Feb. 1889.] 



A^D OOLOGIST. 



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Nests found here are usually covered on 

 the outside with grayish lichens. In song it 

 somewhat resembles that of the Red-eyed 

 Vireo, but its notes are much fuller and richer. 

 A peculiar habit of this bird is to remain 

 motionless when disturbed. I have seen them 

 sit quiet for half an hour at a time. This used 

 to bother me a great deal, for I would always 

 think the bird had tiown away, and would be 

 in a great haste to reach the place where 

 another was singing, only to hear the same one 

 again, near where I had just left. But I soon 

 found out its habits. Their nests are built 

 much higher from the ground than any other 

 Vireo that breeds here. 



Vireo noveboracen.si.s. White-eyed Vireo. 

 Summer visitor. Very common along the 

 French Broad River near Asheville. Nests 

 later in the season than the Red-eyed Vireo. 



Mniotilta oaria. Black and White Warbler. 

 Summer visitor; common in hard wood timber 

 up to 5,000 feet. 



Hehit.itheruH vcrinicoruH. Worm-eating War- 

 bler. Summer visitor; rare. Have found but 

 one nest, July 1st, 188(3. It was jjlaced on a 

 steep hillside, and contained four young birds, 

 nearly ready to fly. They range 4,000 feet up. 



nplmin thoph ila r.h ry.-inptera. Golden- winged 

 Warbler. Summer visitor; rather rare. Breeds 

 in June. Range about 8, .500 feet up. Have 

 found but one nest. 



IlelinlnfhopJiila })inu.s. Blue-winged War- 

 bler. Summer visitor; not common. Breeds. 



L'oinpHotlilypiH ainericjvnn. Parula Warbler. 

 Summer visitor; common. Breeds in March 

 and June. Average height of nests has been 

 twenty-live feet, but I have found them as low 

 as live feet and again as high as sixty. Arrives 

 here about the Hrst of April and stays until the 

 end of October. Four eggs are the usual number. 



Dpndrorlii (extlva. Yellow Warbler. Sum- 

 mer visitor; very common. Up to :>,.500 feet. 

 Departs for the south in August. Breeds in 

 May and June. 



Dendroira ppnnsj/lvanira. Chestnut- sided 

 Warbler. Summer visitor; uncommon. I have 

 found but one nest; May 25th, 1887, on Craggy 

 Mountain. 



Dendnnm blackhurnUe. Blackburnian War- 

 bler. Summer visitor; rare. Have taken the 

 young, but could never find their eggs. Have 

 never observed them higher than 3,500 feet. 



Dendroica dominica. Yellow-throated War- 

 bler. Summer visitor; more common than the 

 preceding. Have found several nests contain- 

 ing young birds. Ranges about 2,500 feet up. 

 Usually nests in a pine tree. 



Dendroica cmrtileftcens. Black-throated War- 

 bler. Summer visitor; common on Black 

 Mountain. I found it as low as 3,000 feet. 

 Strange as it may seem, I have never observed 

 it on Craggy Mountain. Breeds in May, as I 

 found the yovnig birds very common on June 

 24th, 1887. Found one nest with young birds 

 nearly ready to fly on the same date. 



Dendroica virens. Black - throated Green 

 Warbler. I found this Warbler very abundant 

 while going up the north side of Mount Mitch- 

 els on June 23d, 1887. The first seen must 

 have been as low as 3,500 feet. It was some 

 time before I could identify this Warbler, as it 

 frequented the tops of the tallest trees, and I 

 had to fire several shots before I secured a 

 specimen. I found the young birds very plen- 

 tiful on the edge of the firs on Black Mountain. 

 Dendroica mgorsii. Pine Warbler. Resi- 

 dent; rather common. Frequents the old pine 

 grown fields. Breeds early in May. 



Seiurun aurocapillus. Oven Bird. Summer 

 visitor; very common in woodland. Ranges 

 up to 0,000 feet on Craggy Mountain. Breeds 

 in May and June. 



Seiurus noveboracensis. Water Thrush. Rare 

 at all times. Specimens taken early in August, 

 1886. 



Seiuriix motacilla. Louisiana Water Thrush. 

 Nearly every small stream has its pair of birds. 

 Found them nearly at the tops of the Black 

 Mountains. A pair have nested each year in 

 succession for the last five years within fifty 

 feet of where I work every day. How many 

 times I have hunted in vain for their nest I am 

 ashamed to say. At any rate, I have had to 

 give it up, so far, though it seemed to me that 

 I must have moved every leaf on the hillside. 



Geothlypis forniosa. Kentucky Warbler. 

 Common on the lower mountains. Have never 

 found it over 4,000 feet up. The only nest I 

 ever found was on June 15th, 1886. It was 

 placed in a small open glade on the side of a 

 steep mountain, and contained four fresh eggs. 

 The nest was composed chiefly of strips of 

 grape-vine bark, and lined with fine black root- 

 lets. It was eight inches from the ground. 



Geothlypis trirhaH. Maryland Yellow-throat. 

 Very common in the meadows and along the 

 smaller streams. Breeds in May and June. 



Irteria virens. Yellow-breasted C^liat. Nearly 

 every brier patch has its pair. Breeds in May 

 and June. Arrives early in April, and departs 

 in August. Called Mockingbird here. 



Sylvania mitrata. Hooded Warbler. Com- 

 mon along the streams in the woodland. 

 Arrives the first of April. Breeds from the 



