NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENNESSEE WETMORE 213 



THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Latham): Carolina 



Wren 



This is one of the common species throughout the State, except in 

 the higher mountains. Specimens were taken as follows: Frayser, 

 4 miles east of Memphis, April 8; Hickory Withe, April 9 and 10; 

 Reelfoot Lake, April 28; Hornbeak, May 3; Ridgely, October 15; 

 near Tipton ville, October 16; Dover, October 26; Indian Mound, 

 October 29 ; Waynesboro, May 18 ; Pulaski, November 1 ; near Frank- 

 ewing, November 3 ; Lookout Mountain, March 25 and 30, 1882 (W. H. 

 Fox) ; Rockwood, March 16 and 30 and April 14, 1885 (W. H. Fox) ; 

 2,000 feet elevation in the Clinch Mountains 5 miles southwest of Bean 

 Station, September 27; 2,900 feet in Shady Valley, June 7 (juvenile 

 just from the nest) ; and 2,700 feet elevation in the Great Smoky 

 Mountains near Cosby, Juno 30, This excellent series shows the usual 

 variation in amount of reddish brown on the lower surface, birds 

 taken in fall being much more riclily colored than those in spring and 

 summer. 



CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS (Naumann): Short-billed Marsh Wren 

 One was seen at Reelfoot Lake on April 30. 



Family MIMIDAE 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS POLYGLOTTOS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Mockingbird 



The mockingbird, of State-wide distribution except in the high 

 mountains, was collected as follows: Hickory Withe, April 10 and 

 12; Hornbeak, May 4; Tipton ville, October 18 and 22; Waynesboro, 

 May 17 ; Pulaski, November 3 ; Pikeville, May 31. Mockingbirds were 

 seen in Shady Valley on June 3 and 11. 



DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus): Catbird 



A common species of which specimens were obtained as follows: 

 Eads, Shelby County, April 20; Reelfoot Lake, April 27; Waynes- 

 boro, May 10; Crossville, May 25; Rockwood, April 19, 1884 (W. H. 

 Fox) ; Shady Valley, June 3; 4,200 feet elevation on Roan Mountain, 

 September 20 and 22; 6,000 feet elevation on Inadu Knob, Great 

 Smoky Mountains, June 26; Beans Mountain, 2 miles northeast of 

 Parksville, July 14. 



TOXOSTOMA RUFUM RUFUM (Linnaeus) : Eastern Brown Thrasher 



This widely distributed bird was collected at the following places: 

 Frayser, 4 miles east of Memphis, April 8 ; Hickory Withe, April 8 ; 



