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Family TROCHILIDAE 



ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS (Linnaeus): Ruby-throated Hummingbird 



In the western section of the State a female was taken near Waverly 

 on May 16 and a male 4i/^ miles southwest of Hickman on May 30. 

 On Black Mountain hummingbirds were common in June, and a fe- 

 male was secured on June 25. Others were observed on Log 

 Mountain near Middlesboro from September 21 to 28. 



Family ALCEDINIDAE 



MEGACERYLE ALCYON ALCYON (Linnaeus) : Eastern Belted Kingfisher 



Observed at Brandenburg on April 23, at Uniontown on May 10, 

 and near Middlesboro on September 19 and 23. 



Family PICIDAE 



COLAPTES AURATUS AURATUS (Linnaeus) : Southern Flicker 



The only specimen obtained of this southern race, distinguished 

 only by smaller size, is a male taken 11 miles south of Brownsville, 

 Edmonson County, on November 11. This bird has the following 

 measurements: Wing 146.5, tail 98.6, culmen from base 35.5, tarsus 

 28.7 mm. 



As G. a. auratus nests throughout most of western Tennessee, fur- 

 ther collections of flickers should be made along the southern border 

 of Kentucky during spring and summer to determine whether the 

 southern bird may not extend a short distance into the southern 

 counties. The specimen from Brownsville comes from an area where 

 luteus may be the breeding form (though tliis is supposition only), 

 in which case it would be a wanderer from farther south. 



COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS Bangs: Northern Flicker 



The northern flicker was collected as follows : 41/^ miles southwest 

 of Hickman, May 21 ; South Carrollton, October 22 ; Roundhill, No- 

 vember 11; Brandenburg, April 21; Brownsville, November 10; 

 English, Carroll County, October 12; Lexington, December 5 (taken 

 by E. A. Mearns) ; Log Mountain, near Middlesboro, September 17 

 and 23; 3800 feet elevation on Black Mountain, near Lynch, June 

 23; and Fullerton, July 13. Immature birds only recently from the 

 nest were taken as follows: Rockybranch, June 13; 3900 feet eleva- 

 tion on Black Mountain, near Lynch, June 24; and Fullerton, July 

 13. The adults are all characterized by a wing size from 151.5 to 

 156.7 mm. 



A male from near the northern arm of Reelfoot Lake in Fulton 

 County, southwest of Hickman, has the wing 153.5 mm., and so has 

 the size of luteus, a matter of interest since birds from near Horn- 



