NOTES ON NORTH CAROLINA BIRDS — WETMORE 513 



Family BOMBYCILLIDAE 



BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM Vieillot: Cedar Waxwing 



On Smith Island Perrygo found a flock of seven on May 20 and 

 secured two females. One has a very tiny tip of wax on one of the 

 rectrices, in addition to well-developed red points on the secondaries. 

 The other has no trace of these markings. A male was collected 12 

 miles east of Hayesville at 3,500 feet elevation on July 1. 



Family LANIIDAE 



LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS Linnaeus: Loggerhead Shrike 



The five shrikes taken all belong to the darker southern form. Breed- 

 ing birds were obtained at Autryville and Roseboro on May 2 and 

 Kockingham on May 30. In fall, one was shot at Tarboro on Novem- 

 ber 3 and one at Williston on November 17. 



Family VIREONIDAE 



VIREO GRISEUS GRISEUS (Boddaert) : White-eyed Vireo 



Skins were obtained as follows : Rockingham, May 30 and June 1 ; 

 Roseboro, May 3 ; Clinton, May 3 ; South Mills, April 14 and 15 ; South- 

 port, May 12 ; and Smith Island, May 13. These belong to the typical 

 form. 



VIREO FLAVIFRONS Vieillot: Yellow-throated Vireo 



Taken 8 miles southwest of Murphy on June 12. 



VIKKO SOLitARIUS ALTICOLA Brewster: Mountain Vireo 



In the mountains of western North Carolina this race is common, 

 and at times it ranges to low elevations, as male and female were taken 

 at 1,750 feet elevation 6 miles southwest of Murphy on June 9. At 

 4,100 feet on Standing Indian Mountain, 15 miles east of Hayesville, a 

 male and a juvenile bird fully grown were collected on July 1. A male 

 cotnes from 5,000 feet on Rocky Bald, 13 miles west of Franklin, June 

 23. Near Highlands, the tyi>e locality, Perrygo collected four males 

 and a female on July 5 and 6 between 3,800 and 4,000 feet elevation. In 

 the northwest two were taken at 4,800 feet on Elk Knob on July 11 

 and 12, and two at 5,000 feet on Snake Mountain on July 18, both locali- 

 ties lying about 7 miles north of Boone. One was shot at 4,300 feet on 

 Bluff Mountain, 4 miles west of West Jefferson, on July 15. 



Measurements from this series are as follows: Males (11 specimens), 

 wing 75.7-83.2, tail 52.0-55.0, culmen from base 13.1-14.8, tarsus 

 18.2-19.6 mm. 



