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joined them from September 23 to 25, the rest remaining mitil Septem- 

 ber 29. The American Association Coal Co. gave permission for work 

 on its lands here. Log Mountain is covered with deciduous forest and 

 is rather dry, but good collections both of birds and mammals were 

 made between 2,000 and 2,900 feet elevation. Some specimens were 

 taken in the lowlands southeast of Middlesboro. 



On October 1 the party was established south of the town of Berea 

 and continued investigations here in Rockcastle and Madison Counties, 

 near Mount Vernon, Berea, and Richmond, until October 7. A con- 

 siderable part of this area is poorly drained so that there are many 

 wet meadows, making conditions for small birds excellent. From 

 October 7 to 9 the men where located at Morehead, Rowan County, 

 where they had the cooperation of Prof. Wilfred A. Welter, of State 

 Teachers College, in selecting desirable areas for work. From here 

 they continued to the Ohio River below Covington to record the fall 

 migration, collecting until October 15 near Ghent and English in 

 Carroll County, near Burlington and Florence in Boone County, near 

 Warsaw in Gallatin County, and near Bedford in Trimble County. 

 The bottomlands along the Ohio and the bluffs and rolling hills inland 

 gave a diversified terrain in which were many birds. 



On October 16 they removed to Madisonville, where special atten- 

 tion was given to cypress swamps and the adjacent areas in Hopkins, 

 McLean, and Muhlenberg Counties. Collections were made near 

 Sacramento, South Carrollton, and Madisonville, the region proving 

 an excellent one. On October 28 a new base was selected at Cadiz 

 for work in the narrow tract of land between the Tennessee and Cum- 

 berland Rivers in Trigg County, and at points farther to the east. 

 Birds were obtained mainly at Canton, with a few specimens from 

 Golden Pond, Cadiz, Princeton, and Cerulean. 



On November 6 Perry go located at Brownsville for the final work 

 of the season in the cedar-covered hills, oak woods, and farmlands of 

 the region near Mammoth Cave. From here collections were made 

 at Roundhill and Fairview, but most of the material was obtained 

 near Brownsville. Tlie studies for the season ended on November 14. 



Family ARDEIDAE 



ARDEA HERODIAS WARDI Ridgway: Ward's Heron 



Two adult females taken on an arm of Reelfoot Lake 4I/2 miles 

 southwest of Hickman on May 24 and 26 are of this race. Their 

 measurements might fit either the northern or southern form of great 

 blue heron, being within the maximum range of the former and the 

 minimum of the latter, but the color of the neck and of the back is 

 distinctly pale, which places them with the southern bird. Measure- 



