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The Chat Volume 21 Number 2 (June 1957)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 21 Number 2 (June 1957)Cover: Chipping Sparrow incubating eggs. Nest in grapevine. Photographed in late May, 1956, Martin Co., N. C., by Jack Dermid. Courtesy of N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission.


Table of Contents

Contents

President's Page 30

Early Notes on Carolina Birds. W. L. McAtee 31

Birds and the Chinese Tallow Tree. Ivan R. Tomkins 38

Backyard Birding. Annie Rivers Faver, Editor 40

NOTICE: Cattle Egret data wanted. Alexander Sprunt, Jr 41

Book Reviews

The Bird Biographies of John James Audubon. Alice Ford. Reviewed by Kay Curtis Sisson 42

The Ornithologists' Guide. Philosophical Library Editor. Reviewed by Harry T. Davis 42

On the Trail of Vanishing Birds. Robert P. Allen. Reviewed by Robert Overing 42

General Field Notes B. R. Chamberlain, Editor 43

Black-crowned Night Heron in Rowan Co., N. C. Joseph R. Norwood 43

European Widgeon at Greenville, S. C. J. B. Shuler, Jr 44

Golden Eagles Killed in the Carolinas. E. B. Chamberlain 44

Kittiwake Seen at Oregon Inlet, N. C. Frank C. Richardson 44

Great Black-backed Gull at Charleston Again. A. M. Wilcox 45

Gray Kingbird in the Interior of S. C. Eugene P. Odum & Robert A. Norris 45

Another Baltimore Oriole in S. C. in Mid-winter. C. D. Beers 45

Western Tanager and More Mid-winter Chats at Lake Mattamuskeet, N. C. Dept. Editor 46

Spotted Towhee in North Carolina. Mrs. Roscoe Hauser , Jr. 46

Evening Grosbeaks Feeding on a Natural Food in the Wild. T. L. Quay 47

The Lark Sparrow in the Carolinas. E. B. Chamberlain 47

Briefs for the Files 49

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