NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENNESSEE — WETMORE 205 



Blue jays were found to be commoner than anticipated through 

 (he mountains of the eastern section of the State. In addition to the 

 specimens seen they were recorded as follows : Clinch Mountains near 

 Bean Station, September 27 to 30, several ; Holston Mountains above 

 Shady Valley, June 2 to 16, common; Roan Mountain, September 

 11, one, and September 23, five; Great Smoky Mountains, Low Gap 

 near Cosby, June 19, one, Cosby Knob at 5,000 feet, June 19, one, 

 Snake Den Mountain at 5,000 feet, July 2 ; Big Frog Mountain, July 

 13, one. 



CORVUS CORAX PRINCIPALIS Ridgway: Northern Raven 



The raven was recorded in the Great Smoky Mountains near Cosby 

 on June 19, when two were seen, and at 6,600 feet on Mount Guyot on 

 June 27, when four were observed. At 3,000 feet elevation on Big 

 Frog Mountain one was heard on July 13 and another on the follow- 

 ing day, but because of the trees the birds were not actually seen. 

 During work on Roan Mountain three were seen on September 11, 

 five on September 12, and single birds were observed regularly. They 

 passed in the morning flying toward the north and returned at dusk 

 traveling toward the southeast into North Carolina. 



CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS BRACHYRHYNCHOS Brehm: Eastern 



Crow 



The crow population through the greater part of Tennessee is 

 decidedly intermediate between the rather poorly differentiated 

 northern and southern subspecies. In general the birds from the 

 northern part of the State west of the high mountain area to the 

 Mississippi seem to agree best, on the material at hand, with true 

 hrachyrhynchos when the tw^o characters of length of wing and size 

 of bill are considered. Several are intermediate, and a larger series 

 of birds may cause some change in this conclusion. In a pair taken 

 at Reel foot Lake near Tipton ville, the male is distinctly of the 

 hrdchyj'hynchos type with the wing 323 and the culmen from base 

 52 mm. The female is somewhat small, with the wing 300 and the 

 culmen from base 49.0. These two birds apparently were mated 

 with grown young out of the nest. They are the only specimens 

 taken in the breeding season that are identified as hrachyrhynchos. 

 In three males secured near Phillippy in fall, a male shot on October 

 7 is very large (wing 329, culmen from base 52 mm). Two others 

 taken on October 7 and 12 measure as follows: Wing 305 and 300, 

 culmen from base 51.7 and 50.8 mm. The wings in these two are 

 decidedly worn, as the primaries have not yet been molted. This 



