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mountain, with some difficulty due to wet and slippery roads, and 

 camped at 6,200 feet elevation. On September 13 camp was moved to 

 the eastern side of the summit, and two days later the men secured a 

 cabin as a necessary shelter from the almost constant fog and rain. 

 While through force of circumstances the camp was located across 

 the State boundary in North Carolina, all collections were made in 

 Tennessee. There was much migration movement among the smaller 

 birds here, black-throated blue warblers and red-eyed vireos being 

 particularly abundant. Birds were obtained from altitudes of 4,200 

 feet below Carvers Gap to 6,200 feet across the summit of the moun- 

 tain. After the extreme heat of the lowlands the cool air of this high 

 mountain was almost reminiscent of winter. 



On September 25 the men moved down to Elizabethton and the 

 following day established a base near Bean Station 12 miles northeast 

 of Rutledge in Grainger County for work in the Clinch Mountains. 

 This area proved to be rather dry, with a mixed second-growth forest 

 of pine and hardwood, with little of note except a considerable mi- 

 gration of wood warblers. Collections were made here until October 

 2. The following two days were occupied in driving across to Reel- 

 foot Lake, where on October 4 the party located in a cabin on the 

 western shore of the lake, 4 miles northeast of Tiptonville. Plans 

 called for work here until October 23 to follow the fall migration, 

 but results were less than had been expected as birds were only fairly 

 common and often hard to find because of strong winds that made 

 them seek cover. Trips were made on the lake by means of boats, 

 and the western and southern shore lines and adjacent regions were 

 covered from near Samburg around to Ridgely. They also worked 

 along the Hickman-Reelfoot Levee near the Mississippi River. 



From October 24 to 31 the party located in the tobacco-growing 

 section at Clarksville, collecting along the Cumberland River near 

 Dover and Indian Mound and also working in heavy woods north of 

 the latter point. On November 1 the work was transferred to a 

 farming section in Lincoln and Giles Counties with headquarters at 

 Fayetteville. Most of the specimens secured here were obtained in the 

 vicinity of Pulaski and of Frankewing, near where there is a con- 

 siderable tract of heavy timber. Work terminated on November 10, 

 and the following day the party reached Washington. 



Family COLYMBIDAE 



PODILYMBUS PODICEPS PODICEPS (Linnaeus): Pied-billed Grebe 



An adult female was taken on May 14, 1937, on the Green River 

 about 8 miles north of Waynesboro, Wayne County. It does not 

 seem probable that the bird was on its breeding grounds, as suitable 



