120 JEFFRIES, Western North Carolina Birds. [April 
were seen for the next ten days. Soon after sundown the temper- 
ature fell rapidly, a sharp frost destroying the newly set apples, 
and killing the entire crop of beans, a staple of the country. 
May 15 we drove down the creek, following the road run- 
ning at the base of the hills to Dillsborough. On the shore of the 
creek in the village a pair of Actztzs macularéa had settled down 
for the summer. Three or four pairs of Zyrannus tyrannus 
were seen in orchards but were not common. 
Thickets along the river bank were well tenanted by Galeo- 
scoptes carolinensis. Thryothorus ludovictanus pre-empted 
many of the old willow stumps. Sayornzs phoebe seemed to be 
breeding, yet we could notfinda nest. Hmpzdonax acadicus, 
Cardinalis cardinalis, and a few Vireo noveboracensis were 
also resident. 
The second growth along the roadside was alive with Vzreo 
olivaceus. We believe the total numbers of this species to equal 
that of any found by us; as far as Franklin it was the bird of the 
woods and second growth. Spzzella socialzs, then breeding, 
was abundant, working well into the woods, where we took sev- 
eral on foggy days, not being able to make certain of our bird — 
without. Nearly all specimens were curiously stained below, pre- 
sumably by the reddish soil. Paras carolinensis seemed to be 
the regular form of Chickadee, yet P. atr¢capillus was taken on 
May 15, a little below Sylva, on the brushy edge of a hillside coy- 
ered by a second growth of oaks and scattered pines. A few Podz- 
optila cerulea and Dendroica estiva were noted. 
Passing through Dillsborough, our road ran for some distance 
along the Tuckasseegee. Cl¢vécola riparia and Chetura pela- 
gica were abundant. We failed, during our stay, to take a single 
specimen of the Rough-winged Swallow, which, if present, must 
have been rare. On the afternoon of the 15th it began raining 
and continued, with rare intervals of sunshine between heavy 
showers, until May 25. ‘This interfered seriously with our col- 
lecting, driving the birds to shelter and silencing them. 
The flight of warblers did not pass entirely until the roth. 
Before that date we took Dendroica maculosa, D. striata, D. 
blackburnia, D. dominica, D. virens, and D. estiva (resident). 
D. pennsylvanica was seen but not taken. 
Cuckoos, locally known as ‘rain crows,’ were abundant, C. 
americanus and C. erythrophthalmus being present in seem- 
