A LIST OF BIRDS 



FOUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHATTANOOGA 

 FROM APRIL 27 TO MAY 18, 1894. 



1. Green Heron. Ardea virescens. A single individual 

 seen from a car window. No other water birds were 

 observed except three or four ducks and a single wader, 

 all upon the wing and unidentified. 



2. Bob White. Quail. Partridge. Colinus virginianus. 



Common. 



3. Ruffed Grouse. "Pheasant." Bonasa umbellus. 

 Heard drumming on Walden's Ridge. 



4. Carolina Dove. Mourning Dove. Zenaidura ma- 

 croura. A small number seen. 



5. Turkey Vulture. Turkey Buzzard. Cathartes aura. 



Common. 



6. Black Vulture. Carrion Crow. Catharista atrata. 



Two birds seen. 



7. Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo borealis One bird seen 

 from Walden's Ridge. 



8. Sparrow Hawk. Falco sparverius. One bird, on 

 Walden's Ridge. 



9. Yellow - billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. 

 Common. First noticed April 29. 



10. Black-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus eryihrophthalmus. 



Seen twice on Lookout Mountain, May 7 and 8, and 

 once on Walden's Ridge, May 12. 



11. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. A single bird 

 heard on Walden's Ridge. 



12. Hairy Woodpecker. Dry abates villosus. My notes 

 record seven birds. No attempt was made to determine 



