2A.2 Sennett ov Birds of Western North Carolina* [J u| y 



Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. — These were seen 

 frequently on Roan Mountain in June and July ; altitude 6300 feet. While 

 at Cranberry, in August, altitude 3200 feet, they were more numerous 

 than I had ever seen them elsewhere. 



Two Hairy Woodpeckers were taken; one was shot in a clump of bal- 

 sams on the top of Roan Mountain, altitude 6300 feet, July 13, and the 

 other at Cranberry, altitude 3000 feet, August 13; both are females, and 

 although rather intermediate between the southern and northern forms, 

 yet more like the southern, and I call them Dryobates villosus auduboni. 



Dryobates pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. — A female was shot on 

 the southern slope of Roan Mountain; altitude 6100 feet. 



Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. — One observed on the summit of 

 Roan Mountain, April 25, at an altitude of 6300 feet. 



Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. — On April 25 

 shot a female in an opening in the balsams where timber had been cut 

 away on the south side of Roan Mountain; altitude 6000 feet. Saw two 

 or three more at about the same spot in July. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — In June 

 one was slightly wounded, but kept alive, on the top of Roan Mountain; 

 taken at 6000 feet altitude. Only one other was seen on the summit of 

 Roan, but in the lower altitudes of Cranberry and Yancey County they 

 were occasionally seen. 



Colaptes auratus. Flicker. — These birds, though shy, were found as 

 high as 5000 feet in April and August; secured several young but did not 

 bring home an adult. 



Loxia curvirostra minor. American Red Crossbill. — Shot one close 

 to the Roan Mountain Hotel, July 5; altitude 6300 feet. Saw and heard 

 several (locks, but did not find them feeding commonly in the balsams; at 

 Cranberry, in August, altitude 3200 feet, one or two flocks could be seen 

 and heard daily feeding in the hemlocks. 



Poocaetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. — On April 19 I shot 

 two females of this species on the hills south of Bakersville, in different 

 localities, at an altitude of 3000 feet. At the same time I shot several 

 others. An examination showed that the ovaries were undeveloped. 

 They were fat and did not act as if they were migrating; yet they can- 

 not be a common summer resident, for my later trip brought me to cer- 

 tain promising localities, but the marked white tail-feathers of this common 

 northern bird were only conspicuous by their absence. 



Junco hyemalis carolinensis. Carolina Junco. — This new variety of 

 Black Snowbird I was prepared to see, and did find in all places above 

 3000 feet elevation ; although not abundant at this last-named elevation, 

 yet on the summit of Roan, at an altitude of 6300 feet, it is exceedingly 

 abundant, outnumbering at this point all other species combined. I 

 founu them in the latter half of April when they were paired and building 

 nests, but although many completed nests were discovered, I was notable 

 to find any eggs up to the time (April 29) I left Roan Mountain at the 

 close of my first trip. Although possibly at an elevation of from 3000 to 



