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NANNUS HIEMAUS PULLUS Burleigh 



Southern Winter Wren 



A male collected at 4,860 feet on the summit of Spruce Knob on 

 September 19 is the first State record for this recently described 

 subspecies.^* It appears that this is the resident form of the moun- 

 tains of West Virginia, at least from Spruce Knob southward. It is 

 distinguished readily from the typical winter wren (Nannus hiemalis 

 hiemalis) by darker, less rufescent color above, lighter underparts, 

 smaller bill, and slightly longer wing. 



The bird from Spruce Knob has the following measurements: 

 Wing, 48.9; tail, 30.5; culmen from base, 11.6; and tarsus, 18.2 mm. 



THRYOMANES BEWICKI BEWICKI (Audubon) 



Bewick's Wren 



A male, and an immature bird just from the nest, come from 7 miles 

 east of Philippi, June 3. This bird, seemingly, is becoming uncommon 

 through much of the northern part of its range in the Eastern States. 



THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Latham) 



Carolina Wren 



Widely distributed but onlj^ fairly common during the period of this 

 work. One was taken near Gilboa on October 12, 1936, though none 

 were recorded there in May. Two were secured near Barboursville on 

 November 3, and one was collected and another seen 2 miles south of 

 Philippi on January 2, 1937. Sight records include one near Franklin, 

 October 1, one near Keyser, October 2, and one near McCauley, 

 October 13, in 1935. 



CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS (Naumann) 



Short-billed Marsh Wren 



A male taken near Point Pleasant on October 27 was the only one 

 seen. 



Family MIMIDAE 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS POLYGLOTTOS (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Mockingbird 

 Seen only near Ricliland on June 23. 



DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Catbird 



This common species, distributed through the State, was obtained 

 as follows: Wayne, May 1; hills south of the Guyandot River near 

 Huntington, May 2; Gilboa, May 6 and 8; Freed and Big Bend, 



i« Nannus hiemalis puUus Burleigh, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 48, May 3, 1935, p. 61 (Mount 

 Mitchell, N. C). 



