE BIRD SANCTUARY: Mayor Ralph E. Hanna announced
on August 12th, that the city board of commissioners had approved a request that
Dunn be made a bird sanctuary. The request was made by the Woman’s Club, with
the active support of the Rotary and Lions Clubs and various other organizations . . .
Apparently plans for establishing a bird sanctuary at High Point, N. C., were blocked
at a city council meeting held September 5th, when Councilman Jesse Washburn
remarked: “That sign (declaring High Point a Bird Sanctuary) would look awful
funny saying, ‘High Point, bird sanctuary with the exception of . . .’ ” Perhaps
so, but Section 2 (Chapter 52J4) of the ordinance of the City of Greens-
boro, N. C., establishing a bird sanctuary, reads about as follows: “It shall be
unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill, within the sanctuary established by
Section 1 of this Chapter, any wild bird provided that it shall be lawful to trap
starlings or similar birds or fowls when such birds or fowls are found to be congre-
gating in such numbers in a particular locality that they constitute a nuisance or a
menace to health.” Would this satisfy the Councilman?

AUDUBON JUNIOR CLUBS ARE EASY TO FORM.— School teachers and
others in the Carolinas who are not already acquainted with the excellent material
provided by the National Audubon Society, should make use of the aids — color plates
of birds and mammals, outline drawings, illustrated bird leaflets, membership but-
tons and certificates, and a club magazine — “Audubon Junior Club News,” besides
a copy of “Audubon Teachers Guide,” with 96 pages of information and activities
for Audubon Junior Clubs. The junior clubs are organized on an international scale,
including Canada, the LTnited States of America, and Mexico, and so must be supple-
mented by material of state and local interest, but teachers of elementary grades and
junior high schools will find the aids very valuable. Ten or more children of any
age and an adult adviser constitute an Audubon Junior Club. The annual dues are
15c a member and £1.00 club registration fee. Clubs renewing from year to year
receive different material each year. Proper application must be made to the National
Audubon Society. Teachers who are interested should send a card or letter to
National Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y., with a request
for application blank and full information regarding Junior Audubon Clubs. And
how about passing along this information to your acquaintances who might be
interested.

NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING IN GREENS-
BORO, N. C. : The new Executive Committee of Carolina Bird Club held its first
meeting Saturday, June 3rd, at Caldwell School, Greensboro, N. C., to organize
and make plans for the coming year. The following officers were present: Mrs.
Margaret Y. Wall, B. R. Chamberlain, Mrs. Mary Guy, P. M. Jenness, Robert
Cvering, Miss May Puett, and Archie D. Shaftesbury. Reports were presented and
some committee appointments were announced. A By-Laws Committee, composed of
Frank Meacham, Raleigh, James R. Mattocks, High Point, and Mrs. Hugh L. Med-

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ford, Greensboro, Chairman, is being asked to write the by-laws as early as convenient
for presentation to the Executive Committee and then to all C. B. C. members for
examination before the annual spring meeting.

Among other business conducted was the selection of some meeting places and
dates. An earlv fall meeting of the Executive Committee was set for September 9th
in Raleigh, N. C. An invitation from the Greenville, S. C., Bird Club to hold the
Fall Meeting at Greenville, S. C., on October 1+th and 1 5th, was accepted. A winter
field trip in January or February 1951 to the Beaufort, N. C., region, with Dr. A. D.
Shaftesburv in charge, was recommended. A spring field trip to the Wilmington, N. C.,
area was recommended, with Mrs. Cecil Appleberry and B. R. Chamberlain in charge.
The annual meeting is to be held in Greensboro, N. C., in March 1951, and tenta-
tive arrangements include a Saturday afternoon session, with a dinner meeting that
evening.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET IN RALEIGH, N. C., SEPTEMBER 9TH :
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Carolina Bird Club which was held
September 9th at Raleigh, N. C., convened at 10:30 A. M. in the board room of
the North Carolina State Museum and, after lunch, reconvened at 2:20 P. M. at the
S. & W. Cafeteria. Attending were the following C. B. C. officers: Mrs. Margaret
V. Wall, Miss May Puett, J. W. E. Joyner, Robert Overing, Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury,
Mrs. Marv Guv, and Mrs. Marv McLaurin. Also attending were the following who
were present as representatives of various committees or of various local clubs:
Mrs. W. C. Carr and Mrs. Edith Settan, Greensboro, N. C. ; Mrs. E. G. Flannagan
and Miss Garnette Mvers, Henderson, N. C.; Mrs. Cecil Appleberry and John Funder-
burg, Wilmington, N. C. ; and Frank Meacham, H. A. Olds and Harry Davis, Ra-
leigh, N. C. Reports of officers and committees, and reports of local club work were
presented, and numerous items concerning general policies of Carolina Bird Clubs
were discussed. Several suggestions were made for the committee which is working
on the new by-laws. Tentative plans for the fall and spring general meetings and
for the winter and spring field trips were discussed, and Club President Mrs. Margaret
V. Wall was asked to send to all C. B. C. members a news letter with information
notes and preliminary notice regarding the meetings and field trips.

C. B. C. MEMBERS AT MAINE AUDUBON NATURE CAMP: Four C. B. C.
members, Misses Inez Coldwell and Virginia Harrison of Greensboro, N. C., Miss
Sarah Lesley of Lake Junaluska and Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs. Mary H. Lockhart
of Raleigh, N. C., each attended a two weeks’ session during the past summer at the
National Audubon Society’s Nature Camp on Hog Island, in Muscongus Bay, near
Medomak, Maine. Mrs. Lockhart was recipient of a camp scholarship given by the
Raleigh Garden Club. C. B. C. President Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro, N. C.,
was again instructor in charge of Nature Activities during the entire ten-weeks
session at the Maine camp. This camp, which has been in operation since 19 36, is
one of four camps maintained by the National Audubon Society, others being located
in Connecticut, Texas, and California. The programs offered have for their primary
objective the promotion of conservation and appreciation of our wildlife and other
natural resources by providing special field courses for training adults professionally
interested in schools, camping, museums, libraries, recreation and youth group activ-
ities or anv phase of conservation, and for members of bird clubs, garden clubs, and
others with non-professional interest in the out-of-doors and natural resource conserva-
tion. You or your clubs can make it possible for qualified local teachers or youth lead-
ers to receive training at an Audubon Nature Camp by providing one or more scholar-
ships. For dates and general information write to National Audubon Society, 1000
Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y.

New Members of Carolina Bird Club

Mrs. Fred Bartlett, Emervwood Estates,
High Point, N. C.

Mrs. W. G. Bunch, 600 Hamilton Street,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Mrs. Ira C. Castles, 108 Ridge Lane,
Chapel Hill, N. C.

Mrs. John S. Childers, +0+ Hospital Ave.,
Lenoir, N. C.

F. D. Conderman, New Bern, N. C.

Miss Bessie Mae Cowan, +12 Armfield
St., Statesville, N. C.

Frank Crane, 802 Williamson Drive,
Raleigh, N. C.

Paul E. Crosbv, 220 E. Main St.,
Spartanburg, S. C.

Mrs. McBride Dabbs, Route 3, Mayesville,
S. C.

Miss Sophie McBride Dabbs, Road’s-End-
in-the-Pines, Mavesville, S. C.

Mrs. Dorothv T. Dash, Carol wood, Rt.
+, Box 116, Fayetteville, N. C.

Mrs. E. F. Dermid, 520 E. Worthington
Ave., Charlotte 3, N. C.

F. Marion Dwight, Poinsett State Park,
Wed gefield, S. C.

Mrs. F. Marion Dwight, Jr., Poinsett
State Park, Wedgefield, S. C.

Mrs. Curtis Edens, Jr., Dalzell, S. C.

Mrs. Curtis Edens, Sr., Dalzell, S. C.

Tommv Eleazer, 100 Strawberry Lane,
Clemson, S. C.

Mrs. A. W. Evans, 2 10 S. Lynn Ave.,
Elizabethton, Tenn.

Mrs. Frank O. Fitzgerald, 106 E. High-
land Ave., Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Gav Flvthe, Conway, N. C.

Mrs. Michael B. Fryga, Old Campobello
Road, Gramling, S. C.

Mrs. Fannv Hayes, 1101 Hamilton St.,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Mrs. Joe House, Sr., 20 1 Front St.,
Beaufort, N. C.

Mrs. Alfred Burman Hurt, Nathans
Creek, N. C.

Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Jenkins, 2+ Baker
St., Sumter, S. C.

Charlie Johnson, Daniel St., Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Benjamin D. Kelly, ++ Carol Drive,
Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Reginald Kepler, 3610 Hathaway
Road, Hope Valiev, Durham, N. C.

Mrs. J. Perrin Lawson, +04 N. Purdv St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Jerry Mason, 778 Rutledge Ave., Charles-
ton, S. C.

Mrs. Perrv Moses, Sr., 2 1+ Church St.,
Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Dolores M. Neiman, No. 2 Shelor
Apts., Sumter, S. C.

Mrs. Allan Northern!, 509 Pritchard Ave.,
Chapel Hill, N. C.

Miss Margaret A. Pitcher, R.F.D. 1,
Londonderry, Vt.

Mrs. Anne W. Richardson, 188 Queen
St., Charleston, S. C.

Mrs. G. L. Buist Rivers, 7 Orange St.,
Charleston, S. C.

Thomas P. R. Rivers, 7 Orange St.,
Charleston, S. C.

A. C. Robertson, Route 1, Box 197,
Charleston, S. C.

Mrs. A. C. Robertson, Route 1, Box 197,
Charleston, S. C.

Mrs. S. W. Rumph, Sumter, S. C.

V. D. Sanchez, +0+ W. Trade St., Char-
lotte, N. C.

Mrs. Elizabeth R. Satcher, 3+6 Broad St.,
Augusta, Ga.

Miss Laura Sumner, Franklinville, N. C.

Miss Fannie G. Sutton, 112 E. Capitola
Ave., Kinston, N. C.

Mrs. Walter W. Thompson, Road’s-End-
in-the-Pines, Mavesville, S. C.

D. A. Tillinghast, 309 E. Faris Road,
Greenville, S. C.

Edward S. Tillinghast, Box 900, Green-
ville, S. C.

Dr. W. P. Walker, Brierwood Road Ext.,
Route 5, Spartanburg, S. C.

Mr. Connie N. Watts, Organizer, Dixie
Martin-Bluebird Co-operative Club,
Baldwin, Georgia.

B. F. Williams, Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. B. F. Williams, 20+ W. Harper Ave.,
Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. M. M. Young, 3 + 8 W. Hampton
Ave., Spartanburg, S. C.

Dr. Archie D.

(Notifications of correction or change of address should be sent to:
Shaftesbury, Editor The Chat , W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.)

Local Clubs and Their Officers — North Carolina

Chapel Hill Bird Club: P — Mrs. Lynn Gault, Box 1058; V-P — Richard L. Weaver;
S-T — Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Box 88.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Audubon Club: P — Mrs. George C. Potter, 2111 Malvern
Rd.; V-P Mrs. H. W. Kilpatrick; S — Mrs. B. D. Hendrix, 1615 Oaklawn; T —
B. R. Chamberlain; Publicity Chinn. — Miss Clara Burt.

Greensboro, Piedmont Bird Club: P — Mrs. W. C. Carr; V-P — Miss Harriet Mehaffie
and Hal Strickland; Cor. S — Miss S. Ann Locke; Rec. S — Miss Annabel
Thompson; T — Mrs. E. J. Fillinger; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Mrs. H. L.
Medford and Mrs. George A. Perrett.

Henderson Bird Club: P — Miss Garnette Myers; V-P — Miss Sallie Garlick; S-T—
Miss Elizabeth Fox.

Hickory Bird Club: P — Mrs. George E. Bisanar; V-P — Mrs. W. J. Shuford; S-T —
Mrs. George Warlick; Reporter — J. Weston Clinard.

High Point, Catesby Bird Club: P — James R. Mattocks; S — Mrs. Chester C. Haworth;
T — Mrs. John C. Siceloff.

Lenoir Audubon Club: P — R. T. Greer; V-P — S. B. Howard; S-T — Mrs. R. T.
Greer, Box 813; Publicity Chm. — Miss Margaret Harper.

Lumberton Bird Club: P — James Stephens, Jr.; V-P — Mrs. Henry McKinnon; S —
Mrs. D. L. Whiting; T — Miss Lillian Whiting.

Raleigh Bird Club: P — Hayden Olds, Wildlife Resources Commission; V-P — R. L.
Deaton; S-T — F. B. Meacham, State Museum; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Miss
Gladys Currin and Mrs. Albert Guy.

Roanoke Rapids Bird Club: P — Miss Sara Cannon, 5 38 Hamilton St.; V-P — Miss
Marjorie Cannon; S-T — Lydia Deyton, Box 365.

Southern Pines Bird Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Robinson; V-P & S — Miss Louise Haynes,
Box 660; T — Miss Norma Shiring; Rec. S — Mrs. Lloyd Prime.

Tarheel Bird Club: P — Vaughn Brock, Hickory, N. C.; S-T — Miss Ohvyn Owens,
Rt. 3, Box 1 60-B, Kannapolis, N. C.; Historian — Mrs. Andrew Smith,
Morganton, N. C.

Tryon Bird Club: P — Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall; S-T — Mrs. Thomas Clark; Publicity
Chm. — Mrs. H. Lan Moore.

Wilmington Natural Science Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Appleberry, 5 Lake Forest Park-
way; V-P — Mrs. Warwick Baker; T — Charles F. Theobald; S — Miss Edith
Chamberlain, James Walker Memorial Hospital.

Wilson Woman’s Club, Garden Dept.: Chm. — Mrs. C. A. Webster, 202 Park Ave. ;
Miss Camilla Wills; Mrs. Will Rhodes.

W'inston-Salem Bird Club: P — Henry Magie; S-T — Win. S. Rothrock, 2434 Stockton
St.; Directors — Charles Babcock, Thurmond Chatham, Jr., Richard J. Reynolds, II.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — South Carolina

Charleston Natural History Society: P — Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf; V-P — E. Burnham
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Uzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.

Columbia Bird Club: P — Mrs. Clyde Sisson; V-P — Gilbert J. Bristow; S — Mrs. J.
L. Gibbons, 720 Brandon Ave.; T- — Fred Sample; Ex. Comm. — Officers and G. FI.
Charles.

Greenville Bird Club: P — Miss May W. Puett; V-P — P. M. Jennes; S-T — Miss Rosa
Lee Hart.

The Chat

BULLETIN OF CAROLINA BIRD CLUB, Inc.

VOL XIV NOVEMBER, 1950 No. 5

Woman’s College, U. N. C., Greensboro, N. C.

The Chat

Bulletin of Carolina Bird Club, Inc.

Dr. Archie D. Shaftesbury, Editor
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.

B. Rhett Chamberlain, Associate Editor , Route 1, Matthews, N. C.

Editors: Mrs. Edna Lanier Appleberry, Wilmington, N. C.; Mrs. A. W.
Baehman, Henderson, N. C.; Gabriel Cannon, Spartanburg, S. C.; E. B. Chamber-
Charleston Museum, Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. Edwin O. Clarkson, Charlotte,
N £'•’ Hiekory N C ; Harry T. Davis, N. C. State Museum, Raleigh

m TV’, Punderburg, Wilmington, N. C.; Mrs Charlotte Hilton Green, Raleigh,

TnpCT;r,MteSPhi 1 Hearn Pittsboro N. C.; Mrs. Zora P. Jensen, Maple City, Mich.;
w?T.of!SfS«a Chapel Hill, N C.; J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount, N. C.; Henry Magie
SnAAr James Mattocks, High Point, N. C.; Hugh Medford, Jr.,

hnrn v c’. 9' JV>J< Marra£ Lexington, Va.; Oscar H. Paris, Jr., Greens-

£or°’ C ArP ?f‘ ^hlI1,ips £usse11' Chapel Hill, N. C. ; Mrs. Clyde Bisson, Columbia,

2,' C-- Dr Wesley Taylor, Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs. Eddie W. Wilson, Los Angeles,
CaM., and Cary, N. C.; Robert L. Wolff, Goldsboro, N. C.; D. L. Wray, Raleigh,

_T “ second-class matter April 8, 1941, at the post office, Greensboro,

North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Published five times a year on the fifteenth of January, March, May, September,
and November as the official organ of Carolina Bird Club, Inc. Articles for publi-
fatlon should reach the editor by the first of the month in which the issue is pub-

Bulletin subscription, one dollar a year, included in all membership fees.

tt.a£J£?2FICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
EDITOR.

Volume XIV

November, 1950

Number 5

CONTENTS

Fall Meeting Held at Greenville, S. C 65

Bewick Wrens Build Nest at Winston-Salem, N. C. —

Robert H. Witherington 67

Local Club News — B. R. Chamberlain 68

W. L. McAtee to Live in North Carolina 68

Field Notes and News 69

With the Editor 70

In Memoriam: Grace C. Anderson 71

Membership List, Carolina Bird Club, November, 1950 72

Important Notice, Annual Meeting at Greensboro, N. C.,

March 3, 1951 Inside Back Cover

Local Clubs and Their Officers Outside Back Cover

CAROLINA BIRD CLUB OFFICERS

PRESIDENT ... Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, 6 Springdale Court, Greensboro, N. C.
VICE-PRESIDENTS: B. R. Chamberlain, Matthews, N. C.; Miss May Puett,

Greenville, S. C. ; J. W. E. Joyner, Rocky Mount, N. C.

SECRETARY Mrs. Mary M. Guy, 2609 Ashland St., Raleigh, N. C.

TREASURER Robert Overing, Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.

EDITOR OF THE CHAT . Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

P. M. Jenness, Greenville, S. C. ; E. B. Chamberlain, Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs.
Mary S. McLaurin, Washington, N. C.; R. H. Rembert, Asheville, N. C.

Fall Meeting Held at Greenville, S. C.

About seventy Carolina Bird Club members attended the fall meeting
held at Greenville, S. C., October 14th and 15th, and all report a most
enjoyable meeting. The host club, the Greenville Bird Club, and its presi-
dent, Miss May Puett, certainly did a splendid job of planning the meet-
ing. Saturday afternoon arrivals made a brief field trip to Paris Mountain
State Park, near Greenville. This field trip and the Sunday morning ex-
cursion were in charge of P. M. Jenness, Greenville, S. C.

Carolina Bird Club President, Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro,
N. C., presided at the dinner meeting held Saturday evening at the Ottaray
Hotel, and also at the formal meeting which followed the dinner. Mayor
J. Kenneth Cass of Greenville, and P. M. Jenness of the Greenville Bird
Club welcomed the visiting members, and a response was given by R. T.
Greer, Lenoir, N. C. Colored moving pictures of Redwings, Humming-
birds, and Winter Birds were shown, and Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, Greens-
boro, N. C., showed colored moving pictures which he took at the 1950
spring meeting at Charleston, S. C.

Charlotte Hilton Green Describes Trip to Alaska

The feature address at the Saturday night meeting was given by Mrs.
Charlotte Hilton Green, nationally known nature writer from Raleigh,
N. C. Mrs. Green gave a description of a trip which she took to Alaska
last summer, which took her through northern Michigan, where she visited
former N. C. B. C. President, Mrs. O. F. Jensen, who sent greetings to
the C. B. C. From Michigan, Mrs. Green headed into the lake region of
Wisconsin and Minnesota and into the Canadian provinces, visiting, among
other places, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, and Glacier Park, and seeing
along the way much of interest to a naturalist and birder, including Yellow-
headed Blackbirds, Phalaropes, Longspurs, and Bohemian Waxwings, and
a Kinglet’s nest. From Seattle, Mrs. Green went to Alaska by boat through
the inland passage, and from Juneau into the open Pacific across the Gulf
of Alaska. About 50 Black-footed Albatross followed the ship for a day
in the Gulf. A train trip was made from Seward to Anchorage, and an
interesting night was spent at the Eskimo village Kotzebue. An airplane
trip was made over the Arctic Circle and across the international date line,
in sight of the Siberian coast. Among interesting birds seen were Siberian
Yellow Wagtails, and Hoary Redpolls. During the trip Mrs. Green saw
five species of gulls which she had not previously observed, including
Glaucous, Glaucous-winged, Short-billed, Heerman’s, and Sabine’s. Al-
though she had made two previous trips into Canada, she saw during this
summer’s travels 37 species of birds which she had not previously seen.

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Among those signed up for the Greenville meeting were the following out-of-town
C. B. C. members: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Robertson, Charleston, S. C.; Miss Sarah
Nooe, Miss Laura Owens, and Mrs. George C. Potter, Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Jesse
L. Gibbons, Miss Hallie Overton, Fred Sample, and Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia,
S. C.; Mrs. William H. Faver, Eastover, S. C.; Mrs. Z. V. Conyers, Miss Ethel
McNairy, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Shaftesbury, and Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Greensboro,
N C. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Weston Clinard, Hickory, N. C. ; Miss Sarah Lesley, Lake
Junaluska, N. C.5 Mrs. Dora T. Cloninger, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Greer, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Lovin, Jr., and Mrs. C. S. Warren, Lenoir, N. C.; B. Rhett Chamber-
lain and Norman Chamberlain, Matthews, N. C.; Mrs. A. B. Hunt, Nathan’s Creek,
N. C. ; Mrs. Paul P. Brown, Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green, Mrs. Mary Guy, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Overing, Barnett Spratt, and Mrs. J. W. Whitener, Raleigh, N. C. ;
Miss Flora Beymer, Gabriel Cannon, Miss Louisa Carlisle, Miss Ruth Crick, Spar-
tanburg, S. C. ; Mrs. Lyman Quincy, Sumter, S. C. ; Miss Nell Anderson, Miss Jo
Ann Coleman, Robert Coleman, Miss Ruth Gilreath, Miss Gladys Hart, Miss Rosa
Lee Hart, and Mac Styles, Travelers Rest, S. C.; and Mr. and Mrs. F. Marion
Dwight, Poinsett State Park, Wedgefield, S. C.

Dave Tillinghast Describes Sunday Morning Activities

The following, which is part of David A. Tillinghast’s column, “Observers of a
Feather Flock Together Here,” in the October 17 issue of The Greenville Piedmont,
tells the story of Sunday morning’s activities which, for the non-working members,
started with a 6 o’clock breakfast at Sulphur Springs in Paris Mountain State Park.

“Well, some of the folks who left the Ottaray Hotel as late as 1 1 o’clock
Saturday night to go home as far as Travelers Rest, were busy the next morning at
5 o’clock, sweeping out the Sulphur Springs shed, covering the tables with clean
paper and undertaking the kind of breakfast that outdoor people can consume and
do consume on such an occasion.

“Just about 10 people, most of them lady birders, met that 5 a. m. formation.
They were not only there themselves but they brought the makings of that breakfast,
all the way from wood and charcoal to jam and jelly.

“By 6 o’clock when the non-working but hungry contingent rolled up, there
was the smell of bacon and coffee all around and even though something went dark
with the lights, the job was finished by flashlight and the natural light of a beautiful
breaking dawn.

“Bacon, eggs and toast never tasted better to me; and coffee, it was as much
out of this world as that beautiful morning. I tasted some blackberry jam that came
off somebody’s private preserves shelf and I know it.

“Soon after seven in a perfect setting of October sunshine, which put life into
the exquisite foliage colorations, the trails of the park were filled with traffic and
the morning look for birds was on. The weather was marvelous though the birds
were hard to find, which is expected in the fall.

“Don’t get the idea that bird looking is all done by teen-agers with the durability
of youth or a bunch of modern Daniel Boones. A majority of those who were lifting
binoculars to the treetops were women, and while it would be inappropriate to men-
tion age, some of Greenville’s visitors who came here to talk and see birds have been
at it quite a while. And they don’t want to be called brave souls either as they ask
no quarter and go anywhere for a look at a feathered object that anybody else does.

“In that connection, I recalled the remark that our mayor made in greeting the
group. He said he had never seen such a happy assemblage. He was right. No more
real fellowship, good will, sportsmanship, is to be found anywhere than among a
bunch of birders. They are genuine folk.”

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Bewick Wrens Build Nest at Winston-Salem, N. C.

I would like to report that I identified a pair of Bewick’s Wrens on
May 31, 1950, in Winston-Salem, N. C. Both birds were engaged in
’ r n. N. Bunn, 2020 Charles Street, this

city. Mrs. Bunn informed me that
she first learned that the birds were
building on May 30, when her chil-
dren came to her with the news.

I saw the birds quite by accident.
I was talking to a client of my com-
pany when I saw one of the Wrens
fly by and alight in a grapevine near-
by. I asked my client if she had no-
ticed this particular bird in her yard
before and she replied that she
thought it was a bird that was build-
ing in a box in her neighbor’s back
yard. From a concealed position with-
in 20 feet of the box I observed both
birds carrying straw into the box for
thirty minutes. Identification was
simple as the birds were quite un-
afraid. Children were playing in the
yard within 10-15 feet of the box.
The white in the tail appeared as
„ . , . .. . “bars” when the bird was not flying.

(From photograph by R. H. witherington) The male would stop in a cherry tree
overhead to sing its song once or twice before flying off for more nesting
material. Each bird ran along under the eaves and in and out of several
old unpainted outbuildings near the nest.

The nest almost entirely filled the box when completed. The box was
about seven feet from the ground and was mounted on a clothes line post.

I returned to the nesting site in the afternoon of May 31st and took
several pictures with a 35-mm. camera. One good photo was obtained
from a distance of about five feet. The birds seemed to know of my
presence but continued to enter their box unless I made myself too evident.

According to Mr. and Mrs. Bunn, the birds continued to occupy the
yard for about ten days and then they disappeared. Upon examination of
the nest on June 29th, one egg was found in the nest and was taken by me.

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Spider webs covered the entrance at that time.

As far as I know the Bewick s Wren has not been observed here before
during the nesting season. I observed this bird once before during winter
at Elkin, N. C., a distance of 38 miles to the west. Dr. Thomas W. Simp-
son of this city informs me that he observed one of these birds during the
spring migration of this year. I his is the only other observation of this bird
in Winston-Salem to my knowledge.

(August 4, 1950) Robert H. Witherington, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Local Club News

B. R. Chamberlain, Rt. 1, Matthews, N. C.

LENOIR, N. C.: On the afternoon of October 18, the Lenoir Audu-
bon Club enjoyed a hike in Burke County, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Howard. Bird observation groups were led by Mr. Howard and by
Mrs. C. S. Warren. Spanish stew before a blazing open fire and an en-
joyable social hour followed the hiking. At the November meeting; of the
Lenoir Audubon Club, held on the evening of the 7th at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. I . Greer, Mrs. Fred May discussed Cedar Waxwings. Mrs.
Rose Powell and Mrs. C. S. Warren gave a report of the recent fall
meeting of the Carolina Bird Club at Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. Greer
lead interesting accounts of the meeting, from Greenville newspapers.
Plans were discussed for having an Audubon speaker for the February
meeting, and an informal discussion was conducted on bird life.

W. L. McAtee to Live in North Carolina

North Carolina in particular and Carolina Bird Club in general are
fortunate indeed that, recently, there has come as a resident to the state,
one of the great contemporary ornithologists of the country. The prodigious
work of W. L. McAtee, through many years of connection with the then
U. S. Biological Survey, now the Fish & Wildlife Service is paralleled by
no other. Long a resident of Washington, D. C., then Chicago, Mr. Mc-
Atee retired a tew years ago after a service of illustrious record. Always
favorably inclined toward Southern living and the South, he has now settled
in Chapel Hill, and resides at 3 Davie Circle.

J hough his chosen field has always been ornithology, his voluminous
writings have proved that he is, by no means, limited to that branch of the
natural sciences. Botany, entomology, mammalogy and herpetology flow
from his prolific pen with equal ease and erudite understanding. Folklore,
dialect and homespun humor are combined in others. Among a wide friend-

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ship and acquaintance, he has always taken his place as a raconteur of high
ability, and, in certain circles of the American Ornithologists’ Union, a
room meeting without McAtee and his contributions, was not a meeting
at all !

We welcome him to Carolina; we congratulate ourselves on his being
in our midst, and trust that he will find his choice of residence all he has
hoped and expected. It is hoped that the pages of The Chat will carry
many an observation by him on avian, furred and scaled neighbors for
which he has worked all of his life.

Field Notes and News

GADDY’S GOOSE REFUGE, ANSONVILLE, N. C.: At least 1,000 Canada Geese
have arrived since yesterday. The first ones, 22 in number, came in on September 25.
There are around 2,000 here now. There are also one immature Blue Goose, one
immature Baldpate, one Redhead, and one Ringneck.

(October 26, 19 50) Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart Gaddy

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS OBSERVED NEAR STATESVILLE, N. C.:
I wish to report the finding; of a pair of White-crowned Sparrows on May 7, 1950,
at Rev. J. H. Pressley’s farm, about one mile east of Statesville, N. C. The spar-
rows were seen again on May 10, but have not been seen since. Though I am a
fairly new hand in the field of ornithology I feel positive of my identification. On
one occasion I approached to within feet of the birds.

(June 1, 1950) Joseph M. Hester, M.D.

KENTUCKY WARBLER’S NEST OBSERVED AT MT. OLIVE, WAYNE
COUNTY, N. C. : Today, June 6, 1950, I found a Kentucky Warbler’s nest, with
three young birds, well hidden on the ground under a clump of lady fern. The
Kentucky Warbler can be found in good numbers in the swamps of this area, at
least from late April through June, and I have frequently seen birds carrying nesting
material, but this is the first nest I have been able to locate, and so far as I know,
it is the first Kentucky Warbler nest to be found in the coastal plain section of
North Carolina.

Bob Holmes III, Mount Olive, N. C.

KENTUCKY WARBLER’S NEST SEEN AT GREENSBORO, N. C.: On Sun-
day, May 21, 1950, while on a bird trip in a swamp woods at the home of Chas.
Swart, near Greensboro, Mrs. Archie D. Shaftesbury flushed a small bird from a
nest and discovered the nest on the ground, well hidden at the base of two 2-foot
sprouts of beech and elm in the middle of an old abandoned woods road. The nest,
which was observed also by Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Swart, and my-
self, held three small cream-white eggs, each with a wreath of brownish markings
around the larger end. The Swarts examined the nest Monday, May 22, anil found
four eggs. These eggs were not yet hatched on Friday, June 2. Mrs. Shaftesburv
and I visited the nest again on Sunday, June 4th, and found four young birds in
the nest. On June 4th and 5th we got good views of the parent Kentucky Warblers
whose shyness had made identification difficult. On Wednesday, June 6th, I took
moving pictures of the nest and young, but was unable to get pictures of cither parent.

A. D. Shaftesbury

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PAINTED BUNTINGS OBSERVED IN RICHLAND COUNTY, S. C. : On
June 2nd, 1950, I saw a female Painted Bunting near Columbia, in Richland Coun-
ty, S. C. On July 27th, J. H. Fowles saw a male near the place where I first saw
the female. Later I also saw immatures. A record on July 18th, 194+ (in Lexington
County) is the only other record on our Lexington-Richland County Check List, com-
piled by the Columbia Bird Club. As this is written, August 23rd, they are still here.

Mrs. Clyde Sisson, Columbia, S. C.

SPARTANBURG, S. C. : Song Sparrows — For the past two years I have heard
Song Sparrows here during the latter part of the summer. This summer I have seen
and heard them in four different sections of the citv. I have found no nests, but on
June 7th I saw two immature Song Sparrows in our back yard.

Homed Larks Horned Larks were seen late in May at the airport about six
miles fiom Spartanburg. No nest was found, since we were not permitted to go out
across the open area where the birds seemed to stay most of the time, but adult birds
have been seen on many occasions, the last being August 2 7th.

(August 29, 1950) Ruth Crick, Spartanburg, S. C.

With the Editor

THE BEAUFORT, N. C.-CAPE LOOKOUT FIELD TRIP.— Over twenty-five
Carolina Bird Club members have signed up for the coastal North Carolina winter
field trip which, as was announced in the September issue of The Chat, is to be held
on the week end of January 27. Chairman for the trip, Dr. Archie Shaftesbury, has
sent details to those who requested information regarding the trip. It is hoped that
Ellison Williams and E. B. Chamberlain, of Charleston, S. C., will be among those
present.

ORGANIZER OF THE DIXIE MARTIN-BLUEBIRD CLUB IS C. B. C.
MEMBER: Mr. Connie Watts, Baldwin, Georgia, organizer of The Dixie Martin-
Bluebird Co-operative Club, the only one in the world organized for the benefit of
birds that live in gourds and boxes, is now a member of Carolina Bird Club. We
have previously made mention of Mr. Watts “Bluebird Trail” idea for U. S. High-
way 2 3 from Florida to Canada. We will be glad to publish further information
regarding his club and the Bluebird Trail idea as well as some of his other experi-
ences in bird protection.

THOMAS W. SIMPSON, M.D., who has recently contributed some of his North
Carolina bird observations to The Chat , came to Winston-Salem, N. C., a year or so
ago and is associated with the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Winston-Salem.
Both the Doctor and Mrs. Simpson are bird-watchers and intend .to participate as
much as possible in the local activities. The Simpsons are particularly interested
in the bird life of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and within recent years, have had
opportunities for bird study along the south Atlantic coast, the lower Mississippi
valley, and the San Francisco Bay area. Ornithologically speaking, Dr. Simpson
caught a fleeting glimpse of Guam, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan during World
War II, and more recently has spent two months in the Dominican Republic with
a medical survey group.

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In Memoriam

GRACE C. ANDERSON

October 6th marked the passing of Miss Grace Anderson, at Statesville, N. C.,
after a brief illness. Miss Anderson was a native of Statesville, a daughter of the late
Dr. ami Mrs. T. E. Anderson. Surviving are a sister and two brothers, Miss Ina
Anderson and Thomas H. Anderson, of Statesville, anti Dr. Alan R. Anderson, Free-
port, L. I., New York. Miss Grace formerly taught English and expression at
Mitchell College, Statesville, and as civic leader and as a keen observer of nature
she contributed much of value to the state of North Carolina. For some months in
19+2, until the death of her mother, Miss Anderson served as president of the North
Carolina Bird Club. During the past several years she has made numerous valuable
bird observations and records, and from the beginning of the North Carolina Bird
Club in 1937 she has been an active worker in many phases of this club’s work,
especially with the development of bird sanctuaries in connection with the rehabilita-
tion program at military hospitals during World War II.

Following is a tribute to Miss Grace Anderson, written by her fellow towns-
man, John R. McLaughlin:

“Miss Grace Anderson, our first citizen, ardent lover of birds, of running brooks,
of woods, of flowers, of green meadows, of life . . . Deeply attached to her ancestral
home, with a clear, eager, retentive mind, stored with richest treasures gathered
from tomes of all languages, animated by highest ideals, moving among us with
unobtrusive step, with ready ear and watchful eye to catch all the harmonies . . .
Contributing to the uplift of this her loved town, with kindly smile and greeting
welling out of a perennial fountain, so ample in its compass as to include every
worthy man, woman and child . . . Rendering homage wherever she recognized the
abode of honor . . . Measuring her own and every life by the one gauge of in-
flexible integrity . . . Possessing a mind of such grasp, and a character of such purity
and transparency, upon which a pilgrimage of few years had cast no stain, she was
the verv embodiment of honor to all who knew her.

“ ‘Miss Grace’ was a child of nature. She was a student of people and books.
She was familiar with the dusky tomes of literature, but she was more at home
in the forest, by green meadows and babbling brooks, where she listened to the song
of the birds, and studied the great book of Nature.

“She early made a study of bird life and ranked as an authority among naturalists.
She knew the birds, their calls and songs, their habits, where, when, how they built
their nests and the eggs they laid and hatched. She knew the trees, the flowers and
other beautiful things of nature. She loved to be among them and to talk about
them to appreciative listeners.

“A lady of ability, a student and a thinker, she stood high in her community.
As one clean and upright and conscientious, as a citizen she contributed liberally of
time and money for the upbuilding of her community and the state and in behalf of
the public welfare. Those to whom she gave her friendship were her devoted and
loyal friends. From her they received much. Here was a lady! Respected and honored
by all who know her, she had so lived that she earned the love and admiration which
is always the reward of friends.”

AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL FOR CLUBS AND CLASSES— is listed in the
Audubon “Audio-Visual Catalog,” which includes moving pictures for rent and
colored 2x2 slides for sale. Send 10c with your request for the catalog to: Photo and
Film Department, National Audubon Society, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, X. Y.

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Membership List, Carolina Bird Club, November, 1950

(t — Deceased.)

LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. Edwin O. Clarkson,

248 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte 4, N. C.
Joe Jones, Chapel Hill, N. C.

Edward T. Cone,

1030 Summit Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Karl Ginter,

264 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte 4, N. C.

SUPPORTING MEMBERS

fMiss Grace Anderson, Statesville, N. C.
tMrs. H. H. Brimley, Raleigh, N. C.

Mrs. S. Herbert Brown,

7 Westwood Road, Biltmore, N. C.
Mrs. Charles A. Cannon,

Box 946, Concord, N. C.
Gabriel Cannon, 543 Otis Blvd.,

Station A, Spartanburg, S. C.
John F. A. Cecil,

Biltmore House, Biltmore, N. C.
B. Rhett Chamberlain,

Rt. 1, Matthews, X. C.

M. L. Church

1626 Queens Rd., West, Charlotte 7, N. C.
Mrs. Gordon H. Clark, 5433 Woodcrest Dr.,
Minneapolis 10, Minn.

Harold E. Correll,

P. O. Box 466, Spartanburg, S'. C.
Harry T. Davis,

N. C. State Museum, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Harry T. Davis,

102 Logan Court, Raleigh, N. C.
L. C. Gifford, Hickory, N. C.

Mrs. J. E. Heinzerling,

113 Tradd St., Statesville, N. C.
J. W. E. Joyner,

1504 Lindy Ave., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Virgil Kelly,

212 Highland Ave., Fayetteville, N. C.
A. M. Law, Box 427, Tryon, N. C.

Chas. E. Lovin, Jr.,

455 W. Harper Ave., Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. C. E. Lovin, Jr.,

455 W. Harper Ave., Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. James L. McLaurin,

Box 392, Washington, N. C.
Mrs. C. D. Maffitt,

219 South Fifth St., Wilmington, N. C.
Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, Box 5215, Zoology

Dept., State College Sta., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. H. Lan Moore,

P. O. Box 907, Tryon, N. C.
Harry C. Northrop,

1568 Stanford Place, Charlotte 7, N. C.
Miss May Puett,

Box 2183, Greenville, S. C.
D. Hiden Ramsey,

58 Woodland Road, Asheville, N. C.
Henry A. Rankin, Jr.

Box 803, Fayetteville, N. C.
Dr. Ben F. Royal, Morehead City, N. C.

Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
Thomas E. Street, Weather Bureau,

Box 958, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall,

6 Springdale Court, Greensboro, N. C.
Robert L. Wolff, Box 294, Greenville, N. C.
Samuel C. Wortham,

710 Country Club Dr., Greensboro, N. C.

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Walter S. Adams,

389 Monford Ave., Asheville; X. C.
Mrs. Harry Alexander,

1122 Rotary Drive, High Point, X. C.
Mrs. D. R. Allen,

330 Irvin St., Reidsville, X. C.
Miss Margaret A. Allen,

208 Pearson Drive, Asheville, X. C.
Murray Allen, Box 773, Raleigh, X. C.
Mrs. Paul Allen,

2100 Roswell Ave., Charlotte 7, X. C.
Miss Susan J. Allen,

Box 467, Sunnybrae, Milford, Del.
Miss Edith Alston,

43 Prospect Parkway, Portsmouth, Va.
J. E. Ames, Jr., Driver, Va.

Miss Ina M. Anderson,

528 Walnut S't., Statesville, X. C.
Miss Nell Anderson, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Dr. L. A. Andrew,

630 Reynolds Rd., Winston-Salem, X. C.
C. M. Appleberry, 5 Lake Forest

Parkway, Wilmington, X. C.
Mrs. Edna L. Appleberry, 5 Lake Forest
Parkway, Wilmington, X. C.
Mrs. J. H. Armfield,

220 W. Fisher Ave., Greensboro, X. C.
J. J. Armstrong,

107 Central Ave., Belmont. X. C.
Mrs. Olive L. Askew,

Box 24, Rich Square, X. C.
Mrs. J. B. Aycock, Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. W. E. Aycock, Fremont, X. C.

Charles Henry Babcock, Jr.,

Box 3154, Winston-Salem. X. C.
Mrs. A. W. Bachman,

1030 South Garnett St., Henderson, X. C.
Joseph R. Bailey, Dept, of Zoology,

Duke University, Durham, X. C.
Mrs. Henry M. Baker, Sr.,

Rockford Road, High Point, X. C.
Mrs. Warwick Baker,

204 Kenwood Ave., Wilmington, X. C.
Leon Ballance, Lake Landing, X. C.

Miss Lunette Barber, Cleveland Jr.

Audubon Club, Rt. 1, Clayton. X. C.
Dr. Fred Barkalow, Box 5215,

State College Station, Raleigh, X. C.
Mrs. Raymond G. Barnett, 609 Greenway
Terrace, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Francis Barrington, 313 Sftono Dr.,
Riverland Terrace, Charleston 43, S. C.
Miss Elva Barrow, Chemistry Dept.,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, X. C.
Mrs. Fred Bartlett,

Emerywood Estates, High Point, X. C.
Dr. Spencer P. Bass,

Bass Memorial Hospital, Tarboro, X. C.
Jno. L. Beal,

309 South York St., Gastonia, X. C.
Miss Frances H. Beckwirth,

321 Court St., Utica, X. Y.
Mrs. Norman B. Beecher,

6 Lone Pine Road, Biltmore, X. C.
Mrs. Helen H. Beems,

103 N. Oleander Ave., Goldsboro, X. C.
Dr. C. Dale Beers,

Box 328. Chapel Hill, X- C.
Fred W. Behrend,

322 Carter Blvd., Elizabethton, Tenn.
R. R. Benham, Box 606, Tryon, X. C.

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Miss Esther Bennett,

510 South Poplar, Carbondale, 111.
Mrs. J. R. Bennett,

126 Harris St., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Miss S'usan A. Bennett,

37 Leg-are St., Charleston 2, S. C.
Julius E. Benzet, Warrenton, N. C.

Julius E. Benzet, III, Warrenton, N. C.
Mrs. J. B. Bernard,

301 Beall St., Lenoir, N. C
Miss Isabell Bernhardt,

325 E. College Ave., Lenoir, N. C.
Henry M. Best, Jr., Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. J. S. Betts,

P. O. Box 316, Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Flora Beymer,

255 Elford Terrace, Spartanburg, S'. C.
Mrs. Jessie V. Bicknell,

The Artaban 502, Long- Beach 2, Calif.
Mrs. Joe D. Biggs

Biggs Drug- Store, Greenville, N. C.
Mrs. T. A. Blair, Rt. 2, Easley, S. C.

T. Edward Bobo,

% Pacific Mills, Lyman, S. C.
M. A. Boehm, Rt. 4, Burlington, N. C.

Dick Borden,

305 W. Mulberry St., Goldsboro, N. C.
Miss Eunice Hemphill Borden,

202 Borden Apts., Goldsboro, N. C.
Hr. C. H. Bostian,

State College Station, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. W. W. Bowers,

S. William St., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. George V. Boyd,

115 Jeanette Ave., Henderson, N. C.
Miss Bennie Brafford,

121 W. Park Ave., Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Addison Brenizer,

2218 Hopedale Ave., Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. C. S’. Brewer,

107 Clarke St., Henderson, N. C.
Willis G. Briggs,

1546 Iredell Drive, Raleigh, X. C.
Mrs. Cora C. Briles,

Rt. 3, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. E. M. Briles, Rt. 3, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall,

Seven Hearths, Tryon, N. C.
Gilbert J. Bristow,

2921 Blossom St., Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. J. H. Brodie,

Country Club Road, Henderson, N. C.
Miss Barbara Brooks, % Chamber of

Commerce, High Point, X. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Brown,

Caswell Training School, Kinston, N. C.
Mrs. E. M. Brown,

140 E. Main St., Washington, N. C.
Mrs. James L. Brown,

103 W. Depot St., Concord, N. C.
Mrs. Paul P. Brown,

1805 St. Marys St., Raleigh, N. C.
Dr. Roy M. Brown,

Box 705, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Miss Alma Browning,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
Dr. Carl W. Buchheister,

1000 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N. Y.
Mrs. W. G. Bunch,

600 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Miss Annie Gray Burroughs,

Rt. 4, Henderson, N. C.
Miss Clara Burt,

2218 Sarah Marks Ave., Charlotte 3, N.C.
Miss Carrie Burton,

554 N. William St., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. K. L. Burton,

224 Belle St., Henderson, >T. C.
Mrs. W. Micajah Burwell,

291 Merriman Ave., Asheville, N. C.
Mrs. J. T. Buxton,

26 Frank Clarke St., Sumter, S. C.

R. Clyde Cabell,

810 Swann St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Miss Marjorie Cannon,

1001 Madison St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Miss Sara Cannon,

538 Hamilton S’t., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Miss Louisa B. Carlisle,

151 i\. Fair view Ave., Spartanburg, S. C.
Miss Mary Carpenter, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Elias Carr,

Bracebridge Hall, Macclesfield, N. C.
Mrs. Wilfred C. Carr,

106 S. Tremont Drive, Greensboro, N. C.
John Carr,

106 S. Tremont Drive, Greensboro, N. C.
W. B. Carroll, Siler City, N. C.

J. H. Carson,

1205 Biltmore Drive, Charlotte 4, X. C.
Miss Ruth Carter,

737 N. William St., Henderson, X. C.
Mrs. H. E. Casstevens,

621 Woodland Drive, Greensboro, X. C.
Mrs. Ira C. Castles,

108 Ridge Lane, Chapel Hill, X. C.
Miss Rebecca Causey, Rt. 1, Liberty, X. C.
Mrs. B. R. Chamberlain,

Rt. 1, Matthews, X. C.

E. B. Chamberlain, The Charleston

Museum, Charleston 16, S'. C.
Norman Chamberlain,

Rt. 1, Matthews, X". C.
Miss Odessa Chambers,

1551 Haywood Road, Asheville, X. C.
W. H. Chance,

830 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, X. C.
Frank Chandler, Hasell St., Sumter, 9. C.
Mrs. Frank W. Chandler,

215 Hasell St., Sumter, S. C.
Chapel Hill Bird Club

% Mrs. Carl H. Pegg, Chapel Hill, X. C.
Mrs. G. E. Charles,

836 Violet St., West Columbia, S. C.
Charlotte & Mecklenburg Co. Pub. Library,
310 N. Tryon St., Charlotte 2, X. C.
Thurmond Chatham, Elkin, N. C.

Mrs. Chas. C. Cheek,

515 Hawkins Ave., Sanford, X. C.
Mrs. John S. Childers,

404 Hospital Ave., Lenoir, X. C.
Mrs. Charles B. Church,

Oxford Road, Henderson, N. C.
Miss Sara Clapp,

1001 Johnson St., High Point, X. C.
Dave Clark,

202 W. Ashe Ave., Lenoir, X'. C.
Mrs. Rhett Clark,

2719 Preston St., Columbia, S'. C.
Miss Rosamond Clark,

Box 269, Statesville, X. C.
Mrs. S. N. Clark, Tarboro, X. C.

Mrs. Thomas Sanders Clark,

Box 382, Tryon, X. C.

Edwin O. Clarkson,

248 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte 4, X. C.
,T. Weston Clinard,

1531 20th St., Hickory, X. C.
Mrs. J. Weston Clinard,

1531 20th St., Hickory, X. C.
Mrs. Dora Cloninger,

210 W. College Ave., Lenoir, X. C.
Miss Inez Coldwell,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, X. C.
Miss Jo Ann Coleman, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Robert Coleman, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Robert H. Coleman,

Rt. 8, Box 615, Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Wilhelmina M. Coleman,

Rt. 8, Box 615, Charleston, S. C.
Concord Public Library, Librarian

Annette H. Shinn, Concord, N. C.

F. D. Conderman,

Box 430, New Bern, X. C.

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Mrs. Charles Conrad,

P. O. Box 518, Tryon, N. C.
Miss Caroline Constable,

1942 E. 7th St., Charlotte 4, N. C.
Mrs. Z. V. Conyers,

210 W. Fisher Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Milton J. Cook,

303 S. Mulberry St., Lenoir, K. C.
Mrs. Frank C. Corder,

102 Parkview Dr., Fayetteville, N. C.
Miss Bessie Mae Cowan,

412 Armfleld St., Statesville, N. C.
Capt. Walter R. Cox, Dunnellon, Fla.
Floyd H. Craft,

201 Piedmont Bldg'., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Floyd H. Craft,

201 Piedmont Bldg., Greensboro, N. C.
William Hugh Craft,

201 Piedmont Bldg-., Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Dorothy Craighill,

729 Eastern Ave., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Frank Crane,

802 Williamson I>r., Raleigh, N. C.
William M. Craven,

145 S. Hollywood, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Mrs. John T. Creighton, Tryon, N. C.
Mrs. Thomas S. Creighton, 10 Greenwood
Rd., Biltmore Forest, Biltmore, N. C.
Miss Ruth Crick,

151 N. Fairview Ave., Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. C. C. Crittenden,

1537 Caswell Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. H. D. Crockford,

Box 816, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Barrett Crook, New London, N. C.
Paul E. Crosby

220 E. Main St., Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. E. C. Crumpton,

1407 E. North St., Greenville, S. C.
Miss Liza Lee Culberson,

1546 Iredell Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
E. E. Culler, Jr.

3630 Verner St., Columbia, S. C.
Miss Emily Culler,

345 Glover St., S. E., Orangeburg, S. C.
E. R. Cuthbert,

Box 328, Summerville, S. C.

Mrs. McBride Dabbs,

Route 3, Mayesville, S. C.
Miss Sophie McBride Dabbs, Road’s-End-
in-the-Pines, Mayesville, S. C.
Mrs. W. H. Dameron, Warrenton, N. C.
James A. Daniel,

546 Wilkesboro St., Mocksville, N. C.
Miss Omara Daniel,

538 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Mrs. W. B. Daniel,

Oxford Road, Henderson, N. C.
John R. Dapper, Rt. 3, Pickens, £?. C.
Mrs. Dorothy T. Dash, Carolwood,

Rt. 4, Box 116, Fayetteville, N. C.
C. R. Davant,

3312 Evans St., Morehead City, N. C.
Mrs. C. R. Davant,

3312 Evans St., Morehead City, N. C.
Mrs. M. A. Davis, Box 38, Newbury, N. H.
Philip H. Davis,

410 Chamberlain St., Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Zeta Davison. Timberlake Apts.,

1406 D, S. Main, Lexington, N. C.
Dr. Charlotte Dawley,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. F. J. Tamble,

Box 1412, Winston-Salem, N. C.
R. L. Deaton,

2120 Cowper Dr., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. R. L. Deaton,

2120 Cowper Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. E. F. Dermid, 520 E. Worthington
Ave., Charlotte 3, N. C.

Jack F. Dermid, 520 E. Worthington

Ave., Charlotte 3, N. C.
Mrs. Chester E. Dimiek,

Box 806, Tryon, N. C.
G. O. Doak, Box 687, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. G. O. Doak, Box 687, Chapel Hill.N. C.
R. D. Douglas,

P. O. Box 406, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. R. D. Douglas,

P. O. Box 406, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Brent S. Drane,

205 Vance St., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Eleanor Y. Drane,

605 Bagley S't., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. N. E. Drum, Saint Pauls, N. C.

Mrs. Bruce Drysdale,

Box 525, Hendersonville, N. C.
Mrs. Paul F. Ducom,

19 Blanding St., Sumter, S. C.
Duke University Library, Durham, N. C.
P. M. Dulin, Badin, N. C.

Mrs. P, M u'in, :> 1 in, N. C.

Mrs. Paul Allen Dunbar,

Rt. 2, Sylvan Dr., Spartanburg, S. C.
C. C. Duncan,

P. O. Box 3063, Winston-Salem, N.C.
F. Marion Dwight,

Poinsett State Park, Wedgefield, S. C.
Mrs. F. Marion Dwight, Jr.,

Poinsett State Park, Wedgefield, S. C.
Miss Lelia M. Dye,

521 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, N. C.

James Early,

Club Park Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Robert E. Early,

Box 203, Highlands, N. C.
Mrs. Curtis Edens, Jr., Dalzell, S. C.
Mrs. Curtis Edens, Sr., Dalzell. S. C.
Mrs. Champion Edmunds,

62 Camp Alice Rd., Sumter, S. C.
Mrs. George R. Edwards,

Box 126, Rocky Mount, N. C.
Tommy Eleazer,

100 Strawberry Lane, Clemson. S. C.
Harry Ellis, Rt. 1, Box 144, Toecane, N. C.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Director, Carteret
County Dept, of Health, Beaufort, N. C.
Mrs. N. Thomas Ennett,

305 Front St., Beaufort, N. C.
J. A. Eshelman,

905 Johnson St., High Point, N. C.
Mrs. J. A. Eshelman,

905 Johnson St., High Point, N. C.
Alex D. Estill,

3708 Blossom St., Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. A. W. Evans,

210 S. Lynn Ave., Elizabethton. Tenn.
Mrs. Lorena S. Evans,

Box 14, Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. E. G. Everritt,

Andrews Ave., Henderson, N. C.

Frank Fairley,

400 Charlotte Ave., Monroe, N. C.
Mrs. Frank Fairley,

400 Charlotte Ave., Monroe, N. C.
Mrs. William H. Faver, Eastover, S. C.
Mrs. Francis E. Field,

32 Buena Vista Road, Biltmore, N. C.
Miss Martina Carr Fillmore, Tarboro, N. C.
Miss Margaret Fisler,

304 Vance Apts., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Frank O. Fitzgerald,

106 E. Highland Ave., Kinston, N. C.
Mrs. E. G. Flannagan,

215 Young Ave., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. Gay Flythe, Conway, N. C.

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Mrs. D. J. Folk. Williston, S. C.

Mrs. X. G. Fonville,

323 Hillsboro St., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Louise A. Forsyth,

71 Lebanon St., Hanover, N. H.
Miss Elizabeth Fox,

240 Chevasse Ave., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. Haywood 1’. Foxhall,

104 W. Park Ave., Tarboro, N. C.
Mrs. J. B. Frazier, Jr.,

700 M Ave., West Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Jack Frierson,

120 St. John, Darlington, S. C.
Jack N. Frost,

623 Oaklawn Ave., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Michael B. Fryga,

Old Campobello Road, Grambling, S. C.
David H. Fuller,

902 Chestnut S't., Lumberton, N. C.
John B. Funderburg,

1211 Fourth St., Wilmington, N. C.
J. W. Furness,

76 X. Gritting Blvd., Asheville, N. C.
James Furr,

709 West Howell, High Point, N. C.

Lockhart Gaddy, Ansonville, N. C.

Mrs. Lockhart Gaddy, Ansonville, N. C.
Robert Martin Gaines,

104 Pnillip St., Tarboro, N. C.
Mrs. Robert Martin Gaines,

104 Phillip St., Tarboro, N. C.
W. E. Gaines,

228 Halcyon Ave., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Col. Fred H. Gallup,

1800 Beverly Drive, Charlotte 7, X. C.
Mrs. F. H. Gallup,

1800 Beverly Drive, Charlotte 7, N. C.
Miss Sallie Garlick,

420 Burwell Ave., Henderson, N. C.
G. M. Garren,

361 Hendersonville Rd., Biltmore, N. C
Miss Thelma Garriss,

518 Roamoke Ave., Roanoke Rapids, X. C.
C. C. Garvin, 614 Powhatan Place. N. W.,
Washington 11, D. C.

Miss Mariel Gary,

Box 108, Henderson, X. C.
Mrs. Lynn Gault,

Box 1058, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. J. I. George,

801 College St., Kinston, N. C.
Mrs. Jesse L. Gibbons,

720 Brandon Ave., Columbia, S. C.
Robert Henry Gibbs, Jr., 114 West

Thornapple St., Chevy Chase 15, Md.
Miss Sara Giddens,

306 W. Mulberry St., Goldsboro, N. C.
Mrs. T. C. Gill, Rt. 1, Kittrell, N. C.
Miss Ruth Gilreath, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Karl Ginter,

260 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte 4, N. C.
Thomas A. Glascock,

506 Arlington St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Thomas A. Glascock,

506 Arlington St., Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Viola Glover, 1916 Roanoke Ave.,

Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Mrs. R. D. Graham,

11 Broad St., Sumter, S. C.
Dr. John H. Grey, Jr.,

Box 445, Williamsburg, Va.
Miss Mamie Gray,

Box 132, Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green,

3328 White Oak Road, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. R. T. Greer, Box 800, Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. R. T. Greer, Box 800, Lenoir, X. C.

Mrs. Olin Griffin, Rt. 2, Fort Mill, S. C.

Mrs. James Griggs, Jr.,

Box 304, Lenoir, N. C.

A. L. Guy, 2609 Ashland St., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Mary M. Guy,

2609 Ashland St., Raleigh, X. C.
Miss Minnie Gwaltney,

1017 11th Ave., Hickory, N. C.
Miss Margaret Habel,

327 E. Jones St., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Bessie C. Hancock, Jackson, N. C.

Dr. E. R. Hardin,

N. Elm St., Lumberton, X. C.
Mrs. Clyde Hargrove
Mrs. J. P. Harland,

Box 48, Chapel Hill, X. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Harper,

Box 673, Lenoir, X. C.

Miss Margaret Harper,

Box 673, Lenoir, X. C.

Mrs. Carl Harris,

Box 1001, Winston-Salem, X. C.

Miss Emma S. Harris, Mebane, X. C.
Mrs. Hugh H. Harris,

Box 686, Emory University, Ga.
Miss Mildred Harris,

5 Springdale Court, Greensboro, X. C.
Mrs. Sf R. Harris,

Box 108, Henderson, X. C.
Mrs. Valetti J. Harris,

1030 Rockwood Rd., High Point, X. C.
Julian Harrison,

16 Anita Drive, Charleston 32, S. C.
Mrs. Thad L. Harrison,

2034 Sherwood Ave., Charlotte, X. C.
Miss Virginia W. Harrison,

658 Chestnut S’t., Greensboro, X. C.
Miss Gladys Hart, Travelers Rest. Si. C.
Miss Rosa Lee Hart,

Rt. 1, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Mrs. Mabel Hartman,

Rt. 2, Clemmons, X. C.

J. O. Hauschild,

922 Club Drive, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. J. O. Hauschild,

922 Club Drive, High Point, X. C.
Byron Haworth,

Box 1551, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Chester C. Haworth,

Box 1551, High Point, X. C.
Mrs. J. F. Hayden,

400 E. Washington, High Point, X. C.
Mrs. Fanny Hayes,

1101 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, X. C.
Miss Louise M. Haynes,

Box 660, Southern Pines, X. C.
W. F. B. Haynesworth,

, 103 E. Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Clara Hearne, Pittsboro, X. C.
Ingram Hedgepeth, Lumberton, X. C.

E. C. Heins, Jr.,

307 Gulf St., Sanford, X. C.
Mrs. H. A. Helder,

L. Box 546, Canton, X. C.
Mrs. H. A. Helms,

1005 West Peace St., Raleigh, X. C.
Mrs. B. D. Hendrix,

1615 Oaklawn, Charlotte, X. C.
Peter B. Hendrix, Rt. 4, Lexington, S. C.
Mrs. P. B. Hendrix,

Woodberry Road, Lexington, S. C.
Mrs. J. S. Henninger,

Strowd Hill, Chapel Hill, X. C.
Ozmer Henry, Lumberton, X. C.

Mrs. Ozmer Henry, Lumberton, X. C.
Miss Annie M. Herbst,

Wrightsville Sound, X. C.
Mrs. A. R. Herron, Tryon, X. C.

Mrs. Harvey M. Hey wood,

28 Cedarcliff Road, Biltmore, X. C.
Highlands Biological Station,

Highlands, X. C.

Mrs. W. A. Hill,

1904 Brice St., Greensboro, X. C.

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Miss Mary Elizabeth Hix

538 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
George H. Hobart,

603 West Farriss, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. George Hobart,

603 West Farriss, High Point, N. C.
Earl M. Hodel, Elkin, N. C.

Edwin M. Hoffman,

Last Resort, Black Mountain, N. C.
Dr. Wallace Hoffmann,

526 West End Ave., Statesville, N. C.
Mrs. R. S. Holden, Tryon, N. C.

Miss Terrine Holleman, Cary, N. C.

Bob Holmes III, Mount Olive, N. C.
tG. H. Holmes, Tryon, N. C.
fMrs. G. H. Holmes, Tryon, N. C.

George H. Holmes III,

Hunter Lane, Rt. 2, Charlotte, N. C.
J. S. Holmes,

302 Forest Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Sidney Holmes,

315 Mclver St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Travis E. Hooker,

419 West 5th St., Greenville, N. C.
George Horel, Box 4290,

State College Station, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Ben C. Hough, Jr.,

309 Elm St., Lancaster, S. C.
Mrs. Joe House, Sr.

201 Front St., Beaufort, N. C.
Mrs. S. B. Howard,

108 Mimosa Lane, Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. W. Wilton Howard,

617 New York Ave., Norfolk 8, Va.
Miss Thelma Howell,

Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.
H. G. Hudson,

Box 2718, Winston-Salem 1, N. C.
Miss Mary J. Huff, Jackson, N. C.

Miss Claudia W. Hunter,

203 Horner St., Henderson, N. C.
Marshall Hunter,

1728 Queens Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Alfred Burman Hurt,

Nathans Creek, N. C.
Miss Dorothy Hutaff,

97 Magnolia Ave., Fayetteville, N. C.
James Hutchins, Windom, N. C.

Mrs. J. Worth Ivey,

222 Woodrow Ave., High Point, N. C.
Miss Esther Ivey, Cary, N. C.

Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Jenkins,

24 Baker St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Mary Jenkinson,

2624 Augusta Rd., Greenville, S. C.
P. M. Jenness,

107 Oregon St., Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. O. F. Jensen, Maple City, Mich.
Charlie Johnson, Daniel St., Kinston, N. C.
Rev. J. S. Johnson, Madison, N. C.

Julian W. Johnson,

% State Museum, Raleigh, N. C.
Dr. Mychyle W. Johnson, Dept. Zoology,
Duke University, Durham, N. C.
Miss Pearl Lesly Johnson,

Lake Junaluska, N. C.
Mrs. Ira Thomas Johnston, Jefferson, N. C.
Miss Nellie Johnston,

Rt. 1, Box 486, Roscommon, Mich.
Dr. Harold Charles Jones,

Box 61, E.C.T.C., Greenville, N. C.
Thomas J. Jones,

1811 Pettigrew S't., Durham, N. C.
Harry G. M. Jopson, Dept, of Biology,

Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Va.
John H. Jopson, M.D.,

Rutherfordton, N. C.
Miss Martha Jordon,

406 Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Leon Joyner,

143 Burwell Ave., Henderson, N. C.

Raymond Kaighn,

408 S. Mendenhall St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. G. A. Kaminer,

Arcadia, Columbia, S. C.
Winston Kaminer,

Arcadia, Columbia, S. C.
John E. C. Kapp,

1101 West Franklin, Richmond, Va.
Mrs. A. Scott Kelly,

204 Rush Road, Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. Benjamin D. Kelly,

44 Carrol Drive, Sumter, S. C.
Miss Sue Kelly,

155 Granite St., Henderson, N. C.
Wm. P. Kemp,

1518 E. Mulberry St., Goldsboro, N. C.
Mrs. Hulda J. Kenley, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Reginald Kepler, 3610 Hathaway Rd.,
Hope Valley, Durham, N. C.
Hon. Fred A. Kestler, Mayor,

Concord, N. C.

Mrs. J. Frank Key, Buena Vista, Va.

Mrs. William Hollis Kilpatrick,

212 Queens Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Mary Kimberly,

202 Charlotte St., Asheville, N. C.
Mrs. D. D. King, Sr.

s\ Walnut St.. Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. C. W. Kittrell, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Fred R. Klenner,

Box 1015, Reidsville, N. C.
Mrs. Glenn Knight, Tryon, N. C.

Miss Bertha Knox,

303 W. Bank S't., Salisbury, N. C.
Mrs. W. B. Knox

112 W. Sharpe St., Statesville, N. C.
Mrs. M. B. Koonce,

P. O. Box 1817, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Matthew F. Korn,

19 Folsom St., Sumter, S. C.
Mrs. Paul J. Kramer,

2251 Cranford Road, Durham, N. C.
Mrs. Frank C. Kugler, Sr.,

Washington, N. C.

Miss Kathleen Lafferty, Founders Hall,

Box 124, Guilford College, N. C.
Mrs. Nell Durham Lane,

307 Chestnut St., Wilmington, N. C.
C. T. Lassiter,

2407 Berkley Place, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. J. Perrin Lawson,

404 N. Purdy St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Ava Lee,

803 Patrick St., Tarboro, N. C.
Miss Carolyn Lehman,

142 N. Church St., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Mrs. G. W. Leighton,

Rt. 9, Box 178, Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. R. G. Lenox,

230 Broad St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Sarah Lesley,

521 Sterling St., Greensboro, N. C.
Edward V. Lewis,

Lone Pine, Tarboro, N. C.
fH. A. Ligon, Box 530, Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. K. A. Link,

South Mulberry St., Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. Charles G. Little,

P. O. Box 818, Tryqn, N. C.
Miss S. Ann Locke,

Y.W.C.A., Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Elizabeth Len'v 739 Roanoke Ave.,

Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

G. Mebane Long,

2238 Westminster PL, Charlotte 4, N. C.
Miss Helen Lovering,

Box 375, Wilmington, N. C.

Mrs. Gladys MacMillan,

Wrightsville Beach, N. C.

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Herbert L. Mapes, Box 1232, Tryon, N. C.
Mrs. Herbert L. Mapes,

Box 1232, Tryon, N. C.
Claude Huntley McAllister, Jr.,

Rt. 2, Box 171, Wilmington, N. C.
Lacy L. McAlister,

Pilot Ins. Co., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. E. D. McCall,

121 W. Bank St., Salisbury, N. C.
Tucker McCravy,

78 Ridge Road, Lyman, S. C.
Sandy McCulloch,

2013 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, N. C.
Hall T. McGee,

80 Rutledge Ave., Charleston 37, S. C.
Mrs. Hall T. McGee,

80 Rutledge Ave., Charleston 37, S. C.
Miss Harriotte W. McGee,

95 Rutledge Ave.. Charleston 16, S. C.
Miss Della P. McGoogan, St. Pauls, N. C.
Mrs. J. A. Mcllvaine,

855 Lakeshore Drive, Asheville, N. C.
Mrs. Robert W. McKay,

111 Eastover Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Henry McKinnon,

N. Elm St., Lumberton, N. C.
James L. McLaurin,

Box 392, Washington, N. C.
Mrs. Graham McLean,

1002 Poplar S't., Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. Hubert G. McLean,

Rt. 2, Box 5, Raeford, N. C.
Miss Fannie McLellan,

Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N. C.
John A. McLeod, Jr.,

113 East Hendrix St., Greensboro, N. C.
Col. D. I'1. McMillin, Sleepy Hollow,

Sunset Circle, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Mrs. D. N. McMillin, Sleepy Hollow,

Sunset Circle, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Miss Ethel McNairy,

506 Arlington St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Thomas McRae, Jr.,

10 Jefferson Apts., Rockingham, N. C.

Henry Magie,

1515 N. W. Blvd., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Edward W. Marble.

Box 518, Southern Pines, N. C.
C. B. Martin, Jr.,

1908 Cedar St., Durham, N. C.
Dr. James A. Martin,

N. Walnut St., Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. J. A. Martin,

N. Walnut St., Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. Walter Marvin,

305 S. Third St., Wilmington, N. C.
Jerry Mason,

778 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, S. C.
Miss Lillian Massenburg,

128 Church S't., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. Leslie L. Mater, St. John, Kansas
James R. Mattocks,

505 Montlie v Ave., High Point, N. C.
Mrs. James R. Mattocks,

505 Montliew Ave., High Point, N. C.
Mrs. C. B. Mattocks,

Box 1655, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Julia W. Maulden,

208 William St., Kannapolis, N. C.
Fred H. May, Beall St., Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. Fred May, Beall St., Lenoir, N. C.
Frank B. Meacham,

State Museum, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. W. C. Mebane,

4505 Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, N. C.
Mrs. H. L. Medford,

830 Cornwallis Rd., Greensboro, N. C.
H. L. Medford,

830 Cornwallis Rd., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Benjamin Spencer Meeks,

701 Abelia Rd., Columbia 55, S. C.

Miss Mamie Meeks,

Box 621, Kinston, N. C.
Tommy Memory, Wagram, N. C.

I. S’. H. Metcalf,

The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
Walter B. Miller,

Cleveland Law Bldg., Spartanburg, S. C.
Miss Marie Millings,

110 King St., Charleston, S. C.
Lonnie Mills,

410 West End Ave., Statesville, N. C.
Mrs. W. L. Minish,

217 W. Ave., Lenoir, N. C.
Ernest E. Mitchell, Jr.,

539 Glenwood Drive, Charlotte 6, N. C.
Miss Ida Mitchell,

1005 N. Eugene S't., Greensboro, X. C.
Mrs. Wade A. Montgomery,

120 Hermitage Rd., Charlotte 7, N. C.
Warner Montgomery,

1213 Glenwood Rd., Columbia, S. C.
Miss Iola Moore,

Avent’s Ferry Rd., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. J. H. B. Moore,

1600 E. Fifth St., Greenville, X. C.
Mrs. L. .1. Moore, St. Pauls, X. C.

Miss Rose Morgan, Travelers Rest, S. C.
Mrs. Sybil K. Morse, Box 965, Tryon, X. C.
Dr. R. Allyn Moser, Rt. 1, Omaha 4, Xebr.
Mrs. Perry Moses, Sr.,

214 Church St., Sumter, S. C.
James Emile Mosimann,

8 Mill St., Charleston 39, S. C.
Mrs. Ralph Mott, Hendersonville, X. C.
Rev. J. J. Murray,

6 White St., Lexington, Va.
Mrs. A. S. Myers,

224 West Fifth Ave., Lexington, X. C.
Miss Garnette Myers,

264 Charles St., Henderson, X". C.
Miss Helen Myers,

210 Vance St., Lenoir, XT. C.
Mrs. Richard A. Myers,

2137 Radcliffe Ave., Charlotte, N. C.

Nature Center,

City Recreation Dept., Danville, Va.
Miss Rebecca Stewart Near,

1312 Bolton St., Baltimore 17, Md.
Mrs. Dolores M. N'eiman,

No. 2 Shelor Apts., Sumter, S’. C.
Miss Terry Nesslinger, Dept, of Zoology,
University of Wash., Seattle 5, Wash.
Thomas R. NTichols, M.D.,

206 N. Sterling St., Morganton, N. C.
Mrs. Grover C. Niemeyer,

1304 Birehwood Ave., Chicago 26, 111.
Mrs. J. D. Nisbet,

The Ivy Place, Lancaster, S. C.
Miss Sarah M. Nooe,

Queens College, Charlotte 7, N. C.
Mrs. Charles M. Norfleet, Oakhurst
Country Club Rd., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Allan Northern!,

509 Pritchard Ave., Chapel Hill, N. C.

Mrs. John A. Oates,

406 S't. James Sq., Fayetteville, XT. C.
Mrs. Arthur G. Odell,

298 North Union St., Concord, N. C.
Dr. Howard T. Odum, % Biology Dept.,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Hayden W. Olds, Wildlife Resources

Commission, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. David Olson, Chapel Hill, N. C.

Lt. Elizabeth M. Osborne, P.T. Class,
Box 10, Medical Field Service
School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Miss Josephine A. Osborne,

313 W. 11th St., Charlotte, X. C.
Robert Overing, Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.

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Mrs. Wilella P. Overing,

Rt. 4, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Hallie Overton,

2918V? Blossom St., Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Fred R. Owens, Tryon, N. C.

Miss Laura Owens,

325 N. Cecil St., Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Olwyn Owens

813 S. Main S't., Kannapolis, N. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Rufus H. Page, Bladen
Lakes State Forest, Elizabethtown, N. C.
Oscar H. Paris, Jr.,

1011 N. Eugene St., Greensboro, N. C.
Louis Parker,

6 Greenville St., Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. D. Ralph Parker,

401 Woodbrook Court, High Point, N. C.
Dr. W. W. Parker,

N. Chestnut St., Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. W. W. Parker,

N. Chestnut St., Lumberton, N. C.
Thos. Parks,

110 Mimosa Lane, Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. Thomas Parks,

110 Mimosa Lane, Lenoir, N. C.
S. Kay Patterson,

21 Grove S’t., Concord, N. C.
Miss Lelia V. Patterson,

% Mountain Sanitarium, Fletcher, N. C.
Mrs. R. L. Patterson,

1040 W. Forest Hills Blvd., Durham, N.C.
Raymond A. Paynter, Jr.,

208 Forest Hill Road, Hamden 14, Conn.
Mrs. A. S. Pearse,

803 Second St., Durham, N. C
Miss Aileen Pegg,

1402 Madison Ave., Greensboro, N.C.
Mrs. Carl H. Pegg,

27 Laurel Hill Rd., Chapel Hill. N. C.
Miss Agnes Pegram,

209 Carolina Ave.. Henderson. N. C.
Mrs. George W. Perrett,

424 Forest Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Louise F. Perring,

4821 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia 43, Pa.
Dr. Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr.,

Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
Miss Virginia Pickell,

221 W. Park Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Albert Pike, Rutherfordton. N. C.
Donald Stone Pike,

1101 Evergreen Ave., Goldsboro, N. C.
Miss Margaret A. Pitcher,

Rt. 1, Londonderry, Vermont
Carl F. Plate, Director Recreation Parks,
City Hall, High Point. N. C.
Miss Elizabeth W. Poe,

206 Bradford Ave., Fayetteville, N. C.
Ed. B. Pollard, Rt. 1. Chapel Hill. N. C.
Miss Emily Pollard.

Rt. 1. Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. N. A. Pomeroy,

96 Hillside Ave., Waterbury, Conn.
Miss Eugenia L. Ponder,

218 E. Chestnut St.. Asheville. N. C.
J. R. Poole, Sr.,

N. Elm St., Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. Mildred B. Poole, Woodlea,

Barrington Circle, Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. Robert W. Poole,

1312 Harding Place, Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. G. C. Potter,

2111 Malvern Rd., Charlotte 7, N. C.
Mrs. R. C. Powell,

210 N. Boundary St., Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. Etheridge Powers,

3415 Hone Valley Rd., Durham, N. C.
Dr. John Z. Preston, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. L. A. Price, New London, N. C.
Reginald L. Price,

249 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte, N. C.

Mrs. Lloyd Prime,

247 Park St., Attleboro 1, Mass.
Mrs. William H. Purdy,

17 E. Charlotte Ave., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Marv Jane Purvis,

1341 Idalia Dr., Columbia 58, S. C.
Mrs. George C. Pyne,

806 Vickers Ave., Durham, N. C.

J. M. Quattelbaum,

1110 Princeton S't., Columbia 5, S. C.
Dr. T. L. Quay, Zoology Dept.,

N. C. State College, Raleigh, N. C.
Isaac J. Quigley,

1108 Westwood, High Point, N. C.
R. I. Quigley,

1108 Westwood, High Point, N. C.
Mrs. R. I. Quigley,

1108 Westwood, High Point, N. C.
R. I. Quigley, Sr.,

1108 Westwood, High Point

John Quinby,

145 Cannon St., Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Lyman Quincy,

9 Franke Clarke St., S'umter, S. C.

Mrs. J. G. Raby,

1206 Main St., Tarboro, N. C.
Mrs. Calhoun Ramsey,

P. O. Box 64, Statesville, N. C.
Tom Rand, Fremont, N. C.

Mrs. I. E. Ready,

719 Roanoke Av., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Miss Lena C. Reeves,

21 Clark Rd., Richmond 21, Va.
R. H. Rembert,

166 Pearson Dr., Asheville, N. C.
Miss Lucille A. Rice, East Carolina

Teachers College, Greenville, N. C.
Arthur D. Rich,

712 Rutledge St., Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. Marvin D. Richardson, 28 Briar

Cliff Drive, Rt. 4, Charleston, S. C.
Miss Emma B. Richardson,

128 Bull St., Charleston 16, S. C.
Mrs. J. Frank Richardson, Tryon, N. C.

J. P. Ricks,

418 S. Howell St., Rocky Mount, N.C.
Mrs. G. L. Buist Rivers,

7 Orange St., Charleston, S. C.
Thomas P. R. Rivers,

7 Orange S't., Charleston, S. C.
Wilbur Roadhouse, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Wilbur Roadhouse, Tryon, N. C.

A. C. Robertson,

Rt. 1, Box 197, Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. A. C. Robertson,

Rt. 1, Box 197, Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Cecil Robinson,

Box 1195, Southern Pines, N. C.
Dr. Hollis J. Rogers,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. W. Davis Rogers,

47 Legare St., Charleston 4, S. C.
Mrs. G. E. Rose,

Woodland Road, Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. Martin K. Rosefield,

412 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Blanche Ross,

303 White St., Morganton, N. C.
Mrs. S. W. Rumph, Sumter, S. C.

Dr. R. E. Rupp,

92 Ridge Road, Lyman, S. C.
Dr. Phillips Russell,

300 Chase Ave., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. John E. Ryland, Union Mills, N. C.
Mrs. Harry J. Ryttenburg,

217 Haynsworth St., Sumter, S. C.
Mrs. Henry D. Salter,

P. O. Box 366, Waltersboro, S. C.
Fred Sample,

Arcadia, Rt. 3, Columbia, S. C.

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Mrs. Nellie F. Sanborn,

Box 812, Southei n Pines, N. C.
Miss Anna Sanders, R. N.,

Memorial Hospital, Charlotte 3, N. C.
Mrs. James Henry Sanders,

534 Rutledge Ave., Gaffney, S. C.
Airs. William L. Saunders,

316 Valley Road, Fayetteville, N. C.
V. D. Sanchez,

404 W. Trade St., Charlotte, N. C.
Aliss Kitty S’andifer,

105 California St., York, S. C.
Aliss Sally Sandifer,

2126 Dilworth Rd., E., Charlotte 3, N. C.
Airs. Elizabeth R. Satcher,

346 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Airs. Key Scales,

Box 612, Wilmington, N. C.
Airs. H. Vander Schalie,

Castle Hayne, N. C.

Aliss Etta Schiffman,

319 W. Washington, Greensboro, N. C.
Airs. Agnes S. Schipper,

3324 Conder Kane, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

F. J. Schulkyen, Whiteville, N. C.

Frederic R. S'cott,

4600 Country Rd., Richmond 21, Va.
Airs. Edith K. Settan,

Rt. 1, Box 251A, Greensboro, N. C.
Airs. E. L. Setzer, New London, N. C.
Airs. Archie D. Shaftesbury,

315 Tate St., Greensboro, N. C.
Aliss Anne Shamburger,

517 Highland Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
LTJG Houise W. Snarpe, N. C., U.S.N.,

3504 Junius St., Dallas 1, Texas
Airs. Robert N. Sharpe,

505 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Airs. Ravenel B. Shedd,

Rt. 1, Winnsboro, S. C.
Elmer E. Sheldon,

600 E. Tremont Ave., Charlotte, N. C.
Airs. Elmer E. Sheldon,

600 E. Tremont Ave., Charlotte, N. C.

G. F. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Director,
Cornell Univ. Library, Ithaca, N. Y,

Airs. Edith Moore Sherrod,

202 Roland Park Ave., High Point, N. C,
Airs. Frank W. Sherwood,

318 N. Boundary St., Raleigh, N. C.
C. W. Shields, Chapel Hill, N. C.

John R. Shipley,

1090 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Airs. Hal D. Shuler, Rt. 5, Sumter, S. C.
Aliss AVilhelmina Shull,

N. C. O. Hospital, Gastonia, N. C,
J. W. Shute, Box 201, Kinston, N. C.
Aliss Bess Siceloff,

539 Parkway, High Point, N. C.
Airs. John Siceloff,

1104 N. Main, High Point, N. C.
Miss Mary Alice Siceloff,

539 Parkway, Pligli Point, N. C.
Airs. Thomas H. Siddall, Jr.,

516 W. Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C.
Thomas Sigman,

Rt. 3, Box 169, Hickory, N. C.
Airs. Claudia Simmons,

108 Ridge Lane, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Andrew Simons,

4 Lamboll St., Charleston 2, S. C.
Charles Inglesby Simons,

Box 388, Columbia 1, S. C.

C. J. Simons,

P. O. Box 600, Southern Pines, N. C.
Mrs. W. B. Simons,

2324 Briarwood Rd., Charlotte 7, N. C.
Mrs. Roxie C. Simpson,

%U. S. Nat. Aluseum, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Thomas W. Simpson,

3252 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, N. C.

Airs. Thomas W. Simpson,

3252 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Clyde Sisson,

1430 Wellington Dr., Columbia 32, S. C.
J. H. Slaughter,

408 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, N. C.
Airs. Harry E. Sloan,

715 N. Park St., Mullins, S. C.
Mr. and Airs. Andrew P. Smith,

State Hospital, Morganton, N. C.
George A. Smith,

211 E. Avondale, Greensboro, N. C.
All's. George A. Smith,

211 E. Avondale, Greensboro, N. C.
Gilbert Smith, Robersonville, N. C.

Dr. Alinnie J. Smith, Box 34,

Salem Station, Winston-Salem 2, N. C.
W. H. Smith, Box 254, Boone, N. C.

Airs. Ruth Bryant Sneed, Lake View, S. C.
C. L. Snoddy,

627 Sunnyside Ave., Charlotte 4, N. C.
Aliss Barnett Spratt,

417 N. Blount St., Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Esther Springs,

246 Cottage Place, Charlotte 4, N. C.
Alexander Sprunt, Jr.,

The Crescent, Charleston 50, S. C.
Alexander Sprunt IV, % Mrs. W. H.

Byrne, Clay St., Blacksburg, Va.
James L. Stephens, Jr.,

Box 841, Lumberton, N. C.
Henry M. S'tevenson, Zoology Dept.,

Fla. State Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.
Miss Florence Stewart,

116 Cypress St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Harvey H. Stewart,

2237 Overhill Rd., Charlotte, N. C.
Aliss Josephine Stewart,

Radford College, Radford, Va.
Airs. W. T. Stockton,

Box 2083, Greensboro, N. C.
Charles H. Stone,

1801 Queens Road, Charlotte 7, N. C.
C. C. Stott, 911 Gardner St., Raleigh, N. C.
Hal H. Strickland,

410 W. Bessemer St., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. J. W. Strickland,

Box 1333, Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Daisy Stong,

109 Adams St., Greensboro, N. C.
Rev. Roland C. Stubbins, Mayodan, N. C.
Arthur Stupka, Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Mac Styles, Travelers Rest, S. C.

Miss Laura Sumner, Franklinville, N. C.
Miss Fannie G. Sutton,

112 E. Capitola Ave., Kinston, N. C.
Charles M. Swart,

Box 1261, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Charles M. Swart,

Box 1261, Greensboro, N. C.
Tar Heel Bird Club % Vaughn Brock,

1013 E. Tenth Ave., Hickory, N. C.
Murray S. Tate,

2506 Camden Rd., Greensboro, N. C.
Airs. Alurray S. Tate,

2506 Camden Rd., Greensboro, N. C.
Dr. Wesley Taylor, Justamere Farm.

Rt. 2, Box 229, Greensboro, N. C.
Ted Tharin, Jr.,

Miss Annabelle Thomas,

610 High St., Burlington, N. C.
Cyrus Thompson,

211 Park Ave., Raleigh, N. C.
M. L. Thompson,

Dogwood Drive, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Walter W. Thompson,
Roads’End-in-the-Pines, Alayesville, S. C.
Mrs. T. W. Tignor, Enfield, N. C.

James C. Tilghman,

Box 368, Weldon, N. C.
Mrs. J. C. Tilghman,

Box 368, Weldon, N. C.

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D. A. Tillinghast,

309 E. Paris Road, Greenville, S. C.
Edward S. Tillinghast,

Box 900, Greenville, S. C.
Miss Jane Norwood Tillinghast,

Eastover, S. C.

Mrs. C. Guy Townsend,

801 Caldwell St., Eumberton, N. C.
Mrs. Hooker Travis,

419 W. 5th St., Greenville, N. C.
Mrs. W. D. Tuttle,

P. O. Box 813, Lenoir, N. C.
Mrs. Nina D. Tyner,

1802 Rolling Road, Greensboro, N. C.

Mrs. R. T. Upchurch,

820 S. Garnett St., Henderson, N. C.
Mrs. Louise E. Utley,

Six Acres, Cana, N. C.

Mrs. Mary Urich,

Wrightsville Beach, N. C.
Thomas Uzzell, Jr.,

9 Orange St., Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. C. D. Van Cleave,

216 Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Dr. James W. Vernon,

Broadoaks Sanitorium, Morganton, N. C.
Seth M. Vining, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Seth M. Vining, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. H. Harold Vogler,

861 Watson Ave., Winston-Salem, N. C.

Mrs. Janie Patterson Wagoner, Pres.,
Musicians Bird Club, 160 S. Union St.,

Concord, N. C.

Mrs. M. A. Walker,

Carteret Lodge, Newport, N. C.
Dr. W. P. Walker, Brierwood Rd., Ext.,

Rt. 5, Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. Harold Walters,

Greenwood, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Ed Ward, 161 Pinecrest Parkway,

Lake Forest, Wilmington, N. C.
Dr. W. M. Ward,

302 Pine St., Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. Ferdinanda L. Waring, Rt. 8,

Box 628, Old Town, Charleston, S. C.
Joseph I. Waring, M.D., Rt. 8,

Box 628, Old Town, Charleston, S. C.
C. S. Warren, Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. C. S. Warren, Lenoir, N. C.

Dr. John Overbey Watkins,

314 Montgomery Bldg., Spartanburg, S.C.
Miss Margaret Watson, Elm City, N. C.
Mrs. S. R. Watson,

167 Belle St., Henderson, N. C.
Miss Carrie Mae Watts,

117 N. Race St., Statesville, N. C.
Connie N. Watts, Organizer Dixie
Martin-Bluebird Co-Operative Club,

Baldwin, Ga.

Mrs. E. B. Watts,

117 N. Race St., Statesville, N. C.
Miss Lenora Watts,

34 Fulton St., Asheville, N. C.
Dr. Richard L. Weaver,

9 Rogerson Drive, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Weldon Welding,

61 Kingsbury St., Needham, Mass.
Mrs. B. W. Wells,

1605 Park Dr., Raleigh, N. C.

Sam F. Wells, Jr.,

233 Lindsey St., Reidsville, N. C.
Miss Ann Westmoreland,

1103 Evergreen Ave., Goldsboro, N. C.
Mrs. D. L. Wheeler,

Box 526, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Robert N. White,

826 Overbrook Av., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. J. B. Whitener,

130 Woodburn Rd., Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Lewis E. Whitfield,

2600 Ft. Bragg Rd., Fayetteville, N. C.

Mrs. D. L. Whiting,

Box 935, Lumberton, N. C.
Miss Lillian Whiting,

Box 935, Lumberton, N. C.
Mrs. Eula B. Whitley,

1105 Park Ave., Goldsboro, N. C.
Kenneth C. Wible,

209 E. Lee St., Greensboro, N. C.
Ashby P. Wickham, Tryon, N. C.

Mrs. Thomas F. Wilkinson, Cary, N. C.
Mrs. Barney Williams,

22 Folsom St., Sumter, S. C.
B. F. Williams, Lenoir, N. C.

Mrs. B. F. Williams,

204 W. Harper Ave., Lenoir, N. C.
Miss Elizabeth Williams,

Travelers Rest, S. C.
Ellison A. Williams,

27 Limehouse St., Charleston 2, S. C.
Mrs. Lacy Williams, Maxton, N. C.

Dr. Maude Williams,

W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Susan D. Williams,

327 S. Raleigh St., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Mrs. Tommy Williams,

17 E. Charlotte St., Sumter, S. C.
Miss Camilla Louise Wills,

% Atlantic Christian Col., Wilson, N. C.
Wilmington Natural Science Club,

% C. F. Theobold, Treas., 217
Country Club Blvd., W ilmington, N. C.
Mrs. Eddie W. Wrilson,

Box 966, Los Angeles 53, Calif.
Mrs. H. E. Wilson,

Rt. 3, Box 118, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. Robert Wilson,

39 Legare St., Charleston, S. C.
Dr. Christine Wilton,

E.C.T.C., Greenville, N. C.
Mrs. Margaret Davis Winslow,

503 St. Patrick St., Tarboro, N. C.
Mrs. T. B. Winstead, Elm City, N. C.
Miss Mary K. IVintyen, 280 W. New
Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines, N. C.
Robert H. Witherington,

996 Kearns Ave., Winston-Salem 7, N. C.
Mrs. Cornelia B. Vroodward,

% Mrs. A. R. Pinson, Walterboro, S. C.
Miss D. Wooten,

809 E. Beech St., Goldsboro, N. C.
Dillon IVooten,

811 East Beech S’t., Goldsboro, N. C.
Mrs. Lillian D. Wrooten,

809 East Beech St., Goldsboro, N. C.
S. D. IVooten,

811 East Beech St., Goldsboro, N. C.
D. L. W'ray, Div. of Entomology,

N. C. Dept. Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. John Wright,

P. O. Box 872, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Marion WYight,

3 Clipper Road, Baltimore 21, Md.
Mrs. 'Wortham Wyatt,

727 Oaklawn Ave., Winston Salem, N. C.
Miss Pearl Wyche,

824 W^alker Ave., Greensboro, N. C.

Miss Frances Yocom,

East Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C.
M. A. York,

101 Logan Court, Raleigh, N. C.
Foster Harold Young, M. D.,

Kingstree, S. C.

Mrs. M. M. Young,

348 W. Hampton Ave., Spartanburg, S. C.

Mrs. Ray A. Young,

1500 W. Lake Drive, Greensboro, N. C.
A. H. Zealy, 3rd,

108 N. Audubon St., Goldsboro, N.C.
Mrs. Charles Zeiger,

3508 Kirby Drive, Greensboro, N. C.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Annual Meeting, Greensboro, N. C., Satur-
day, March 3, 1951

Afternoon Sessions at Alumnae Building,
Woman’s College of the University of
North Carolina

2:00-3:00 P. M. Register and secure Ban-
quet Tickets.

3:00-4:00 P. M. Presentation of Papers.

3:00-4:00 P. M. Tea, by Piedmont Bird
Club.

4:00 P. M. Business Session; Election of
Officers; Consideration of new By-laws.

7:00 P. M. Annual Dinner, with an out-
standing speaker. Meyers Garden Room,
Meyers Department Store. (Use Green
Street entrance ; plenty of parking space)

(Requests for reservations for the An-
nual Dinner should be mailed early to
Miss Etta Schiffman, 319 W. Washing-
ton St., Greensboro, N. C.)

Hugo H. Schroder, the speaker at the
Annual Dinner, is an internationally
known bird photographer and writer.
Long a member of the Florida Audubon
Society, he has recently moved to Green-
wood, S. C.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — North Carolina

Chapel Hill Bird Club: P — Mrs. Lynn Gault, Box 1058; V-P — Richard L. Weaver;
S-T — Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Box 88.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Audubon Club: P — Mrs. George C. Potter, 2111 Malvern
Rd. ; V-P Mrs. H. W. Kilpatrick; S — Mrs. B. D. Hendrix, 1615 Oaklawn; T —
B. R. Chamberlain; Publicity Chrnn. — Miss Clara Burt.

Greensboro, Piedmont Bird Club: P — Mrs. W. C. Carr; V-P — Miss Harriett MehafBe
and Hal Strickland; Cor. S — Miss S. Ann Locke; Rec. S — Miss Annabel
Thompson; T — Mrs. E. J. Fillinger; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Mrs. H. L.
Medford and Mrs. George A. Perrett.

Henderson Bird Club: P — Miss Gamette Myers; V-P — Miss Sallie Garlick; S-T —
Miss Elizabeth Fox.

Hickory Bird Club: P — Mrs. George E. Bisanar; V-P — Mrs. W. J. Shuford; S-T —
Mrs. George Warlick; Reporter — J. Weston Clinard.

High Point, Catesby Bird Club: P — J. O. Hauschild; V-P — R. I. Quigley; Rec. S —
Mrs. Worth Ivey; Cor. S — Mrs. George Hobart; T — Mrs. D. R. Parker;
Publicity Chm. — Dr. George Hobart.

Lenoir Audubon Club: P — R. T. Greer; V-P — S. B. Howard; S-T — Mrs. R. T.
Greer, Box 813; Publicity Chm. — Miss Margaret Harper.

Lumberton Bird Club: P — James Stephens, Jr.; V-P — Mrs. Henry McKinnon; S —
Mrs. D. L. Whiting; T — Miss Lillian Whiting.

Raleigh Bird Club: P — Hayden Olds, Wildlife Resources Commission; V-P — R. L.
Deaton; S-T — F. B. Meacham, State Museum; Ex. Comm. — Officers and Miss
Gladys Currin and Mrs. Albert Guy.

Roanoke Rapids Bird Club: P — Miss Sara Cannon, 538 Hamilton St.; V-P — Miss
Marjorie Cannon; S-T — Lydia Deyton, Box 365.

Southern Pines Bird Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Robinson; V-P & S — Miss Louise Haynes,
Box 660; T — Miss Norma Shiring; Rec. S — Mrs. Lloyd Prime.

Tarheel Bird Club: P — Vaughn Brock, Hickory, N. C.; S-T — Miss Olwyn Owens,
Rt. 3, Box 160-B, Kannapolis, N. C.; Historian — Mrs. Andrew Smith,
Morganton, N. C.

Tryon Bird Club: P — Mrs. Arthur W. Brintnall; S-T — Mrs. Thomas Clark; Publicity
Chm. — Mrs. H. Lan Moore.

Wilmington Natural Science Club: P — Mrs. Cecil Appleberry, 5 Lake Forest Park-
way; V-P — Mrs. Warwick Baker; T — Charles F. Theobald; S — Miss Edith
Chamberlain, James Walker Memorial Hospital.

Wilson Woman’s Club, Garden Dept.: Chm. — Mrs. C. A. Webster, 202 Park Ave. ;
Miss Camilla Wills; Mrs. Will Rhodes.

Winston-Salem Bird Club: P — Henry Magie; S-T — Wm. S. Rothrock, 2434 Stockton
St. ; Directors — Charles Babcock, Thurmond Chatham, Jr., Richard J. Reynolds, II.

Local Clubs and Their Officers — South Carolina

Charleston Natural History Society: P — Maj. I. S. H. Metcalf; V-P — E. Burnham
Chamberlain; S — Marshall Uzzell, 7 Orange St.; T — Mrs. Louise S. Barrington.

Columbia Bird Club: P — Mrs. Clyde Sisson; V-P — Gilbert J. Bristow; S — Mrs. J.
L. Gibbons, 720 Brandon Ave.; T — Fred Sample; Ex. Comm. — Officers and G. E.
Charles.

Greenville Bird Club: P — Miss May W. Puett; V-P — P. M. Jennet; S-T — Mist Rosa
Lee Hart.