I 2o Langdox on Birds of the Cktlhowee Mountains, Tenn. [April 



as the Hooded, the Worm-eating, Black-thvoated Blue, Cerulean, 

 Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, Black-and- 

 white Creeping, and Canada Warblers (all taken within a few 

 hours) ; whilst an occasional Pileated Woodpecker, or a party of 

 Titmice or Blue Jays, add variety to the scene and sounds. Even 

 the herpetologist might find food for contemplation in the huge 

 rattlesnake with nine rattles and a button, killed by one of our 

 photographic artists within a stone's throw of the camp ; and the 

 epicure sees food of a more substantial character in the speckled 

 beauties supplied to our table from the neighboring stream. 



Such localities as the one just described, at the junction of the 

 poplar and spruce belts (altitude 4000 to 4^00 feet) seemed a 

 very paradise for the Mniotiltidae and they were here found in 

 greater numbers, both of species and of individuals, than else- 

 where. Here, also, blackberries were in the height of their 

 season ; the deciduous foliage was as bright and fresh as in Ohio 

 in May and June, and insect life correspondingly abundant. 



With respect to the above-mentioned Warblers, it may be ob- 

 served that their habits were not indicative of any migratory 

 movement ; on the contrary they appeared to be 'at home' in a 

 summer resident sense ; and the fact that the dates of observation 

 are from two to four weeks ahead of their fall migration at 

 Cincinnati may be considered as confirmatory of this view. 

 Mr. Brewster's* observations in the adjoining portion of North 

 Carolina, during May and June, 1SS5, are also to be considered in 

 this connection. 



Incomplete as it necessarily is, owing to lack of time and the 

 unfavorable season for collecting, the present list fills several 

 gaps in Mr. Brewster's paper just referred to. viz : Totanus 

 solitaries, ^Egialitis vocifera, Falco sparvcrius, Megascops 

 asio< Bubo virginiai/us. Helmitherus vcruiivorus, Detidroica 

 ccertdea, and D. vigorsii ; and adds five species and two sub- 

 species to the list of birds heretofore recorded from the State f ; 

 namely : Ampelis cedroru?n, Dendroica pensylvanica, D. cce- 

 rulea, D. ccerulescens, Sylvania canadensis, Dryobates villo- 

 sus, and Vireo jlavifrons alticola. 



* An Ornithological Reconnaissance in Western North Carolina. — The Auk, 1886, 

 Vol. Ill, pp. 94-112 and 173-179. 



t Vide Fox, List of Birds found in Roane County, Tennessee, during April, 1S84, 

 and March and April, 1885. — The Auk, III, 1886, pp. 315-320. 



