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Family SYLVIIDAE 



POLIOPTILA CAERULEA CAERULEA (Linnaeus) 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 



Specimens were secured as follows: 5 miles east of Huntington, 

 April 20; 12 miles north of Logan, April 22; Fourteen, April 29; Tyler 

 Creek, April 27; Grantsville, May 20. Apparently this bird is com- 

 mon in the hilly regions of the western part of the State. Details of 

 its distribution will be worked out slowly since it is so small that when 

 leaves are fully grown in summer it is seen in the trees only with 

 difficulty. 



REGULUS SATRAPA SATRAPA Lichtenstein 



Eastern Golden-crowned Kinglet 



The only specimens taken were secured near White Sulphur Springs. 

 Two were collected 2 miles east on April 18, and two others at 3,000 

 feet elevation on Katis Mountain on November 6. I saw others near 

 Cheat Bridge on October 1, and one near McCauley on October 13, 

 1935. One was seen at high altitude in the Cranberry Glades on 

 June 20. 



CORTHYLIO CALENDULA CALENDULA (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



Distributed in migration throughout the State and obtained as 

 follows: "V^Tiite Sulphur Springs, April 18 and November 6; 5 miles 

 east of Huntington, April 20; Dunlow, April 23; Mill Creek, 9 miles 

 east of Huntington, April 25; 3,000 feet elevation on Williams River, 

 October 3; 4,700 feet elevation on Spruce Knob, September 24; 2,900 

 feet elevation on Flat Top Mountain near Ghent, Raleigh County, 

 October 14. One male from Dunlow, obtained April 23, has the 

 crown patch zinc-orange instead of the usual red. 



Family BOMBYCILLIDAE 



BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM Vieillot 



Cedar Waxwing 



The cedar waxwing, though reduced in numbers about Washington, 

 D. C, in recent years, remains a common bird in West Virginia. 

 Specimens were obtained as follows: Orgas, Boone County, June 24 ; 

 2 miles west of BarboursvUle, Cabell County, October 26; 3 miles 

 north of Point Pleasant, Mason County, October 27; 5 miles north 

 of Drennen, Nichoh.s County, May 18; 5 and 7 miles east of Philippi, 

 May 28, and June 1 and 4 ; 3,200 feet elevation on Flat Top Mountain, 

 near Flat Top, October 15; Middle Mountain, 12 and 15 miles north- 

 east of Durbin, June 29 and July 3; 3,300 feet elevation in the Cran- 

 berry Glades, June 9 and 12. 



