550 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.88 



wren is iliacus Ridgway and not disscoeptus of Bangs ^ as given in 

 the fourth edition of the A. O. U. Check-list. 



CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS (Naumann) : Short-billed Marsh Wren 



The only ones seen were observed during the fall migration, when 

 specimens were obtained near South Carrollton on October 18 and 

 24, at Canton on October 31, and 6 miles west of Burlington on 

 October 11. 



Family MIMIDAE 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS POLYGLOTTOS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Mockingbird 



Three specimens of the mockingbird were obtained as follows: 

 Canton, October 29; Madison ville, October 20; and Roundhill, Novem- 

 ber 12. The species was observed but not taken at Brandenburg, 

 April 20 to 22; Eock Haven, April 26; Uniontown, May 10; Rocky- 

 branch, June 13; Monticello, June 15 and 16; and Middlesboro, 

 September 23. 



DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus) : Catbird 



The catbird was collected as follows : Uniontown, May 5 ; Branden- 

 burg, April 30 and May 3; Monticello, June 10; Mount Vernon, 

 October 6 ; Middlesboro, September 28 ; 3,800 and 3,900 feet elevation 

 on Black Mountain, near Lynch, June 23 and 24 ; and Quincy, July 11. 

 In spring the first one was seen 6 miles northwest of Brandenburg 

 on April 21. In fall the last was recorded near Mount Vernon on 

 October 6. 



TOXOSTOMA RUFUM RUFUM (Linnaeus) : Eastern Brown Thrasher 



Specimens were collected as follows : Uniontown, May 10; Waverly, 

 May 12; Brandenburg, April 29; Monticello, June 14; 2,300 feet 

 elevation on Pine Mountain, near Wliitesburg, June 29; and Quincy, 

 July 12. These all agree in measurements with the eastern race. 

 For discussion of the eastern and western races of this bird the 

 reader is referred to the Proceedings of the United States National 

 Museum, vol. 86, 1939, pp. 214 to 215. 



Family TURDIDAE 



TURDUS MIGRATORIUS MIGRATORIUS Linnaeus: Eastern Robin 



As most of the robins secured were obtained during the period of 

 migration the status of the breeding birds of Kentucky cannot be 

 definitely outlined. An adult male from 4 miles west of Stearns, 

 McCreary County, shot on June 16, is somewhat intermediate toward 



" Cistothorus (Teltnatodytes) palustris dissaeptus Bangs, Auk, 1902, p. 352 (Wayland, 

 Mass.). 



