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has the outer toe with the proximal tliird feathered and a line of 

 feathers down the inner side nearly to the end, the distal joint of 

 the middle toe bare except for a fairly heavy line down its outer side, 

 and the inner toe bare for half the distal joint, being somewhat inter- 

 mediate but nearer the southern bird. These owls were noted in 

 the vicinity of Reelf oot Lake on April 26 and May 7 and from Octo- 

 ber 7 to 16. There is no question that Leon Kelso ^" is correct in 

 indicating that Strix georgica of Latham " applies to the southern 

 form of the barred owl, currently known as Stnx varia alleni Ridg- 

 way.^2 In addition to the characters discussed by Kelso, it may be 

 noted that Latham includes his Strix georgica in the group 

 Inaunculatae^ as distinguised from his Auriculatae, pennis auricu- 

 latum instar extantium^ showing clearly that he was describing a 

 smooth-headed bird. 



Family CAPRIMULGIDAE 



ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS (Gmelin) : Chuck-will's-widow 



Heard calling near Ellendale on April 20 and 1 mile east of 

 Waynesboro on May 10 and 11. 



ANTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Wilson): Eastern 

 Whip-poor-will 



Specimens were taken 9 and 10 miles north of Waynesboro on 

 May 11 and 12 and 4 miles south of Crossville on May 29. Whip- 

 poor-wills were heard in Shady Valley from June 1 to 13, 4 miles 

 southeast of Cosby at 2,700 feet elevation on June 24, and on Big 

 Frog Mountain on July 14. 



Family MICROPODIDAE 



CHAETURA PELAGICA (Linnaeus): Chimney Swift 



In the wilder sections of the Great Smoky Mountains from June 

 19 to 30 chimney swifts were found nesting in hollow trees on 

 Mount Guyot, Inadu Knob, and Old Black Mountain. A male was 

 taken near Cosby on June 19. On July 10 several pairs were ob- 

 served about old trees at 3,700 feet elevation on Big Frog Mountain, 

 and it was supposed that they were using them for nesting sites. 



i» Auk, 1933, pp. 106-107. 



^1 Strix Oeorgica Latham, Supplemontum indicia ornithologlci, 1801, p. rv (southern 

 Georgia). 



^ Strix nebulosa alleni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, 1880, p. 8 (Clearwater, 

 Fla.). 



