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The Chat Volume 45 Number 4 (Fall 1981)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 45 Number 4 (Fall 1981)Cover: Bill E. Duyck found and photographed the second Tree Swallow nest known for North Carolina. In Buncombe County the birds nested at or near the southern limit of breeding for the eastern United States (see page 98).


Table of Contents

Articles

Autumn Hawk Migrations at Fort Johnson, Charleston, S.C. Pete Laurie, John W. McCord, and Nan C. Jenkins pp 85–90

CBC Roundtable

...with Louis C. Fink pp 91–92

Backyard Birding

...with Gail T. Whitehurst pp 93–95, 103

General Field Notes

Behavior of American Woodcock and Other Birds in Coastal North Carolina During the Blizzard of 1980 H. Lee Stribling pp 96–97

Female Wood Duck Apparently Killed by Black Snake Paul A. Stewart p 97

First South Carolina Specimen of the Black-legged Kittiwake Pris Knight and Jean Pfaff p 98

Range Expansion of Nesting Tree Swallows Bill E. Duyck pp 98–100

Rough-winged Swallow Nesting in Coastal North Carolina Steven P. and Mary Kay Clark Platania pp 100–102

Cliff Swallows Nesting on Fontana Dam, N.C. Jim McConnell p 102

Distraction Display of Chestnut-sided Warbler Jim McConnell p 103

Briefs for the Files

Spring 1981 Harry E. LeGrand, Jr. pp 104–110

Book Reviews

Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies p 111

Birds of Southern California p 112

Audubon Society Handbook for Birders p 113

Index

Index to Volume 45 (1981) pp 114–119

Back Matter

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