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The Chat Volume 25 Number 4 (December 1961)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 25 Number 4 (December 1961)Cover: Young Sandwich Tern begging food from adult. Photographed by Ivan R. Tomkins, Savannah, Georgia.


Table of Contents

Contents

Fall Shorebird Migration at Southport. T. L. Quay and D. A. Adams 76

Mist Nets in Teaching Ornithology. David W. Johnston 80

Backyard Birding. Annie Rivers Faver, editor 82

General Field Notes B. R. Chamberlain, editor 85

Pileated Woodpecker Breeding in Mecklenburg Co., N. C. J. R. Norwood 85

Wilson's Petrel at Litchfield Beach, S. C. Mrs. E. D. Smith 86

Undescribed Rookery on Hilton Head Island, S. C. William Post, Jr 87

Great White Heron at Hilton Head Island, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. D. McG. Harrall 87

Broad-winged Hawk Breeding in Wayne Co., N. C. R. H. Siler 88

Another Coot Nesting in S. C. William Post, Jr. 88

American Golden Plover on S. C. Coast. H. W. Coolidge 88

Least Tern Again Nesting at Lake Murray, S. C. Mrs. E. D. Smith 89

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Nesting in Wayne Co., N. C. R. H. Siler 89

Barn Swallow Nesting in NW S. C. Gaston Gage 89

Wing-flashing in Nestling Mockingbirds. B. R. Chamberlain 90

Yellow-throated Vireo at Raleigh in Mid-winter. Mrs. J. L. Ramson 90

Fish Crow Roost at S. C. Fall Line. William Post, Jr 91

Baltimore Oriole Breeding in Aiken Co., S. C. J. F. Denton 92

Lark Sparrow in Dare Co., N. C. Mrs. J. M. Potter, Jr. 92

Lark Sparrow Again in Charleston Co., S. C. B. R. Chamberlain 92

Red Crossbills in N. C. in Late Summer. Gaston Gage 92

News and Comments 93

Book Reviews 94

Briefs for the Files 96

Index to The Chat—Volume 25 97

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