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sive tract was courteously afforded by A. Weber. On April 23 the 

 party moved to a new base near Union City to remain until May 

 8, collecting principally in the region adjacent to Reelfoot Lake. 

 Through permission of the State authorities these investigations 

 covered the lake and that part of the adjacent shore included in 

 the State reserve. Dr. Herbert Friedmann joined the party here 

 from May 2 to May 5. 



On May 9 Perrygo moved to Waynesboro, where collections were 

 made until May 19 in a region of forested hills extending 10 miles 

 to the north and covering sections on the Green River and near 

 Flat Woods on the Buffalo River. 



The party then moved to a point near Crossville, on the Cumber- 

 land Plateau. Collections were made here until May 31 over a con- 

 siderable area, mainly on Birds Creek and near Pikeville and Mel- 

 vine. The men then proceeded to the mountainous area of eastern 

 Tennessee, and on June 1 through the friendly permission of Roy 

 P. Blevins made camp on a grassy area above Beaverdam Creek 

 behind the post office at Shady Valley. From this camp, at 2,900 feet 

 elevation, there was easy access to the Holston Mountains on the west 

 and to the Iron Mountains on the east, while to the south collections 

 were made on Cross Mountain and in the valley to the south as far 

 as Carter. I joined the party here from June 5 to 8. Perrygo and 

 Lingebach remained in this region until June 16. 



On June 17 the men drove south to Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky 

 Mountains National Park, where through arrangements made by J. R. 

 Eakin, park superintendent, and Arthur Stupka, park naturalist, they 

 located next day at a camp 4l^ miles southwest of Cosby at an eleva- 

 tion of 2,700 feet, a point highly advantageous for the work in hand. 

 From here studies were made on Cosby Knob, White Rock, Inadu 

 Knob, Snake Den Mountain, Old Black Mountain, and Mount Guyot, 

 the work extending to elevations of 6,600 feet. Much valuable and 

 important material was obtained, the work continuing until July 5. 

 Mount Guyot proved most fruitful for Canadian Zone birds. 



On July 6 camp was made at Ocoee in the Cherokee National Forest, 

 through the kind permission of the district forest ranger, J. W. 

 Cooper. In this region collections were made on Big Frog Mountain 

 to elevations of over 4,000 feet, and on the dry, pine-covered slopes 

 of Beans Mountain. Birds were most abundant between 1,800 and 

 3,000 feet. The party broke camp for the return to Washington on 

 July 16. 



In fall Perrygo left Washington on September 9, accompanied by 

 Henry R. Schaefer, and on the following day called on the district 

 forest ranger in Bristol, Tenn., to arrange permission for work on the 

 lower slopes of Roan Mountain. That afternoon they drove up the 



