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from the nest) ; 3,600 feet elevation in the Iron Mountains above 

 Shady Valley, June 6 (others seen at Shady Valley post office and 

 on Cross Mountain, June 7) ; at 2,900 feet elevation near Cosby in 

 the Great Smoky Mountains, June 29; 2,000 feet elevation on Big 

 Frog Mountain near Copperhill, July 8 (one juvenile). 



OPORORNIS FORMOSUS (Wilson): Kentucky Warbler 



Found at Hickory Withe, April 16 ; Eads, April 20 ; Reelfoot Lake, 

 April 28 ; Hornbeak, May 1 and 3 ; Waynesboro, May 10 to 19 ; Cross- 

 ville, May 25 to 28; Shady Valley, June 11; Low Gap in the Great 

 Smoky Mountains near Cosby, June 19; 3,500 feet elevation 4 miles 

 southeast of Cosby, June 29. 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS BRACHIDACTYLA (Swainson): Northern 



Yellow-throat 



Specimens were secured as follows: Eads, April 20; Ellendale, 

 April 17 and 21; Hickory Withe, April 20; Reelfoot Lake, April 28 

 and 30; Waynesboro, May 17; Crossville, May 26; Kockwood, April 

 23, 1885 (W. H. Fox) ; Shady Valley, June 5 and 11; and at 6,100 feet 

 elevation on Inadu Knob, in the Great Smoky Mountains, June 26. 

 Males from Shady Valley are very slightly larger than others. All 

 have the yellow on the lower surface extensive. 



ICTERIA VIRENS VIRENS (Linnaeus): Yellow-breasted Chat 



Specimens were taken at Reelfoot Lake, April 30; 10 miles north of 

 Waynesboro, May 12 ; near Crossville, May 26, 27, and 28 ; Rockwood, 

 April 23, 1885 (W. H. Fox) ; Shady Valley, June 16; at 2,700 and 2,800 

 feet elevation near Cosby, in the Great Smoky Mountains, June 23 and 

 29 ; at 3,000 feet on Big Frog Mountain 8 miles southwest of Copper- 

 hill, July 10; and at 1,800 feet on Beans Mountain, 2 miles northeast 

 of Parksville, July 14. 



Birds from near Reelfoot Lake have slightly more M'hite on the 

 malar region than those from the eastern part of the State but in no 

 other way show approach to the western form. 



WILSONIA CITRINA (Boddaert) : Hooded Warbler 



Records for this species are as follows: Hickory Withe, April 14; 

 Hornbeak, May 1; 10 miles north of Waynesboro, May 12; 7 miles 

 southeast of Crossville, May 25; Rockwood, May 19, 1884 (W. H. 

 Fox) ; Shady Valley, June 7 and 10; Low Gap, June 19, and 3,700 feet 

 elevation on Snake Den Mountain, June 24, in the Great Smoky Moun- 

 tains (seen near Cosby June 19) ; Big Frog Mountain, 8 miles south- 

 west of Copperhill. July 14 and 15; Beans Mountain, 2 miles northeast 

 of Parks^■ille, July 14 (including one young just from nest). 



