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DENDROICA VIRENS VIRENS (Gmelin): Black-throated Green Warbler 



Specimens at hand come from the following localities : Hornbeak, 

 May 1 ; Sambiirg, October 19; Rock wood, April 3 and 7, 1884 (W. H. 

 Fox); 3,400 feet elevation on Cross Mountain (near Briceville), 

 August 15, 1908 (A. H. Howell) ; Clinch Mountains near Bean Sta- 

 tion, September 28 and 29; 5,700 feet elevation on Roan Mountain, 

 September 16; 3,200 to 3,400 feet altitude near Cosby, Juue 30 and 

 July 1; 3,800 feet elevation on Snake Den Mountain, July 2; 2,100 

 feet elevation on Big Frog Mountain, 8 miles southwest of Copper- 

 hill, July 9. Apparently these birds are commoner as nesting birds 

 in the State than has been supposed. The specimens from Cross 

 Mountain probably were summer residents. In the Great Smoky 

 Mountains two were seen on Mount Guyot at 6,600 feet in addition 

 to those listed. On Big Frog Mountain black-throated green warblers 

 were common, as 15 were noted one day. Those taken there include 

 young birds recently from the nest. 



From the few specimens that I have seen, the southern race of 

 this species, Dendroica viretu iraynei, is distinguished only by its 

 somewhat smaller and slenderer bill. To me color differences that 

 have been alleged are not apparent. The breeding birds from Ten- 

 nessee resemble birds from the north and are to be placed with the 

 typical race. 



DENDROICA CERULEA (Wilson): Cerulean Warbler 



A male was taken 8 miles north of Waynesboro on May 19. One 

 was recorded 7 miles southwest of Crossville on May 25. 



DENDROICA FUSCA (Miillcr): Blackburnian Warbler 



The first one observed was taken at Reelfoot Lake, A))ril 24, 

 followed by others 4 miles west of Hornl^eak, May 4, and 9 miles 

 north of Waynesboro, May 11. A female was secured on June 4, at 

 3,800 feet in the Holston Mountains above Shady Valley, and on 

 June 6 I found Blackburnian warblers common along the sunmiit of 

 the Iron Mountains 2 miles east of Shady Valley, where I secured a 

 pair. We saw at least a dozen at an elevation of 4,000 feet in decid- 

 uous forest, where they ranged both through the higher trees and 

 in the undergrowth. Subsequently Perry go found them on Inadu 

 Knob in the Great Smoky Mountains, at elevations of 5,700 to 5,900 

 feet on June 23, 24, and 26. 



Female birds taken in June appear less yellowish above than those 

 from the north, the white markings being clearer and the general 

 tone grayer and darker. There is much individual variation in this 



