488 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP [1895. 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot. 



119. Quiscalus quiscula (L.). Purple Grackle. 



Admitted on evidence of nine specimens procured by Dr. Fox in 

 Roane County and identified by Mr. Ridgway, who states (footnote) 

 that this appears to be the prevailing form in east Tennessee. 



I observed Grackles at Chattanooga, Harriman, Knoxville, 

 Greeneville and Johnson City, but none were secured. Found at 

 Athens, Merriam. 



120. *Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Baird). Bronzed Grackle. 



Four breeding birds shot at Samburg are typical emeus. In the 

 absence of contrary evidence, the Grackles noted at Raleigh and 

 Bellevue are likewise referable to this form. 



Reelfoot Lake, with its ruined, half- submerged forest of decaying 

 trees affords ideal building sites for a large colony of these birds. In 

 that locality they appear to invariably select a cavity (either 

 natural, or one made by woodpeckers ) in dead trees standing in deep 

 water, in which to rear their young. Some of these are at a great 

 elevation, others were found in stubs only ten feet high. Two 

 specimens of this race were taken by Dr. Fox near Rockwood. 



Family FRING-ILLIDJE. 



Genus CARPODACUS Kaup. 



121. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). Purple Finch. 



The only record known to me is that of Dr. Fox who secured 

 specimens in March in Roane County. I had expected to find it on 

 Roan Mountain but none were met with. 



Genus LOXIA Linnaeus. 



122. Loxia curvirostra minor ( Brehm. ). American Crossbill. 



The peculiar flight notes of this species were heard near the 

 summit of Roan Mountain, where it undoubtedly breeds. 



Genus ACANTHIS Bechstein. 



123. Acanthis linaria (L. ). Kedpoll. 



Mr. Miles records, January 9, 1884, large numbers of Redpolls in 

 his yard ten miles north of Brownsville. Two or three were seen on 

 another occasion. 



Genus SPINUS Koch. 



124. Spinus tristis (L. ). American Goldfinch. 



My notes show this bird was seen all along the route from Sam- 

 burg up to about 3,500 feet on Roan Mountain. 



