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On October 14 the party moved to Flat Top to collect over the 

 slopes of Flat Top Mountain. The work here extended to Odd and 

 Ghent. On October 22 they moved to Wliitesville, from wliich point 

 they covered Cherry Pond Alomitain, the specmiens taken being 

 labeled Arnett and Posey. On October 24 they worked near Orgas 

 in Boone County, and on October 25 they moved to Wilson's Farm 

 Camp near Barboursville east of Huntington. From here they col- 

 lected near Barboursville, Point Pleasant, Ben Lomond, Mercers 

 Bottom, Ashton, and near Huntington, the area covered being 

 principally near the Ohio River. Heavy rains caused some delays 

 here. On November 5 they moved to White Sulphur Springs and 

 collected on Katis Mountain on November 6 and 7. This completed 

 the work of the season. 



Family ARDEIDAE 



BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS (Montagu) 



American Bittern 



One, evidently a bewildered migrant, was taken 4 miles east of 

 Huntmgtpn, April 25, 1937, as it rested in a bush in a yard distant 

 from any bod}' of water. 



Family CATHARTIDAE 



CORAGYPS ATRATUS ATRATUS (Meyer) 



Black Vulture 



On May 24, 1936, I saw half a dozen circhng Avith a large flock of 

 turkey vultures near Wardensville. The species is one that seems to 

 have extended its range into the State rather recently, this being the 

 most northern record known to me at this time. 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE 



ACCIPITER VELOX (Wilson) 



Sharp-shinned Hawk 



An immature female was taken on the summit of Spruce Knob, 

 Pendleton County, at 4,800 feet on September 21, 1936. Others 

 were seen on the two following days. Early in the smnmer one was 

 observed near Freed on May 21. 



According to M. Bennett, whose farm near the summit of Spruce 

 Knob is reputed to be the highest land under cultivation in West 

 Virginia, there is a regular hawk migration over this mountain late 

 in fall. At times the birds have been observed by thousands, among 

 them "booted hawks", which probably are the American roughleg. 



