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23. Spizella pusilla. Field 8i>akuow.— There w;is not enough un- 

 wooded ground to render them abundant, but every cleared or partially 

 cleared spot was occupied by these persistent songsters. Their notes 

 were mainly normal. After nightfall an occasional song broke the still- 



M^ Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee. 'Joe-kee.'— The song of the 

 Towhee was one of the most characteristic in the chorus of bird voices 

 about the hotel grounds. To the close of my stay they sang with una- 

 bated energy. They were decidedly common, being generally distrib- 

 uted on the^edges of the openings and in the scrubby undergrowth among 

 .catlered trees. One was shot on the rocks at the 'head' and fluttered over 

 the clitr. Young birds well able to fly were abroad on my arrival. A 

 second brood appears to be habitually reared. One of the specimens pro- 

 cured exhibited a tendency to albinism in numerous white feathers on tha 

 occiput and the back and side of the neck. 



^5 Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. 'REDiiiRD.'-Rather common, 

 pu-ticularlv about the streams. Its clear and inspiring whistle frequently 

 greeted the ear from the trees on the lawn. Its occurrence above 3000 

 feet extends its vertical range at least 500 feet higher than recorded at 



Mt. Pinnacle. 



^6 Passerinacyanea. Indigo BuNxiNG.-Like a number of other spe- 

 cies, this bird principally affected the openings and locations where the 

 timber was sparse. It was common. 



•^7 Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet TANAOER.-Except on the ridges 

 leadin- northeast from the hotel, the Scarlet Tanager was everywhere 

 common. Curiously enough these ridges seemed to be avoided, though 

 without apparent reason. The males continued to sing, with undimin- 

 ished fervor, up to the day of my departure. They were very shy at first, 

 but as the season advanced they grew tamer. Golden Weaver is their 

 local name, an appellation more appropriate to the Baltimore Oriole. 



As at Mt. Pinnacle, the Summer Tanager was not met with at the 



higher elevations. 



^8 Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing.-A male was secured from 

 a company of half-a-dozen at the headwaters of a branch of the South 

 S-iluda lune 22. Four days later two other males and a female were ob- 

 tained from another little band on the Middle Saluda near its source. 

 ' .0 Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed ViREO.-Of all the feathered tenants 

 of'these mountain forests, this one, by far, was the most abundant. In 

 the persistency of its vocal efTorts it scarcely had a rival. 



J Vireo flavifrons. Yellow-throated ViREO.-At the higher ele- 

 vations, uncommon. One sang at times through June from the shad- 

 trees within the hotel inclosure. r .. . 



,1 Vireo solitarius alticola. Mountain Solitary Vireo.-Iu the ter- 

 ntory under consideration, this Vireo, in its typical form, was common 

 and evenly distributed. It was found both in the ravines and on the 

 rid.^es and in shaded situations as well as sparsely wooded ones. Ever- 

 green and deciduous trees were alike frequented. The males were con- 



