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SPINUS TRISTIS TRISTIS (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Goldfinch 



A common, widely distributed bird of wbich records were made as 

 follows: 5 miles east of Huntington, April 21; Huntington, April 29; 

 2 miles west of Barboursville, October 26; Mercers Bottom, October 

 29; Gilboa, May 5; Enon, May 8; 5 miles east of Philippi, IMay 30; 

 Little Spruce Knob on Williams River, October 5 ; 3,500 feet elevation 

 on Williams River, October 7; Cranberry Glades, June 19; 3,000 feet 

 elevation on Katis Mountain, near White Sulphur Springs, Novem- 

 ber 6. 



PIPILO EUYTHROPHTHALMUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (Linnaeus) 



Red-eyed Towhee 



A species widely distributed in summer that was recorded as follows: 

 5 miles east of Huntington, April 20 and 21 ; 12 miles north of Logan, 

 April 22 ; Fourteen, April 28 and 29 ; Zela, May 7 ; Enon, May 8 ; Mount 

 Zion, Calhoun County, May 23 ; 5 miles east of Philippi, Maj^ 29 ; Red 

 Creek, Tucker County, July 6; Rich Mountain, 7 miles southwest 

 of Harman, July 7; summit of Spruce Knob, September 19 and 24; 

 Cranberry Glades, June 8, 15, and 20; Middle Mountain, 12 miles 

 southeast of Durbin, June 27. A young bird not fully g^o^\^l was se- 

 cured on Spruce Knob on September 19. This bird may possibly 

 winter in the southwestern section near the Ohio River, as one was 

 taken at Barboursville on November 3. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (Wilson) 



Eastern Savannah Sparrow 



Three adults taken at the Big Burn near Yokum Knob, on Middle 

 Mountain, on July 4 constitute an extension in breeding range for this 

 bird. They were fairly common. In fall one was taken at 3,200 feet 

 on Flat Top Mountain, near Flat Top, October 15, and another near 

 Mercers Bottom, October 29. On June 5, 1935, I recorded one near 

 the South Branch of the Potomac River, five miles north of Moore- 

 field. On October 2, 1935, I observed a number near Mount Storm, 

 and saw others on October 13 near Lehew. 



passerculus sandwichensis labradorius howe 



Labrador Savannah Sparrow 



An immature male taken on November 2 near Mercers Bottom is 

 definitely darker above, with the black markings more extensive and 

 bordered on lower back and rump with dark brown, and the breast 

 markings reduced in number but larger, than in specmiens of P. s. 

 savanna. Its differences are so evident that it is identified as the 

 Labrador form, a race v.hose range as 3^et is poorly defined, particu- 

 larly in its migrations. 



