Vol^.gXXVj General Notes. 237 



State. Several trips have been made^nto the Rich Mountains, near Pickens 

 in Randolph County. In 1904 I was in the Yew Mountains in Webster 

 and Nicholas Counties. In 1906 I spent several days in the Back AUe- 

 ghenies, in Randolph and Pocahontas Counties. Other short trips have 

 been made into the "Spruce Belt" and other high sections of West Vir- 

 ginia. While in these higher regions I have had good opportunities to 

 study the Carolina Junco and other species found in the Canadian Life 

 Zone. Juncos were very abmidant in "The Pines,' on top of Rich Moun- 

 tain, in July, 1899. At this time I found many old nests in the up-turned 

 roots of spruce trees that had blown over in recent storms. In the Yew 

 Moimtains, in August, 1904, this subspecies was found in great numbers. 

 Several specimens taken seemed to have all the marks of carolinensis, 

 while others were quite typical hyemalis. Specimens from the Yew 

 Mountains were slightly smaller in all their measurements, excepting 

 length of tarsus, than specimens from the Back Alleghenies. On August 

 11a nest was found in process of construction in an old up-turned root near 

 Hunter's Fork of Cherry River. Six days later, the nest was seen again 

 and contained three eggs. On August 15, somewhat nearer the summit 

 of one of the higher points in the Yew Mountains, another nest was found 

 in the top of a small black spruce about 3J feet from the ground. The 

 nest was made of moss and lined with rootlets and long hairs. It con- 

 tained three fresh eggs. 



The Carolina Junco is very abundant in the Back Alleghenies where 

 I collected a number of specimens in August, 1906. The birds in this 

 region were much nearer true carolinensis than those found in the moun- 

 tains farther to the west. No nests were found in the Back Alleghenies. 



Vlreo solitarius alticola. — A young female of this subspecies was taken 

 for me on August 15, 1904, in the Yew Mountains at an altitude of 4000 

 feet. Two birds were seen in a large birch tree uttering a low, scolding 

 note. This seemed much lower and softer than the similar kree of the 

 Blue-headed Vireo. On August 7 and 8, 1907, many Solitary Vireos were 

 heard and seen in the Rich Mountains. No specimens were taken, but I 

 am inclined to believe they were alticola. 



Dendroica csemlescens cairnsi. — Every time I have gone into our West 

 Virginia mountains, I have found these birds in abundance. On July 4, 

 1899, I saw an old male feeding a young bird up in the dark spruce forests 

 above Pickens. As late as August 17, 1906, the young birds were follow- 

 ing the old ones, and receiving their food from them, up in the Back Alle- 

 ghenies. Many of these West Virginia birds which I have seen have no 

 black on the back. 



Dendroica maculosa. — In 1904, I spent a week in the Yew Mountains 

 (August 10-17), and during our stay there not a single Magnolia Warbler 

 was seen. In the Rich Mountains, however. I have observed this species 

 very often. On July 4, 1899, I saw a young bird following two adults. 



So late in the season as August 18, in 1906, while out in the black spruce 

 woods near Cheat Bridge, I saw an adult Magnolia Warbler feeding her 



