NOTES ON NORTH CAROLINA BIRDS — WETMORE 489 



seen near Brunswick on May 12, and on Pack Mountain, Cherokee 

 County, on June 6 and 7, when they must have been on their breeding 

 grounds. 



Family TETRAONIDAE 



BONASA UMBELLUS TOGATA (Linnaeus) : Canada Raffed Grouse 



The grouse seems now rare and restricted in range in North 

 Carolina, as it was seen only at 4,500 to 5,000 feet on Rocky Ridge 

 13 miles west of Franklin on June 21 and 23 and on Wayah Bald 

 on June 22. 



Todd recently has separated the grouse from West Virginia south- 

 ward as a distinct race,° but after comparison of considerable mate- 

 rial I fail to find certain characters that will serve to separate birds 

 from this area from togata. The color of the tail is definitely 

 variable from rufous to gray both in the mountain birds and in 

 togata from northern areas, and with the well-known gray and 

 rufescent color phases in these grouse I see little possibility of color 

 separation on the basis of supposed more brownish color in the 

 southern birds. There is no question that the birds of the southern 

 mountains are different from typical umbellus, but it appears to me 

 that they cannot be distinguished successfully from togata. 



Family PERDICIDAE 



CO LINUS VIRGINLANUS VIRGINLANUS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Bobwhite 



Quail were recorded at Sunbury on April 19, in the Dismal Swamp 

 area 7 miles west of South Mills on April 20, at 3,400 feet on Pack 

 Mountain, Cherokee County, on June 7, about 8 miles southwest of 

 Murphy on June 10, at 4,000 feet near West Jefferson on July 14, 

 and near Engelhard on October 19 and 20. 



Family MELEAGRIDIDAE 



MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS Vieillot: Eastern Turkey 



Records obtained for the turkey all pertain to the wilder sections 

 of Macon County. On Wayah Bald, 12 miles west of Franklin, an 

 adult and a dozen young the size of bantam chickens were seen on 

 June 20, and an adult was recorded on June 22. At 4,500 to 5,100 

 feet on Rocky Ridge, 13 miles west of Franklin, Perrygo saw a 

 gobbler and a hen with young three or four days old on June 21, 

 a gobbler on June 23, and an adult with young on June 26. On the 

 last date he collected a young bird in the down with the wing quills 

 developing and a few contour feathers appearing in the back. 



^Bonasa umheUus monticola Todd, Auk, 1940, p. S92 (Cheat Bridge, W. Va.). 



