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abundant from 3, 000 to 5, 000 feet. I watched a pair building in 

 a maple on a large horizontal branch nearly forty feet from the 

 ground; an unusual position for the nest of this bird. 



212. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.). Olive-backed Thrush. 



Migrant at Samburg, Raleigh and Bellevue. Fox saw one April 

 26th, 1885, in Roane County. 



213. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.). Hermit Thrush. 



Seen at Samburg. Fox found it an abundant migrant in Roane 

 County. 



Genus MERTJLA Leach. 



214. Merula migratoria (L.). American Robin. 



A rare bird in west and middle Tennessee. None seen in the 

 Central Basin. Not abundant in east Tennessee, where it is found 

 from the western rim of the Cumberland Mountains to the top of 

 the Great Smoky range. It was breeding and singing in the bal- 

 sams near Cloudland Hotel. Langdon did not find it in the 

 Chilhowee Range. 



Genus SI ALIA Swainson. 



215. Sialia sialis (L.). Bluebird. 



In many parts of "west and middle Tennessee the Bluebird was 

 frequently seen. I have records of it from every place visited up 

 to 4;000 feet on Roan Mountain. Fox found them very common 

 in early spring. Langdon notes a few " about deadenings in the 

 coves" of Blount County. 



