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western form which is supposed to be of casual occurrence in the 

 State. 



SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) : Ovenbird 



Spring and summer specimens were taken at Gliden, April 25; 

 Clinton, May 3; Murphy, June 7 and 12; and Hayesville, June 29. 

 In fall this species was collected at Reidsville on September 25 and 

 on the Catawba River west of Statesville on October 4 and 9. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin) : Norfliern Water-thnwh 



Taken in spring near Clinton on May 8, and in fall on Hogan 

 Creek, 7 miles northeast of Reidsville, on September 26. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS (Ridgway) : GrinneU's Water-thrush 



An immature male was taken on Hogan Creek, 7 miles northeast 

 of Reidsville, on September 18. This bird is distinctly more sooty 

 gray, less brownish above, and lighter below. The wing measures 

 75.3 mm. 



SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieillot) : Louisiana Water-thrnsh 



Two were collected at Gliden on April 25. At Clinton one was 

 taken on May 1 and at Rockingham one on June 1. An interesting 

 record is of one shot at 5,000 feet on Rocky Ridge, 13 miles west of 

 Franklin, on June 22. These birds were recorded also near Hayes- 

 ville, June 29 and 30 and July 4; near Baldwin, July 13; and near 

 West Jefferson, July 14. 



OPORORNIS FORMOSUS (Wilson) : Kentucky Warbler 



This handsome species was taken at Clinton and Roseboro on May 

 4 and 6 miles southwest of Murphy on June 15. 



OPORORNIS AGILIS (Wilson) : Connecticut Warbler 



To the small number of records of this species for North Carolina 

 there is added an immature male secured on the Catawba River, 10 

 miles southwest of Statesville, on October 4. 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS BRACHIDACTYLA (Swainson) : Northern Yellowthroat 



Breeding birds referred to this form come from the high area in 

 the west. Two males and a female from 8 miles southwest of Murphy, 

 at 1,450 feet, taken on June 8, 9, and 10, agree with this form, as does 

 a male from 2,200 feet 7 miles west of Franklin, collected on July 4, 

 and a male from 4,600 feet on Three Tops Mountain, 2 miles southeast 

 of Creston, July 13. I have also a male sent to me by Dr. J. J. Murray 



