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advice of Mr. Stupka, Park Naturalist, we located near Cosby, where 

 we remained for the latter half of June collecting in the Canadian 

 zone on Mount Guyot, the second highest peak in the Park, at an alti- 

 tude of 6,600 feet, and on the adjoining knobs. 



Mount Guyot proved to be most fruitful for Canadian zone birds 

 and mammals. In the deeply shaded woodlands of this high moun- 

 tain we heard the beautiful song of the winter wren, and found many 

 nesting warblers and the olive-sided flycatcher. The Cloudland red 

 squirrel was scarce, and we were unsuccessful in an attempt to find 

 the Canadian flying squirrel. Two black bears were seen. 



We spent the first half of July in the Cherokee National Forest, 

 camping at the base of Big Frog Mountain near the southern border 

 of the State. From here we collected on Big Frog, Little Frog, and 

 Beans Mountains, obtaining a fair number of specimens. On July 19 

 we returned to Washington. 



I left Washington for the autumn collecting trip on September 9 

 accompanied by Henry R. Schaefer as assistant. At Bristol we ob- 

 tained permission from the Forest Ranger to collect on Roan Moun- 

 tain, which is about 6,300 feet high, located on the North Carolina- 

 Tennessee border. After about 8 miles of climbing in low gear along 

 a rough, winding mountain road we reached the top and pitched our 

 tent on the leeward side. This is said to be one of the coolest spots in 

 summer in the southeastern United States. Each morning ravens 

 passed over our camp flying north, and many other unusual birds and 

 mammals were seen. In spite of the fogs and other adverse weather 

 conditions we added materially to the collection while in this region. 

 We obtained one specimen of the northern flying squirrel at an alti- 

 tude of 5,500 feet in the birch woods. 



At the end of September we moved for about a week to Clinch 

 Mountain, where the forest consists of second and third growth pine 

 and hardwoods, and made a fairly representative collection. 



The first week in October we returned to the Mississippi lowlands 

 at Reelfoot Lake to follow the fall migration in the cotton-growing 

 districts and the wooded bottomlands. Considering the windy weather, 

 which handicaps collecting at this season, we obtained good results. 

 Following this, we spent about a week in the tobacco-growing section 

 of Clarksville, making collections along the Cumberland River, which 

 is one of the few rivers flowing north in the United States. 



On November 1 we moved to Fayetteville, south of Nashville, col- 

 lecting in the farming sections of Lincoln and Giles Counties. A 

 fruitful 10 days here completed our work for the season. 



