196 Woodruff, Birds of Shannon and Carter Counties, Mo. iautH 



all the pine has been cut and much of the oak also, so that consider- 

 able young second-growth woods is to be found. It is more thickly 

 settled and consequently there is a greater proportion of cleared 

 and cultivated land. In the river valleys are dense wooded thickets, 

 containing a great variety of trees, bushes, and shrubs. 



Grandin is a lumbering village situated in the valley of the Little 

 Black River near the southern border of the county. I had stopped 

 there for two days (March 7 to 9) on my way to camp, and returned 

 May 16 to remain till June 8. The migration was still in full swing 

 on May 16 and 17, but by the 20th it was practically over for the 

 season. Many transients, however, remained till near the end of 

 the month, for the extraordinarily late spring had greatly delayed 

 the arrival and departure of all species. 



Because of the late spring, most of the dates of arrival and depar- 

 ture given are probably several, and, in some cases, many days 

 behind the normal dates of arrival and departure in that section. 

 The migration during March was probably nearer normal, for the 

 cold weather did not come on till April. 



x\s Missouri lies on the dividing line between many of the eastern 

 and western forms, it was not surprising that representatives of 

 both forms of certain species and intermediates between them should 

 have been found, and I am very much indebted to Dr. J. A. Allen, 

 Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and to Mr. H. C. Oberholser for their 

 valuable assistance in determining the subspecific rank of a number 

 of the birds secured there. I am also much indebted to Mr. \Yalter 

 Giles Savage of Monteer, Shannon Co., Mo., for supplying notes 

 of- the occurrence in Shannon County of such species of birds as 

 have come under his observation during the past four years of his 

 residence there, but which, owing to my brief visit and for other 

 obvious reasons, seasonal and otherwise, were not observed by me. 



Of the birds here listed, the following were the first to be recorded 

 from Missouri : Red-cockaded Woodpecker,^ White- winged Cross- 

 bill,^ Western Savanna Sparrow^, Western Field Sparrow,* Montana 

 Junco,^ Brewster's Warbler,^ and Alder Flycatcher.'' Other 

 records of especial interest were the finding of Bachman's AVarbler * 



1 Auk, Vol. XXIV, p. 349. ^Ibid., p. 189. 



^Ibid. "Auk, Vol. XXIV, p. 348. 



^Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 176. 'Ibid., p. 349. 



Ubid., p. 187. sibid.. p. 348. 



