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In the mountains of eastern Kentucky this warbler was first 

 noted by G. H. Brieding (1944, p. 6-7) on Black Mountain, 

 Harlan County, on July 5 and 6, 1944. R. M. Mengel (1965, p. 

 391) collected a specimen on June 26, 1951, near Elkhorn City, on 

 the line between Dickinson County, Va., and Pike County, Ky. 

 The elevation at this point is about 2,200 feet. 



Farther south along the Appalachian chain in the Holston 

 Mountains of southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee, 

 nesting has been recorded by F. M. Jones near Bristol, Washing- 

 ton County, Va. (Murray, 1939, p. 9). Three miles northeast of 

 Shady Valley, Johnson County, Tenn., W. M. Perrygo and C. 

 Lingebach collected an adult male at an elevation of 3,000 feet on 

 June 8, 1937, and observed two others at 2,600 feet elevation 5 

 miles north of Shady Valley near Beaverdam Creek (specimen in 

 U.S. National Museum) . 



In western North Carolina, T. D. Burleigh collected three 

 specimens near Asheville, in the Pisgah National Forest, one 

 each on September 17, 1930, August 31, 1931, and September 14, 

 1932 (specimens in U.S. National Museum) . At Tryon, near the 

 North Carolina-South Carolina border, E. A. Williams (1935, p. 

 458-459) observed a Swainson's Warbler on May 8, 1934, and 

 the following year observed a pair from May 9 to 14. 



An important concentration area of this species in the Southern 

 Appalachians is where the States of North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, and Georgia meet. H. M. Stevenson, Jr., (1941, p. 46) re- 

 ported Swainson's Warblers from Highlands, Macon County, N.C., 

 June 20, 1937, at 3,800 feet elevation, and July 3, 1937, at 3,700 

 feet elevation. J. F. Parnell and T. L. Quay (1964, p. 144) re- 

 ported Swainson's Warbler **as a rather common summer resi- 

 dent" at Toxaway River Gorge, Transylvania County, N.C. In 

 that area at an elevation of 1,400 feet Parnell observed an adult 

 feeding young. R. H. Peake, Jr., (1965, p. 114) reported finding 

 a bird near Cashiers, Jackson County, N.C, April 22, 1965. 



In western South Carolina an adult male was taken by W. M. 

 Perrygo at Walhalla, Oconee County, June 25, 1940. Also in 

 Oconee County, J. B. Shuler (1962, p. 75-76) noted a singing 

 male in the Sumter National Forest, May 19 and 30, 1962. 



The first record in the mountains of Georgia was obtained June 

 3, 1948, by C. Neal and J. F. Denton (Denton, 1948, p. 24-25), at 

 an elevation of 1,700 feet on Tray Mountain near Robertstown, 

 White County. In the same locality, Denton and Neal (1951, p. 

 27-28) saw three males on May 8, 1949, and four males on May 

 9, 1950. At Clayton, Rabun County, Ga., E. 0. Mellinger (personal 



