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Family ANATIDAE 



QUERQUEDULA DISCORS (Linnaeus): Blue-winged Teal 



Six seen on Reelfoot Lake on October 21. 



AIX SPONSA (Linnaeus): Wood Duck 



Seen regularly at Reelfoot Lake from April 29 to May 7 and Octo- 

 ber 6 to 21. 



Family CATHARTIDAE 



CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS Wied: Eastern Turkey Vulture 



The turkey vulture was observed regularly tlioiigli not in great 

 abundance in all the localities where collections were made from the 

 Mississippi River to the mountains along the eastern border. On 

 October 24 a flock of 34 passed traveling south, evidently in migra- 

 tion. Three specimens taken, all females, one from Hickory Withe, 

 Fayette County, April 10, and two from near Ridgely, Lake County, 

 October 15, have the measurements assigned to the eastern form as 

 defined by Dr. Friedmann,* the wings being 530, 532, and 538 nmi, 

 and the tails 279, 283, and 287 imn. 



CORAGYPS ATRATUS (Meyer): Black Vulture 



Records for the black vulture are as follows : Eads, April 21 ; Ellen- 

 dale, April 19; Reelfoot Lake, April 29, October 12-19; Union City, 

 May 24; Pulaski, November 1-4; Frankewing, November 8; and 

 Crossville, May 24. None were recorded from the higher elevations 

 of the eastern mountain section, though the species is found there on 

 occasion. 



On October 12 a male was taken near Phillippy, Lake County, in the 

 vicinity of Reelfoot Lake. This bird has a wing measurement of 415 

 mm. Friedmann,'' through examination of considerable material, has 

 confirmed the impression of other workers tliat there is no appreciable 

 difference in size between the black vultures of North America and of 

 South America, so that subspecies in this group cannot be recognized. 

 In the A. O. U. Check-list for 1931 this bird is listed as Coi^agyps 

 otratus atratus. 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE 



ACCIPITER STRIATUS VELOX (Wilson): Sharp-shinned Hawk 



Seen at Reelfoot Lake on October 16; Union City, April 30; Indian 

 Mound, Cmnberland River, October 29; near Bean Station on Clinch 



* Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 46, Oct. 26, 1933, p. \i 

 'ilbid., pp. 187-188. 



