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DENDROICA CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS (Gmelin): Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler 



On September 13 Perrygo noted hundreds of these warblers passing 

 over Roan Mountain dunng a heavy fog. This was the period of 

 migi'ation from the north, and several specimens of this northern race 

 were taken here at elevations varying from 4,700 to 6,200 feet between 

 September 13 and 20. These are the only certain records for true 

 caerulescens in the collection. 



DENDROICA CAERULESCENS CAIRNSI Coues: Cairns's Warbler 



In June in the Holston Mountains bordering Shady Valley these 

 birds were common, specimens being taken on June 4 and 9. I saw 

 several in the Iron Mountains on June 6 and one on Cross Mountain 

 south of Shady Valley on June 7. On Roan Mountain, among the 

 host of migrant black-throated blue warblers, a male of this race was 

 taken at 6,200 feet on September 13 and another at 5,000 feet on Sep- 

 tember 23. In the Great Smoky Mountains Cairns's warbler was 

 common, being collected in Low Gap 6 miles southeast of Cosby on 

 June 19, when an adult male and a young bird recently from the nest 

 were taken, and on Inadu Knob June 21, 24, and 26, Two were seen 

 at 3,700 feet on Big Frog Mountain on July 10. The males have the 

 blue dark in color, and most of them show a heavy suffusion of black 

 in the back. The females are darker and duller than those of the 

 northern form. The young bird secured is decidedly different from 

 the only juvenile of the black-throated blue warbler available, a bird 

 just from the nest taken at Upton, Maine, on August 11, 1873, by 

 William Brewster (U. S. N. M. no, 233447), the specimen of Cairns's 

 warbler being much darker colored on the back, and decidedly green- 

 ish instead of brown. The difference is striking. 



DENDROICA CORONATA CORONATA (Linnaeus) : Myrtle Warbler 



This species, abundant at the proper seasons, was taken as follows : 

 Hickory Withe, April 15 and 16 ; Reelf oot Lake, April 27 and October 

 13 (4 miles south of Samburg) ; 7 miles northeast of Tiptonville, 

 October 22 ; Cumberland River near Indian Mound October 27 (hun- 

 dreds seen here on the following day) ; 10 miles east of Pulaski, 

 November 2; Lookout Mountain, March 29, 1882 (W. H. Fox) ; and 

 Rockwood, March 3, 1885 (W. H. Fox). 



As I have stated elsewhere, I consider the western race of this bird 

 valid, though it is not recognized in the latest edition of the A. O. U, 

 Check-list. 



