244 Sennett on Bin! of Western North Carolina. r July 



Average of Ay email's, 4 males from New England : wing, 3.0.1 ; tail, 2.66; 

 bill to leathers. .405. 



Since the building of the hotel on the summit of Roan Mountain, num- 

 bers of these Juncos remain there all winter. In the winter of 1SS5-86, 

 although the thermometer registered 24 below zero, they were particu- 

 larly numerous, feeding on the refuse from the kitchen and on the hay- 

 seed in the loll: of the barn. A gentleman who hail passed the winter in 

 that bleak spot told me that on the eoldest and stormiest days he could 

 always see them, and they sometimes came into the house. When I was 

 there in April I frequently saw as many as thirty about the kitchen door 

 or barn-yard, and one that had flown in through the open window was 

 caught alive for me in the dining-room. On April 29, at the close of my 

 first visit, there were large bodies of snow ami ice under the balsams 

 where the sun could not reach, and two days alter my departure there 

 occurred a tall of snow which covered the mountain to a depth of several 

 inches. In Julv it was generally wet, and the thermometer ranged between 

 50' and 6o°, more frequently remaining in the neighborhood of from 50 



to 55' • 



Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal Grosbeak. — On April 29, while 

 waiting for a team to take me down the mountain. 1 took my gun and two 

 half charges of dust, and felt my way through the clouds down among 

 the balsams on the northern slope of Roan Mountain; only a lew rods 

 from the hotel 1 secured and brought back a female Cardinal and a male 

 Wren; altitude 6200 feel* Occasionally seen at lower elevations, but not 

 abundant. 



Ampelis cedrorum. Ced\k Wax-wing. — Common in July on the 

 southern slope of Roan Mountain, among the scattered balsams where 

 timber had been cut away; altitude 6200 feet. 



Mniotilta varia. Black-and-White Creeper. — On July 27, during a 

 storm which was raging at ten o'clock in the evening, this bird flew 

 against the window of the hotel on Roan Mountain and was caught alive. 

 This species is common at the base of the mountain. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — Two of this bird's nests with 

 eggs were brought me, having been taken at Carver's Gap, Roan Moun- 

 tain, at an altitude of 5400 feet. 



Troglodytes hiemalis. WINTER Wken.— Common in the balsams of 

 Roan Mountain ; at all hours, rain or shine, the exquisite song of this shy 

 bird could be heard even from the balcony of the hotel. I remember 

 hearing four males at one time from as many different directions. I was 

 constantly in search of their nests, and frequently saw them carrying 

 building material, and food to their young, but the clouds, which were 

 only absent at long intervals from the summit of the mountain, would 

 close about me like a veil and I would be obliged to practically feel my 

 way home again, always unsuccessful. 



Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. — On April 24. while 

 ascending Roan Mountain from Bakersville, on the south, saw plainly a 

 pair of these birds building their nest in the loose bark of a tree close by 

 a road which wound through heavy timber, at an altitude 01*4500 feet. 



