NOTES ON BIRDS OF KENTUCKY WETMORE 573 



West Virginia (taken in 1936 unless otherwise noted) : Middle 

 Mountain, 12 miles northeast of Durbin, June 29 ; Middle Mountain, 

 near Yokum Knob, July 4 ; Cranberry Glades, June 11 and 12 ; Ash- 

 ton, October 31 ; 2,000 feet elevation on Cherry Pond Mountain, near 

 Arnett, October 23 ; Orgas, October 24 ; 3,800 feet elevation on Cheat 

 Mountain, 3 miles west of Cheat Bridge, September 25 ; Cheat Bridge, 

 October 1, 1935; and 3,000 feet elevation on Williams River, Poca- 

 hontas County, October 3. 



Tennessee (taken in 1937 unless otherwise noted) : Hickory Withe, 

 April 10; Reelfoot Lake, 2 miles east of Phillippy, October 12; 6 

 miles east of Pulaski, November 4; Rockwood, March 19, 20, and 23, 

 1885. 



MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA ERICRYPTA Oberholser =3: Western Swamp Sparrow 



As indicated above the swamp sparrow of the western area of the 

 general range may be separated on the basis of lighter coloration 

 above, the brown of rump and back being distinctly lighter, with 

 the brownish edgings of the dorsal feathers paler and the gray of 

 the hindneck and sides of the neck paler. In fall these birds are 

 also lighter in color, especially on the rump and upper tail coverts. 

 As stated in the account of the eastern form the gray hues in fall 

 are somewhat darker, so that there is sometimes no distinction here. 



These differences I have worked out from comparison of 10 breed- 

 ing males from West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Massa- 

 chusetts and 7 from Alberta (the type locality) and Mackenzie. The 

 characters once established are evident in migrant birds, but I am 

 not prepared at present to attempt to outline the distribution. Ober- 

 holser's statement that the western birds are smaller is not borne 

 out by measurements that I have made, the two groups being 

 practically identical. 



Following are specimens obtained as migrants in Kentucky that I 

 have assigned to this race: Canton, October 31; South Carrollton, 

 October 18 and 24; Roundhill, November 7 and 11; and Brandenburg, 

 April 23. 



The following specimens from West Virginia pertain to this form 

 (taken in 1936) : Huntington, May 2; Barboursville, October 26; 

 Mercers Bottom, October 30 and November 2 ; and 2,900 feet elevation 

 on Flat Top Mountain near Ghent, October 14. 



From Tennessee the following were obtained (taken in 1937 unless 

 otherwise noted) : Hickory Withe, April 10 and 16; 3 miles north of 

 Tiptonville, October 16; Reelfoot Lake, 2 miles east of Phillippy, Oc- 



^ Melospiza georgiana ericrypta Oberholser, Louisiana Dcpt. Cons. Bull. 28, 1938, p. 675 

 (Fort McMurray, Alberta). 



