NOTES ON NORTH CAROLINA BIRDS — WETMORE 507 



NANNUS HIEMALIS PULLUS Burleigh: Southern Winter Wren 



It is interesting to find two of these birds collected on Conetoe 

 Creek 3 miles west of Bethel on Nove-^ber 1, indicating a migration 

 away from their mountain breeding range. 



An adult male taken at 4,300 feet on Bluff Mountain 4 miles west 

 of West Jefferson is an abnormal individual, as it is much paler than 

 the average for the southern bird, being very similar to typical 

 hiemcdis. It is considered an aberrant specimen. 



One was recorded singing at 4,500 feet on Rocky Ridge 13 miles 

 west of Franklin on June 21. 



THRYOMANES BEWICKI BEWICKI (Audubon) : Bewick's Wren 



Three juvenile individuals only recently from the nest were 

 obtained at 4,500 and 4,800 feet on Elk Knob, 7 miles north of 

 Boone, July 11 and 12, and at 4,600 feet on Three Tops Mountain, 2 

 miles southeast of Creston, July 13. The species was recorded near 

 West Jefferson on July 14. It was fairly common in the localities 

 noted. 



THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Latham) : Carolina Wren 



Specimens of this species were secured at 1,450 feet elevation 8 

 miles southwest of Murphy, June 10 and 13 (the latter recently from 

 the nest) ; at 3,500 feet 12 miles east of Hayesville, July 4; at 4,000 

 feet near Highlands, July 5; and 4,300 feet elevation on Three Tops 

 Mountain, near Creston, July 13, the last three being records of some 

 interest as indicating altitudinal distribution. Elsewhere the bird 

 was obtained as follows: On the Catawba River 3 miles north of 

 Catawba, September 29, and 10 miles southwest of Statesville, Octo- 

 ber 6; Reidsville, September 22; Bethel, October 31; Roseboro, May 

 2; Clinton, May 3; South Mills, April 15, 18, and 21; and on Smith 

 Island, May 13 and 22 (young recently from the nest) . 



TELMATODYTES PALUSTRIS PALUSTRIS (Wilson) : Long-billed Marsh Wren 



A series of 14 skins of the long-billed marsh wren presents a truly 

 remarkable picture, since in it there are represented four distinct 

 subspecies, two of them certainly breeding and the other two migrant, 

 though possibly one of these last may nest in the northeastern 

 coastal area. 



In the specimens collected there is one example of the typical race 

 taken 8 miles southwest of Stumpy Point in Dare County, October 

 20. This bird comes from the breeding area of T. p. waymi and is 

 evidently a migrant. 



