PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



By Alexander Wetmore 



During 1939 field investigations in North Carolina brought an 

 interesting collection of birds to the United States National Museum, 

 in continuation of a program to obtain needed material of this kind 

 from States bordering on the Appalachian mountain system. The 

 field work was under the direction of W. M. Peri-ygo, of the Museum 

 staff, assisted by Gregor Rohwer during the spring and by Charles 

 L. Wlieeler in the fall. The party left Washington on April 11 and 

 returned on July 22, and departed again on September 14 to con- 

 tinue work through the fall until November 27. 



The present report presents briefly the results of a study of the 

 specimens of birds obtained, with some additional observations on 

 species that w^ere not collected. It includes also a few records of 

 other specimens in the National Museum, part of these having been 

 obtained by the writer during recent years on occasional visits to 

 North Carolina. The data are presented for the information of 

 those interested in assembling records on the distribution of birds 

 within this State and are intended to cover only the material men- 

 tioned above, without attempt to include additional records from 

 literature except as these are pertinent to some discussion here 

 presented. 



Identification of the collection has been interesting because of the 

 area of intergradation found for a number of species that are sepa- 



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