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Genus GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



186. *Geothlypis formosa (Wils.). Kentucky Warbler. 



Abounding all across the State, from the Mississippi bhift to the 

 foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Not seen east of Johnson 

 City lmt numerous all over the Cumberland Plateau. Laugdon 

 did not set- ii. nor did Fox in 1885, though he records it "not 

 common" in L884. Nesting- in Blount County; June, 1881, and 

 seen in Monroe County; Lemoyne. 



187. Geothlypis Philadelphia (Wils. ). Mourning Warbler. 



Migrating at Sam burg, Raleigh and Bellevue. Heard one sing- 

 ing at latter place. 



188. Geothlypis trichas (L.). Maryland Yellow Throat. 



Below an altitude of 3,000 feet this familiar warbler abounds 

 throughout the State. Ridgway shows that the Mississippi Valley 

 birds are intermediate. Those from the Memphis bottoms may be 

 found to be closer to ocddentalis than to our eastern bird. 



Genus ICTERIA Vieillot. 



189. Icteria virens (L.). Yellow-breasted Chat. 



'An abundant summer resident at all points along route as far 

 east as Johnson City. Langdon took one at the " base of Mount 

 Nebo." 



Genus SYLVANIA Nuttall. 



190. *Sylvania mitrata (Gruel.). Hooded Warbler. 



This is the most thoroughly representative and evenly distributed 

 summer warbler of Tennessee; as much at home among the cane 

 brakes and bayous of the Mississippi as in the dark, cool ravines of 

 the Great Smoky Mountains. It ranges up to the fir belt on Roan 

 Mountain; '• 4,000 feet," Langdon. Great Smoky Mountain and 

 Monroe County, 2,500 to 4,5000 feet; Lemoyne. 



191. ®Sylvania pusilla (Wils.). Wilson's Warbler. 



Migrating at Raleigh and Bellevue. One specimen collected at 

 latter place. 



192. Sylvania canadensis (L.). Canadian Warbler. 



Migrant at Samburg and Raleigh. Breeding on Roan Mountain, 

 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Blount County, 2,000 feet; Langdon. Mon- 

 roe County, 2,500 to 4,000 feet; Lemoyne. 



