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BIEDS OF WEST VIKGINIA — WETMORE 421 



Calhoun County, May 21; 7 miles east of Pliilippi, June 4; 3,500 feet 

 on Williams River, October 7 ; 4,860 feet on Spruce Knob, September 

 18; 3,300 feet in the Cranberry Glades, May 8 and June 8 to 20; and 

 Middle Mountain, 12 miles northeast of Durbin, June 29. The bird 

 ranges from the lowlands through the mountains. Catbirds were 

 present in unusual abundance during June along the south fork of the 

 Cranberry River just below the Cranberry Glades. 



TOXOSTOMA RUFUM (Linnaeus) 



Brown Thrasher 



Fairly common and widely distributed. Specimens were taken as 

 follows: Muddlety, Nicholas County, May 11; 4,700 feet elevation 

 on Spruce Knob, September 19; 3,300 feet elevation in the Cranberry 

 Glades, June 16; Middle Mountain, 11 miles northeast of Durbin, 

 July 1. I saw this species at Richwood on May 9 and near Yellow 

 Spring on May 24. One was observed on Cheat Mountain above 

 Cheat Bridge on September 26. 



Family TURDIDAE 



TURDUS MIGRATORIUS MIGRATORIUS Linnaeus 



Eastern Robin 



The robins of West Virginia are an interesting puzzle in allocation 

 since both the eastern and southern forms nest in the State. In 

 general the bird of the eastern part of the State, including the moun- 

 tainous area, may be called migratorius, while the southern form, 

 achrusterus, is found in the lower country in the central and western 

 portions. 



The typical eastern bird (T. m. migratorius) is richer brown below, 

 and darker above, with the crown distinctly blackish, marked sharply 

 from the gray of the hindneck. It is also larger, the wing ranging to 

 more than 130 mm in length. 



A male from Charmco, east of Rainelle, at an elevation of 2,200 feet 

 (wing, 130 mm), May 8, in size and color is definitely the typical bird. 

 A male (mng, 131 mm), taken by A. H. Howell at Beckley, Raleigh 

 County, July 17, 1909, also is typical. Two males from Cheat Moun- 

 tain, 3 and 5 miles west of Cheat Bridge, June 24 and 25 (the latter 

 taken at 4,000 feet), have the rich, dark color of migratorius, though 

 a httle small (wing, 127 and 128 mm). Two males from 3,300 and 

 3,700 feet in the Cranberry Glades taken June 12 and 16 are definitely 

 of the migratorius type, being dark in color and large (wing, 130.5 and 

 133 mm). A female taken there at 3,300 feet on June 16 is intermedi- 

 ate, as it agrees in color with migratorius but has the dimensions of 

 achrusterus (wing, 121.7 mm). Another female, from Middle Moun- 

 tain, 11 miles northeast of Durbin, July 1, is likewise intermediate, 

 resembling the one just mentioned in size (wing, 121 mm) but is slightly 



