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BAEOLOPHUS BICOLOR (Linnaeus) : Tufted Titmouse 



This familiar species, distributed throughout the State, was recorded 

 in all the localities visited except on the higher levels of Black Moun- 

 tain, Specimens were obtained as follows: Near Hickman, May 20 

 and 28; Canton, October 29; Waverly, May 9 and 11; Madisonville, 

 October 21 ; South Carrollton, October 18 ; Brandenburg, April 21 and 

 22 ; Roundhill, November 9 ; Brownsville, November 8 ; Ghent, October 

 14; Bardstown, January 18, 1882 (taken by C. W. Beckham) ; Lexing- 

 ton, December 1, 1898 (taken by E. A. Mearns) ; Mount Vernon, Octo- 

 ber 3 and 6 ; Monticello, June 15 ; Coopersville, June 6 ; 2,000 to 2,900 

 feet elevation on Log Mountain, near Middlesboro, September 19, 21, 

 and 25; and Belfry, July 6, A young bird just from the nest was 

 secured near Hickman on May 28. 



Family SITTIDAE 



SITTA CAROLINENSIS CAROLINENSIS Latham: White-breasted Nuthatch 



The two races of this nuthatch found in the eastern section of North 

 America, the larger, paler Sitta c. carolm&nsis in the north and the 

 smaller, darker Sitta o. atkinsi in the south, while sufficiently distinct 

 when specimens from the northern and southern sections of the range 

 are compared have a broad area in which there is transition between 

 the two and in which the nuthatch population is definitely intermedi- 

 ate. The State of Kentvicky is included in this intermediate area, thus 

 making the allocation of specimens difficult and in part to be accom- 

 plished only through arbitrary decision. All the skins that I have 

 seen from Kentucky are smaller than the average typical of the north- 

 ern race. Some, however, are so distinctly pale colored that it seems 

 best to place them with true ca7'olinensis. 



Birds that I have identified as carolineiisis were taken as follows : 

 Roundhill, Butler County, November 11; Mount Vernon, Rockcastle 

 County, October 1, 4, and 6; 2,800 and 2,900 feet elevation on Log 

 Mountain, 7 miles west of Middlesboro, September 17, 20, and 22; 

 and 3,800 to 4,100 feet elevation on Black Mountain, 4 miles south- 

 east of Lynch. It will be observed that these localities are in the 

 eastern and northern sections of the State. 



SITTA CAROLINENSIS ATKINSI Scott: Florida Nuthatch 



As stated above the southern race of this nuthatch is distinguished 

 by smaller average size and darker dorsal coloration. Further, there 

 is no gray on the crown in the female, a condition found occasionally 

 in the northern race. Male and female taken May 27 near the 

 northern end of Reelfoot Lake, 5 miles southwest of Hickman, agree 

 with specimens from across the border in Tennessee and seem fairly 



