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similar to the latter, but the series averages slightly darker brown 

 above and is marked by definite blackish streakings above (though 

 these are much reduced in two specimens). They are identified as 

 intermediate, but nearer to 'bachmanU. True ilUnoensis should occur 

 in western Tennessee at least in migration. 



JUNCO HYEMALIS HYEMALIS (Linnaeus) : Slate-colored Junco 



Represented by specimens as follows: Hickory Withe, April 15 j 

 Tiptonville, October 22; Dover, October 25; Frankewing, November 

 9; Lookout Mountain, March 20, 1882 (W. H. Fox); Rockwood, 

 March 2, 13, and 21, 1885, and April 7, 1884 (W. H. Fox) . 



JUNCO HYEMALIS CAROLINENSIS Brewster: Carolina Junco 



Juncos were fairly common in the mountains bordering Shady 

 Valley, specimens being taken at 3,800 to 4,000 feet in the Iron Moun- 

 tains on June 6 and 14 (the latter a bird in juvenal plumage) and 

 at 3,800 feet in the Holston Mountains on June 4. On Roan Moun- 

 tain skins were secured at 6,200 feet on September 22. One is par- 

 tially albinistic on the throat. In the Great Smoky Mountains the 

 Carolina junco was very common. Specimens were taken at 5,000 

 feet on Cosby Knob June 19, at 6,300 feet on Old Black Mountain 

 on June 21, and at 6,600 feet on Mount Guyot on June 21 and 24. 

 Others were seen at 5,000 feet and above on Inadu Knob, Camels 

 Hump, and White Rock. On July 10 a junco was recorded at 4,100 

 feet on Big Frog Mountain. 



SPIZELLA PASSERINA PASSERINA (Bechstein): Eastern Chipping 



Sparrow 



The familiar chipping sparrow is common in Tennessee, being rep- 

 resented as follows: Hickory Withe, April 15; Dover, October 25; 

 Waynesboro, May 11 and 14; Melviue, May 21; Pikeville, May 31; 

 Crossville, May 27; Rockwood, March 9 and April 1, 1885 (W. H. 

 Fox); Shady Valley, June 10 and 11; and at 2,700 feet elevation 

 near Cosby in the Great Smoky Mountains, June 20 and 29. 



SPIZELLA PUSILLA PUSILLA (Wilson): Eastern Field Sparrow 



A common sparrow that as a breeding bird covers the State except 

 in the extreme western portion. Records attributed to true pusilla 

 are as follows: 4 miles west of Hornbeak, May 3; 10 miles east of 

 Pulaski, November 2 and 3; Chattanooga, March 15, 1882 (W. H. 

 Fox) ; Rockwood, March 4, 18, and 28, 1885, April 3, 6, and 8, 1884 

 (W. H. Fox); Shady Valley, June 3; 2,700 feet elevation, 4 miles 

 southeast of Cosby, Great Smoky Mountains, June 30. A bird from 



