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where birds identified as atkinsi were taken, and Rockwood, where 

 specimens called carolinensis were found, are not far distant, but the 

 two series appear definitely different, though as indicated the Rock- 

 wood birds are intermediate. 



The Florida nuthatch ranges well north and skins from as far north 

 as Kershaw County, in the north-central section of South Carolina, 

 belong to this race. 



SITTA CANADENSIS (Linnaeus): Red-breasted Nuthatch 



At the higher elevations on Roan Mountain these nuthatches were 

 very common from September 13 to 23. One immature male secured 

 on September 16 still has most of the juvenile plmnage, though three 

 others have nearly completed the molt. These birds were coromon 

 also in the higher areas of the Great Smoky Mountains, where speci- 

 mens were obtained at 5,000 feet on Cosby Knob, June 19, at 6,300 

 feet on Old Black Mountain, June 21, at 6,600 feet on Mount Guyot, 

 June 21, 24, and 25, and at 4,700 feet on Snake Den Mountain, June 29. 

 These are all in worn plumage, with the breast feathers so abraded 

 that most of the reddish brown color has been lost. 



Family CERTHIIDAE 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA Bonaparte: Brown Creeper 



The following records pertain to this migrant form: Samburg, 

 October 11; Ridgely, October 15; Rockwood, April 3, 1884, March 25 

 and 30 and April 15, 1885 (W. H. Fox) ; Lookout Mountain, March 30, 

 1882 (W. H. Fox). 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS NIGRESCENS Burleigh:" Southern Creeper 



Marked by darker color above, particularly on the crown and 

 anterior part of the body, this form is known at present in Ten- 

 nessee only from the Great Smoky Mountains, where it breeds in 

 the high elevations. Specimens were taken as follows : 6,300 to 6,600 

 feet elevation on Mount Guyot, June 21, 24, and 25; at 5,500 feet 

 elevation on Inadu Knob, June 29. These are in fair plumage though 

 somewhat worn and are decidedly darker than the migrants taken 

 elsewhere. The birds were found on large spruces. 



Family TROGLODYTIDAE 

 TROGLODYTES AEDON BALDWINI Oberholser: Ohio House Wren 



The only house wren secured is an immature male collected 2 

 miles east of Phillippy, Lake County, on October 23. This is an 



^ Certhia familiaris nigrescens Burleigh, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 48, May 3, 

 1935, p. 62 (Mount Mitchell, N. C). 



