l6o Rives on Birds of Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia, [April 



themselves were seen. I observed a Turkey Buzzard ( Cathartes 

 aura) sailing about at the top of Bald Knob, and was after- 

 wards informed that the nest had been discovered a short time 

 previously, in a somewhat inaccessible position in one of the 

 crevices among the rocks at the summit, but I did not secure an 

 opportunity of seeing it. The Wood "YXwuhX^^Turdus musteli- 

 7iiis) frequented the mountain, as well as the Least Flycatclier 

 (^Ejnpldonax mbiimiis)^ which is not found in Tidewater and 

 Middle Virginia in the breeding season, but was here noticed and 

 heard uttering its usual chebec. The note of a Pewee {Sayornis 

 fhcebc) was also heard. The coiumon Golden-winged Wood- 

 pecker i^Colaptes aiiraiiis) was encountered, and a pair of Hairy 

 Wo'bdpeckers i^Dryobates villosus) was observed at a high eleva- 

 tion, and from tlieir excited notes and actions I inferred that they 

 probably had young. A single specimen of the Green Heron 

 {^Ardea virescois) was seen at the outlet of the lake. A Catbird 

 {^Galeoscoptcs caroUnensis) was found June 6 sitting upon its 

 nest, which contained four eggs, and was built in a rhododen- 

 dron on the bank of Little Stony Creek. 



It was of especial interest to meet witli birds of tlie Canadian 

 fauna. Of the Snowbird ( yuiico Jiycmalis) I saw in all about 

 half a dozen individuals, the males in beautiful spring plu- 

 mage. One pair was evidently mated and kept uttering their 

 sharp alarm note c/ncl\ but though I searclied for the nest for 

 some time I was unable to find it. The fact of their breeding in 

 this vicinity is not new.* The Black-throated Blue Warbler 

 {Dendroica ca:rjtlcsceiis) seemed to be not uncommon, «id their 

 hoarse b-z-z-z-e-e was often heard pi'oce(^ding from the depths of 

 the rhododendron thickets. Several Chestnut-sided Warblers 

 {De?idroica peiiiisylvanica) were noticed, though they did not 

 appear to be abundant. The Canada Warbler {Myiodioctes 

 canadeiisis) was met with several times ; one of them by its 

 actions led me to suspect that it might have a nest, but in this case 

 I was also unsuccessful in finding one. I saw, I believe, a pair 

 of Blue Yellow-backed Warblers {Coinpsothlypis a??2ei'icana), 

 but was not certain of their identification, and also one or two shy 

 Tiirushes whose species I did not determine. None of the other 

 Deiidroicce were identified during my short stay, and the very 

 characteristic note of the Black-poll {Dendroica striata) was 



* See Avifauna Columbiana, pp. 63 and 97. 



