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In addition to the specimens listed the ruffed grouse was recorded 

 by Perrygo as follows: One was heard 5 miles east of Crossville on 

 Birds Creek on May 28 and another in the Clinch Mountains 6 miles 

 southwest of Bean Station on September 29. In the Holston Moun- 

 tains above Shady Valley grouse were common' in June, and females 

 with young were recorded from June 11 to 15. On June C on Iron 

 Mountain I saw two females with young, one brood of half a dozen 

 being as large as quail. In the Great Smoky Mountains Perrygo 

 found two broods on Cosby Knob at 5,000 feet on June 19 and re- 

 corded others on Mount Guyot, June 21, on Snake Den Mountain, 

 June 23, and on Inadu Kjiob, July 2. Two were drumming on July 

 13 at 2.100 feet on Big Frog Mountain. 



Family PERDICIDAE 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Linnaeus): Eastern Bobwhite 



Recorded at many localities. An adult male was taken at Shady 

 Valley on June 10. 



Family MELEAGRIDIDAE 



MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS Vieillot: Eastern Turkey J 



One seen at 6,100 feet on Old Black Mountain in the Great Smokies 

 on June 27. 



Family RALLIDAE 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS CACHINNANS Bangs: Florida Gallinule 



On Reelfoot Lake an adult and an immature gallinule were taken 

 on October 6, and nine others were seen on October 21. 



FULICA AMERICANA AMERICANA Gmelin: American Coot 



On Reelfoot Lake three coots were seen on April 26 and eight on 

 May 7. In fall they were common from October 6 to 21, specimens 

 being taken October 6 and 8. 



Family CHARADRIIDAE 

 OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Linnaeus): Killdeer 



A male was taken at Hornbeak, Obion County, on May 4. Another 

 was collected by W. H. Fox at Rockwood on March 9, 1885. 



While the killdeer is evidently allied to the plovers usually placed 

 in the genus Charadrius, the decidedly longer and more graduated 

 tail and the distinct color pattern seem to me to warrant its separation 



