pVIarcli., 1886. elliott society. 115 



MARCH 25th, 1886. 

 Tlie President in the Cliaii'. 



JBool's deceived. 



American Pliilosopliical Society, Philadelphia : Proceedings, 

 Vol. XXn, No. 120. 



Kaiserliche xAkademie der Wissenschaften, TTien : Sitzimgsbe- 

 richte, I Abt., 1881, Heft 6-10: '85, Heft 1-4; H Abt., 1881, 

 Heft 6-10; '85, Heft 1-3; HI Abt., 1884, Heft 3-10 ; '85, Heft 

 1 unci 2 ; and 



Eegister XI. 



De. Maxigaitlt stated that in the January mimber of ''TJieAuJc," a qnarter- 

 1t journal of Ornitliology, pablished in Xew York, there was an accoimt by Mr. 

 W. Brewster, of ■ Cambridge, Mass. , of a visit that he had made to the moun- 

 tains of Western North Carohna, in May, 1885, in search of the bhds of that 

 locaUty. 



The region in question, as well as Xorth western Sonth Carolina and Northern 

 Georgia had never been thcrroughly explored omithologically, and the impres- 

 sion prevailed, without however the result of his visit proving it to be strictly 

 true, that many of the so called Northern birds of North America were in the 

 habit of Summering and breeding there. 



The only assertion that can be made with confidence after a careful examina- 

 tion of the various sldns collected is ' ' that at least some of the Northern buxls 

 inhabiting this elevated Southern region have been more or less modified by 

 the pecuhar conditions of their envhonment. The Solitary Yii'eos and Juncos 

 are decidedly larger than their Northern representatives ; the Eobins and 

 Black-Capped Chickadees {atricapillus) are apparently smaller. Others again 

 as the Brown Creeper, Golden-crested Kinglet, and Ked-bellied Nuthatch, do 

 not differ appreciably." 



Mr. Brewster considers himself as warranted in creating two new sub-species 

 after a careful comparison of skins, viz., Junco liyemalis CaroUnensis, Carolina 

 Jimco, and Vireo soltiarius alticold. Mountain Sohtary Yneo. 



The fu'st of these differs from J. liyemalis in being larger, with lighter, bluer, 

 and more imiform coloration, with a horn colored, instead of pinkish-white or 

 yellowish, bill, while the second differs from V. solitarius in being larger, with 

 a stoutei bill, and duUer, darker, and more uniform coloring above. 



Since the pubhcation of these researches Mr. A. T. "Wayne of Charleston se- 

 cured in February, seven miles north of the city, one example of the Vireo^ 

 which is typical in every respect with Mr. Brewster's series. 



