NOTES ON BIRDS OF KENTUCKY WETMORB 543 



As in the case of birds from Tennessee, the Kentucky specimens are 

 typical of the northern race, being marked from the southern form 

 by smaller bill and light dorsal coloration. 



SAYORNIS PHOEBE (Latham) : Eastern Phoebe 



In the nesting period the phoebe was secured at Waverly, May 17 ; 

 Brandenburg, April 28; Monticello, June 10 and 11; and Belfry, 

 Pike County, July 4. The birds were common in the fall, being 

 secured at this season at Canton, October 31; South CarroUton, Octo- 

 ber 18 and 22; Eoundhill, November 9; Burlington, October 11; 

 Mount Vernon, October 3 and 4; and Middlesboro, September 28, 



EMPIDONAX FLAVIVENTRIS (Baird and Baird) : Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 



A female was collected in a cypress swamp about 4 miles southwest 

 of Hickman, May 20. 



EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS (Vieillot) : Acadian Flycatcher 



The specimens taken include the following: Hickman, May 21, 25, 

 27; Uniontown, May 10; Brandenburg, April 28; Monticello, June 

 9, 10. 



MYIOCHANES VIRENS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Wood Pewee 



This is one of the common flycatchers of the State, being taken as 

 follows: Near Hickman, May 21, 24, 25, and 30; Uniontown, May 10 

 and 17; Brandenburg, May 3; Rockybranch, June 13; Coopersville, 

 June 3 ; Middlesboro, September 20, 21, and 23 ; 4,100 feet elevation on 

 Black Mountain, near Lynch, June 21, 22, and 23. 



Family ALAUDIDAE 



OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS PRATICOLA Henshaw: Prairie Horned Lark 



In summer a horned lark was seen but not taken near Monticello, 

 June 17. On October 27 a flock of nine was seen near South Carroll- 

 ton, and a female taken is of the present race. There are also 

 in the U. S. National Museum three males and one female, col- 

 lected at Lexington November 30, 1898, by E. A. Mearns, that belong 

 to the present form. Perrygo records 12 horned larks at Roundhill, 

 Butler County, November 9, and 5 more at the same point on November 

 12, but he did not secure specimens. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE 



RIP ARIA RIP ARIA RIP ARIA (Linnaeus) : Bank Swallow 



The bank swallow was observed at Brandenburg on April 28, and 

 one was taken at Uniontown on May 5. Others were recorded at 

 Rockybranch, Wayne County, June 8 and 13. 



