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the year. Without doubt it commonly breeds, as 
I observed females carrying material for nests, 
also the males with food in their bills, yet they 
eluded my careful search. These birds are very 
tame and fearless, often entering our cabin at Tim 
Pond between the logs and flying about the interi- 
or, evincing no fear of the occupants. <A nest con- 
taining an incomplete set of five eggs taken at 
Caribou, Me., may be described as follows: The 
nest resembled to a certain extent that of the Blue 
Yellow-backed Warbler, but differed in having 
small pieces of hemlock twigs and grouse feathers 
woven on the outside. The inside was lined en- 
tirely with feathers of the Grouse and Canada 
Jay. It was placed partly pendant from a hori- 
zontal branch of a small hemlock at the edge of a 
forest. The eggs measure as follows: .51x.42, 
.50x.41, .51x.40, .51x.40, .49x.40. They resemble 
in color those of the Least Flycatcher, but havea 
few buff and drab markings in form of spots at 
larger end. This nest was found by my com- 
panion. Dr. W. De F. Northrup, who generously 
presented it to me. The birds, both male and 
female, were secured,’ thus establishing identity 
beyond doubt. 
9. Parus atricapillus, (Black-capped Chickadee). 
I commonly observed this species in all portions 
of the region except the extreme northern part. 
A few nests were found, nidification the same as 
in other States. None were noticed in winter save 
a small flock of six seen in Farmington. 
10. Parus hudsonicus, (Hudsonian Chickadee). 
A small flock seen in January, 1884, from which 
I secured three. They came about the lumber 
camps, to the shelter of the hay shed, during a 
snow storm. 
11. Sitta carolinensis, (White-bellied Nuthatch). | 
This species was seen in both spring and summer. 
They were as often observed in the deep woods as ° 
in the clearings, although the latter offered more ' 
They were not observed : 
suitable nesting sites. 
in the southern or middle portions of either 
county, seeming to occur only in the wilder lo- 
calities about Dead river. 
found, one of which was unfinished in lining. 
Both nests were old holes of the Downy Wood- 
pecker in dead birch stubs in old clearings, in 
which was placed a mass of material consisting of 
feathers, moss and hair. 
12. Sitta canadensis, (Red-bellied Nuthatch). 
This restless little bird was not often observed. A 
few were seen at each season, those being about 
the clearings at Kingfield and Stratton. No nests 
were found, yet they undoubtedly breed. 
13. Certhia familiaris rufa, (Brown Creeper). 
This species was observed to be equally common 
Only two nests were ' 
in all portions of both counties in spring and 
summer. A nest found June 5th was placed 
under a loosened cedar “splint” on the roof of an 
old and deserted log cabin; it contained five eggs 
nearly fresh. As they are well known, no de- 
scription is necessary. 
14. Anorthura troglodytes hyemalis, (Winter 
Wren). The only individual of this species ob- 
served in the county was a female which I flushed 
from her nest placed between the interstices of 
the logs in the dam on Tim brook June 3d. The 
nest was placed in the rank growth of moss which 
was affixed to the logs and contained five eggs 
quite fresh. Although these birds were spoken 
of by the lumbermen as common, I could not 
catch a glimpse of another during my stay, their 
quick movements in the thick coverts effectually 
screening them from view. 
15. Anthus ludovicianus, (American Titlark). A 
small flock seen on the open marsh near Flagstaff 
pond September, 1885, is the only instance I can 
record of their occurrence. 
(To be Continued.) 

Notes on Some Birds of the Great 
Smoky Mountains. 
BY ARTHUR LEMOYNE, M. D. 

For some time past I had in contemplation 
an extended visit to the mountain districts of 
eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, 
hoping to add thereby to my knowledge of the 
birds of that region. Having been preceded by 
another ornithologist in the latter state, and lest 
it might seem like imitation and lacking original- 
ity, I confined myself to the northwestern slope 
of the mountain ridge and the adjacent counties 
in. Tennessee. 
I arrived at Newport, a station on the East 
Tennessee Railroad, on February 20, 1886, and 
after spending a month with a relative in an ad- 
jacent town, I began to travel through the neigh- 
boring counties to note the arriving migrants. 
After spending the time until June Ist, in this 
country, I returned to Massachusetts by way of 
the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, and leaving 
the railroad at Abingdon, I spent a fortnight near 
Lebanon, Va., near the Clinch river, with good 
results in additional species noted. While in 
Tennessee I visited Greene, Cocke, Sevier, Blount, 
Roane and Monroe counties, they all lying in the 
eastern limits of the state and meeting the North 
Carolina state line in the mountain range. The 
Great Smoky Mountains are a continuation of the 
Alleghany chain, and former geographers of the 
region used to so classify them in the published 
