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JUNCO HYEMALIS CAROLINENSIS Brewster 



Carolina J unco 



This resident form is restricted to the higher mountains of the eastern 

 part of the State. It breeds mainly above 3,000 feet, descending in 

 the valleys adjacent to the mountain bases in winter, but not moving 

 far from the sections that are its summer home. A female was 

 collected on Rich Mountain, 7 miles southwest of Harman, on July 7. 

 On WilUams River three were taken on October 7 at an elevation of 

 3,500 feet, one still showing some of the striped juvenal plumage. 

 Two were collected on September 18 and 21 on the summit of Spruce 

 Knob at 4,800 feet, a locality where I found them common on Septem- 

 ber 30, 1935. On the latter day I took a bird still in juvenal dress 4 

 miles northeast of Thornwood. On January 1, 1937, I collected one 

 at an elevation of 2,000 feet in the narrow valley of Friends Run on 

 the slopes of North Fork Mountain, 3 miles west of Franklin. We 

 found them in the Cranberry Glades on May 9, and they were common 

 here from June 9 to 20. A young bird just from the nest was taken 

 there on June 20. On Middle Mountain, 12 miles northeast of Durbin, 

 specimens were taken June 29, including a bird fully grown, but in 

 juvenal dress. Others were secured on Cheat Mountain, 3 miles 

 west of Cheat Bridge from June 23 to 25. Two were taken at 3,000 

 and 3,500 feet elevation on Flat Top Mountain, near Flat Top, 

 October 15 and 20. I recorded one on April 19 on the slopes of Short 

 Mountain near McCauley. 



In life this bird seems quite distinct from the ordinary junco, 

 appearing larger and distinctly grayer. Its field identification is 

 ordinarily not difficult. Immature females in fall show some wash 

 of brown on back, flanks, and under tail-coverts and have brownish 

 edgings on the tertials and rectrices. The brown, however, is less in 

 extent and is duller in color than in J. h. hyemalis in the same stage, and 

 the gray is lighter and clearer. 



SPIZELLA ARBOREA ARBOREA (Wilson) 



Eastern Tree Sparrow 



Three were seen and one was taken near Upper Tract on January 1, 

 1937. 



SPIZELLA PASSERINA PASSERINA (Bechstein) 



Eastern Chipping Sparrow 



Collected as follows: 2 miles east of White Sulphur Springs, April 18 

 5 miles east of Huntington, April 21; Mercers Bottom, October 30 

 Point Pleasant, October 27; Zela, May 7; Summersville, May 13 

 Arnoldsburg, May 23; 7 miles east of Philippi, June 1; Flanagans 

 Hill near Elk, Tucker County, July 6; 3,000 feet elevation on Wilhams 

 River, October 3 ; 3,300 feet elevation in the Cranberry Glades, June 12 ; 



