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which we desired to tie in with those collected in North Carolina along the same river during the previous year. On October 2 we moved eastward to Cheraw to work along the Pee Dee River. The extensive swamps along the river yielded many valuable specimens.
On October 16 we moved southward to Allendale to complete the work along the Savanna River. Through the courtesy of Mr. R. B. Vance of Allendale who gave us permission to collect on his farm we found an excellent concentration of birdlife in the cypress swamps, open pine woods, and along the edges of the fields -- all within a short radius which is most unusual foe the coastal plain. Brown-headed nuthatches, red-cocaded woodpeckers, Bachman sparrows, and other birds typical of these habitats were quite numerous.
     The next two weeks were spent in Atlanta working along the Lynch River, one of slow moving tributaries of the Pee Dee River. The final area centered around McClellanville in Charleston County where we had an excellent stay collecting in the salt marshes near Cape Romain Wildlife Sanctuary. Sharp-tailed and seaside sparrows, rails, and boat-tailed grackles were seen in great numbers. In the interior we worked in the Francis Marion National Forest which has an excellent growth of pine and scrub oak. The red-cocaded woodpecker was more abundant here than any area investigated. Equally abundant were wild turkeys which are said to be the remnant of the original wild strain native to United States.
       December 1 brought to a close the survey of the state and we returned to Washington December 2.