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in the other it is 156.5 mm, being well within the limit of luteus. Ap- 

 parently the two forms are definitely in contact at this point, so a mixed 

 population is present. 



Specimens assigned to auratus taken in fall include a male from 

 Tiptonville, October 6 (wing 150), and another from Frankewing, 

 Lincoln County, November 3 (wing 150.2). 



The male from Cosby Knob has a few red feathers in the black 

 malar stripe near the center of the dorsal margin on either side. A 

 male from Crossville has a few red leathers along the anterior edge 

 of the stripe. Other males in the series secured have this mark 

 entirely black. 



COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS Bangs: Northern Flicker 



In the material collected in 1937 the northern flicker is represented 

 by breeding birds in specimens from the mountain area, along the 

 eastern border of the State. Three birds from the vicinity of Shady 

 Valley in Johnson Count}' are definitely this form, a male taken on 

 June 3 at 2,800 feet near the base of the Holston Mountains having 

 a wing measurement of 154 mm and two females secured on June 5 

 at 2,900 feet elevation near Shady Valley post office measuring 159.5 

 and 154,5 mm. All three have the ends of the primaries considerably 

 worn. Apparently it is near this point that the northern and southern 

 birds begin to mix, as it will be recalled that one from Cosby Knob has 

 the measurements of auratus. One female taken by Perrj-go on Big 

 Frog Mountain at 2,100 feet on July 15 has a wing measurement of 

 156.5 mm, equaling luteus^ though another specimen secured the same 

 day has the small size of auratus. 



While auratus is indicated as the breeding bird at Hornbeak in 

 Obion County, apparentlj^ luteus may extend across the northern 

 border of the State from a short distance farther east, as a male col- 

 lected by R. J. Thompson at Danville on the Tennessee River on June 

 29, 1892, has the wing 154 mm, and one secured by A. H. Howell at 

 3,400 feet elevation on Cross Mountain near the boundai-y of Anderson 

 and Campbell Counties on August 15, 1908, measures 158.5 mm. 



From fall to spring the northem form covers the entire State. 

 Dates of interest in the specimens before me include a female from 

 Hickory Withe, April 9 (155), and a female from 2,000 feet elevation 

 in the Clinch Mountains, 3 miles west of Bean Station shot September 

 28 (wing 153). Possibly the latter is a representative of the breeding 

 stock of its area. Others were obtained as follows: Reelfoot Lake, 

 October 16; Samburg, October 11; Indian Mound, Stewart County, 

 October 28 ; Pulaski, November 2 ; Lookout Mountain, March 24 and 

 25, 1882 (W. H. Fox) ; and Rockwood, March 15, 1885 (W. H. Fox). 



