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along the foothills of the Great Smoky Range. It is included here 

 on the authority of Dr. Fox, who found it abundant in Roane 

 County during April. That it breeds there is doubtful. 

 110. *Melospiza lincolni (And.). Lincoln's Finch. 



This bird was migrating during my stay in West Tennessee. 

 Several were seen near Samburg and Raleigh. It was also observed 

 at Bellevue. A male shot at Raleigh was very fat. 



Genus PASSERELLA Swainson. 



141. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. 



Not seen. Taken in spring migration in Roane County. ; Fox. 



Genus P1PIL0 Vieillot. 



142. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (L. ). Towhee. 



Not seen in West Tennessee; not common in the middle districts. 

 Records at Bellevue, Chattanooga, Harriman, Allardt, Knoxville, 

 Johnson City and Roan Mountain Station. Rare at latter station, 

 which is its highest limit in the mountains. Taken at Athens; com- 

 mon; Merriam; and at 2,000 feet in Chilhowee Mountains, Lang- 

 don. 



Genus CARDINALIS Bonaparte. 



143. Cardinalis cardinalis (L.). Cardinal. 



Very abundant everywhere, up to nearly 4,000 feet in the moun- 

 tains. 



Genus HABIA Reichenbach. 



144. Habia ludoviciana (L. ). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Migrating at Samburg, Raleigh and Bellevue. Seen at Chatta- 

 nooga and Sawyer's Springs. Breeds at Johnson City and thence up 

 to the fir belt of Roan Mountain, 4,800 feet. 



It may be a rare breeder in the Cumberland Mountains, but I 

 have no proof of it. 



145. Passerina cyanea (L. ). Indigo Bunting. 



Very abundant over my entire route, and one of the few low- 

 land birds that breed at the summit of Roan Mountain. 



146. *Spiza americana (Gruel.). Dickcissel. 



Abundant in all cultivated uplands, from the Mississippi River to 

 the western escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau. Sparsely strag- 

 gling along the Tennessee Valley to Chattanooga, where one was 

 heard singing. Not seen at Knoxville. Four specimens taken. 



