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and 3 miles north of Pikeville, Bledsoe County, May 21. The last 

 is an immature male in juvenal dress. An immature male, supposed 

 to be a migrant from farther north, was secured 7 miles northeast 

 of Tiptonville, Lake County, October 20, 1937. The eastern race 

 appears to be the breeding form of Tennessee except in the extreme 

 west. It is almost certain that it extends clear to the Mississippi 

 River from fall until the opening of spring, as in that period many 

 northern migrants invade the State. 



ZENAIDURA MACROURA MARGINELLA (Woodhouse): Western 



Mourning Dove 



A pair of mourning doves taken 4 miles southeast of Hickory 

 Withe, Fayette County, on April 20 show definitely the paler color 

 above and below that characterizes the western form. A male se- 

 cured at Hornbeak, Obion County, May 4, also belongs here though 

 slightly darker in color and therefore somewhat intermediate toward 

 the eastern bird. An immature male taken 7 miles northeast of Tip- 

 tonville in Lake County on October 20 is also somewhat intermediate, 

 being darker on the dorsal surface, but it is nearer marginella. Ap- 

 parently the western bird is the mourning dove of the extreme western 

 part of Tennessee, in the northwest intergrading with carolinensis^ 

 the eastern race. Further details as to the range of marginella will 

 be of interest, especially with regard to specimens that are definitely 

 breeding. 



Family CUCULIDAE 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS AMERICANUS (Linnaeus): Yellow-billed 



Cuckoo 



The first one of the season was collected on May 1 near Horn- 

 beak, Obion County. In fall another was secured and others were 

 seen on October 18 near Tiptonville. Near Waynesboro yellow -billed 

 cuckoos were common from May 10 to 18, and two were taken. Others 

 were found near Pikeville on May 28 and 31 (one collected on the 

 latter date). They were recorded at 2,700 feet elevation near Cosby 

 on June 25, at 2,000 feet on Big Frog Mountain on July 14, and on 

 the same day at 2,900 feet on Beans Momitain near Parksville, where 

 one was taken. 



COCCYZUS ERYTHROPTHALMUS (Wilson): Black-billed Cuckoo 



The two specimens taken of this cuckoo include a female from 

 Obion County near Eeelfoot Lake on April 30. Others were seen in 

 this area near Hornbeak on May 6 and on Caney Island on May 7. 

 Another female was shot 4 miles east of Waynesboro on Buffalo 



