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22; Waynesboro, May 17; Pikeville, May 31; Bean Station, October 

 2; Shady Valley, June 4 and 10; near Cosby in the Great Smoky 

 Mountains, June 23 and 30; 2,000 to 2,300 feet on Big Frog Mountain, 

 8 miles southwest of Copperhill, July 8, 10, and 15. 



SPIZA AMERICANA (Gmelin): Dickcissel 



In the vicinity of Reelfoot Lake from April 30 to May 7 these 

 interesting birds were common. Three were taken 4 miles west of 

 Hornbeak on May 1 and 3, and they were seen at Samburg, Ridgely, 

 and Union City. One was observed 6 miles west of Waynesboro on 

 May 9. 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS PURPUREUS (Gmelin): Eastern Purple 



Finch 



Found only in spring migration in the western part of the State, 

 where sj^ecimens were taken at Frayser, April 8, and near Hickory 

 Withe, April 9 and 14. There is an old specimen in the collection 

 taken at Rockwood, March 28, 1885, by W. H. Fox. 



SPINUS PINUS PINUS (Wilson): Northern Pine Siskin 



One of the surprises in the present collection is a pine siskin taken 

 on July 2 at 2,700 feet elevation, 4 miles southeast of Cosby in tlie 

 Great Smoky Mountains. The bird is a young female barely grown 

 and must have been reared at some nearby point. Several were found 

 mixed with goldfinches on July 2 and 3. As this report was going to 

 the printer, Ganier and Clebsch ®^ reported the siskin from Cling- 

 mans Dome in June 1938. 



SPINUS TRISTIS TRISTIS (Linnaeus): Eastern Goldfinch 



Recorded as follows: Hickory Withe, April 15; Reelfoot Lake^ 

 April 27; Waynesboro, May 17; Rockwood, March 14, 1885, and 

 April 19, 1884 (W. H. Fox) ; Shady Valley, June 11; Great Smoky 

 Mountains, near Cosby, June 19, and at White Rock (5,000 feet eleva- 

 tion), July 1. 



PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (Linnaeus) : 



Red-eyed Towhee 



The distribution of the towhees of Tennessee is somewhat involved^ 

 as two forms are concerned with specimens from certain localities 

 that are definitely intermediate between the two. After prolonged 

 study of the series at hand it appears that true erythropJithalmm may 

 range in the breeding season in the western part of the State west of 



» Migrant, 1938, p. 42. 



