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CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS PAULUS Howell: Southern Crow 



Four of the crows collected by Perrygo and his associates on the 

 basis of smaller size are referred to the southern race. A male taken 

 September 29 near the town of Middlesboro has the wing 289 mm. 

 and the culmen 47.8 mm. It is presumably a bird from this general 

 region since the date is too early for any extended migration or 

 wandering. 



The race paulus nests in the mountains of northeastern Tennessee 

 and might, therefore, be expected to breed in the Middlesboro area. 

 A male taken at Burlington on October 11 has the wing 290 mm. and 

 the culmen 46.3 mm. A female from Brownsville shot on November 

 12 measures in the wing 300 mm. and in the culmen 46.1 mm. and 

 one from Ghent 282 mm. and 46.5 mm. The smaller wing and short, 

 slender bill place these with paulus. They seem to represent post- 

 breeding wanderers. 



Family PARIDAE 



PENTHESTES CARGLINENSIS CAROLINENSIS (Audubon) : Carolina Chickadee 



Four skins taken on September 20, 23, and 26 at elevations from 

 2,000 to 2,800 feet on Log Mountain, between 7 and 8 miles west of 

 Middlesboro, agree with specimens from the mountain area of eastern 

 Tennessee in having slightly darker dorsal coloration aiid lighter buffy 

 brown on the sides, differing in this from birds from central and 

 western Kentucky. Male and female taken at 4,000 feet elevation on 

 Black Mountain 414 miles southeast of Lynch show the same charac- 

 ters. These are referred to true caroUnensis, agreeing with skins in 

 similar stage of plumage from near Charleston, S. C, the type locality. 

 The Kentucky specimens represent the most northern limit known 

 for this race and are probably at the northern edge of its range. They 

 show some approach in their slightly larger size to eostimus. 



PENTHESTES CAROLINENSIS EXTIMUS Todd and Sutton: Northern Carolina Chickadee 



This race of the Carolina chickadee, marked by slightly paler back 

 and brighter buffy-brown sides, together with slightly larger size, is 

 found throughout Kentucky except in the southeast sections of the 

 State. Specimens identified as this form were taken as follows : At 

 the northern arm of Reelfoot Lake near Hickman, May 27 (two fully 

 grown immature birds) and 28; Waverly, May 6; Canton, October 

 29; South Carrolton, October 18; Brandenburg, April 21 and 22; 

 Brownsville, November 8 ; Roundhill, November 7 ; Burlington, Octo- 

 ber 10; Mount Vernon, October 1; Coopersville, June 6; Monticello, 

 June 4; and Quincy, July 11. 



The black-capped chickadee was not found in the mountains on the 

 eastern border but may occur at times as a winter migrant along the 

 Ohio River. 



