NOTES ON NORTH CAROLINA BIRDS — WETMORE 511 



During Aviiiter the northern form should be common in North 

 Carolina. 



TURDUS MIGRATORIUS ACHRUSTERUS (Batchelder) : Southern Robin 



This is tlie breedino; robin of North Carolina outside the mountain 

 area and seemingly has increased in numbers in recent years. As 

 already indicated there is mixing between this race and the typical 

 one in the mountain areas of the southeastern Appalachian region in 

 a manner not yet fully understood. Two females from Highlands, 

 taken July 5 at 4,000 feet, are typical of the southern bird in size 

 and color, as are also three secured at from 4,550 to 4,800 feet on 

 Elk Knob, 7 miles north of Boone, July 11 and 18, and one from 4,300 

 feet on Bluff Mountain, 4 miles west of West Jefferson, collected 

 July 15. Dr. J. J. Murray has sent me a female taken at Blowing 

 Rock on August '7, 1940. Further study is desirable to ascertain the 

 ranges of the two subspecies of robin throughout the mountain area. 



Considerable variation in color is evident in four other breeding 

 birds. A female from near Raleigh (the type locality of the race), 

 taken on May 8, is quite dark on the breast but paler above and has 

 the wing 119 mm. In a pair taken in Harnett County 20 miles south- 

 west of Raleigh on May 8 the male is dark (wing 124.4) and the 

 female pale (wing 114.2). A male shot on May 6 at Clinton is very 

 dark above and below (wing 117.4). 



Other skins come from Reidsville, September 22 ; near South Mills, 

 April 15 and 21 ; and Marshallberg, November 23. I secured one at 

 the mouth of Mixon Creek near Bath on January 16, 1929. 



HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA (Gmclin) : Wood Thrush 



Specimens were secured as follows : 9 miles southwest of Murphy, 

 June 16 ; 12 miles east of Hayesville, June 28 ; Catawba, October 3 ; 

 Statesville, October 9 ; Reidsville, September 20 and 23 ; Rockingham, 

 May 30; Clinton, May 6; and Gliden, April 26. 



HYLOCICHLA GUTTATA FAXONI Bangs and Penard : Eastern Hermit Thrush 



Specimens were obtained at South Mills, April 17, 19, and 21; 

 Bethel, November 4; and Greenville, November 7. 



HYLOCICHLA USTULATA SWAINSONI (Tschudi) : Eastern Olive-backed Thrush 



Tlie three collected were obtained at Clinton, May 1, Statesville, 

 October 3, and Bethel, October 30. 



HYLOCICHLA MINIMA MINIMA (Lafresnaye) : Gray-cheeked Thrush 



In spring, male and female were taken near Clinton, May 6. During 

 the fall migration specimens were obtained at Reidsville, September 



