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On May 18 the party moved to Summersville, working that day 

 near Drennen, and on May 19 they shifted quarters to Grantsville. 

 From here collections were made along the Little Kanawha River, 

 and in the vicinity of Big Bend, Freed, Big Springs, Smithville, Mac- 

 Farlan, Walker, Arnoldsburg, Rocksdale, Mount Zion, and White 

 Pine. The party moved to Philippi on May 27, when, through the 

 kind permission of W. M. Bolton, they established camp on a farm 

 5 miles east of town in a rolling, upland country of open fields and 

 hardwood forests, cut by the valleys of small streams. Collections 

 here were made mainlj^ near Sugar Creek and Bills Creek. On June 6 

 camp was broken, a trip was made to Moatsville, and the party 

 continued to Richwood. 



On June 8 work began in the Cranberry Glades area, to continue 

 until June 20. A cabin on the south fork of the Cranberry River 

 furnished comfortable quarters from which the forests and open lands 

 of the Glades were easily accessible. On June 9 birds were collected 

 on Kennison Mountain to 4,000 feet elevation and on June 20 on 

 Black Mountain to 4,600 feet. 



Work in the mountain area was continued on Cheat Mountain from 

 a camp established at Cheat Bridge on June 23, on land belj^nging to 

 Mr. Cromer. The weather here was cold and rainy. Collections 

 were made up to 4,000 feet in forests of hardwood interspersed with 

 hemlock and occasional stands of spruce, the area covered being mainly 

 3 to 5 miles northwest of camp and extending along the higher ridges. 

 On Jime 27 the party moved to a ranger cabin on Middle Mountain, 

 12 miles northeast of Durbin. With its extensive forests this was one 

 of the most interesting regions examined. Blister Swamp, The Sinks, 

 The Big Burn, and Yokum Knob were visited successively, work 

 terminating on July 5. The following day the party moved to Har- 

 man, where they made the final collections of the summer at Red 

 Creek on Rich Mountain, at Flanagans Hill, and in Canaan Valley 

 near Elk in Tucker County. The summer trip terminated here on 

 July 10. 



On September 17 work began from a camp on the farm of M. Bennett 

 located under the summit of Spruce Knob, the highest mountain in 

 the State. In spite of cold rainy weather, collections were made here 

 along the ridge of the moimtain, both in the forests of the slopes and 

 over the stony summit, with its open pastures and dense stands of low 

 bushes. From September 25 to 27 Perrygo was again at Cheat Bridge 

 for further work on Cheat Mountain. On September 28 he worked 

 the slopes of Smoke Camp Mountain east of Thorn wood. On 

 October 1 a broad-winged hawk was taken at Richwood, and on 

 October 2 the men crossed through the Cranberry Glades to a camp 

 on Wilhams River over a newly constructed road. Rainy, foggy 

 weather prevailed until they left for Richwood on October 10. Col- 

 lections were made near Gilboa on October 12, 



