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Anthracothorax nigricollis X Chrysolampis mosquitus ( Hybrid )

LAMPORNIS CALOSOMA, Elliot. Elliot's Topaz. Chrysolampis chlorolæmus, Elliot, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vi. p. 346 (1870). Lampornis calosoma, Sclater & Salvin, Ibis, 1871, p. 429. —Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 351. — Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 177.—Elliot, Synops. Humming-birds, p. 41. IT is now ten years ago since this beautiful species was described by my friend Mr. Elliot; and...

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Buckley's (Mysterious) Mountain Humming-bird ( Pinarolæma Buckleyi )

PINAROLÆMA BUCKLEYI, Gould. Buckley's Mountain Humming-bird. Pinarolæma Buckleyi, Gould, Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 489 (June 1880). A SINGLE specimen only of this species has as yet been obtained. This is in such ragged plumage that its markings can only be determined with difficulty. The specimen was moulting when it was shot; and much of the colour has faded from the old...

George Alexander Martin

George Alexander Martin George Alexander Martin. One of Anson County's most flourishing towns is Morven. That it is a good town in a moral sense, a well ordered and regulated community, that it is a thriving place of trade and business and is developing on a solid foundation, is due to the genius and wisdom of George Alexander Martin as a town builder more than to any other individual factor. Mr....

Henry Paul Bilyeu

Henry Paul Bilyeu Henry Paul Bilyeu, whose home is at Southern Pines in Moore County, is one of the noted horticulturists of the state. His chief contribution to that industry has been as a pioneer in establishing the dewberry as a profitable crop. Horticulture has been the business of the Bilyeu family for several generations. Henry Paul Bilyeu was born at Hightstown in Mercer County, New Jersey,...

Evander M. Britt

Evander M. Britt Evander M. Britt is member of the law firm Britt & Britt at Lumberton, a firm composed of young men but of fine abilities and with many solid achievements to their credit in the professional and public affairs of their home county. Through several generations the name Britt has been honored and esteemed for its work and respectability in Robeson County. The Britts came originally...

Robert Lee Bethune

Robert Lee Bethune Robert Lee Bethune. In old Robeson and new Hoke County the name Bethune has been one of distinction for practical achievement and value of citizenship for many generations. A finer class of people exists nowhere than the North Carolina Scotch, and the Bethunes have their proper share of honors among this worthy race. A short time before the Revolutionary war Colin Bethune came...

William Graham Shaw, M. D.

William Graham Shaw, M.D. Representing the third generation of the Shaw family to be well known in medical circles of Scotland County, Dr. William Graham Shaw, of Wagram, has practiced his profession in this community for more than a quarter of a century. Incomplete indeed would be any history of North Carolina without distinctive mention of that large body of men who labor in the broad field of...