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whore we eniiiped is the beautif ul # fertile Shady Valley wMoh lies betroea the 
Heist on and Iron Itts* at an altitude of 2900 feet . In the glade in the center of 
the Taller m obtained naiay of tta desired speeisions* Br* etnore joined us here 
for a few days* Croucc ms« way aburlaafc an the Hoist on and Iron Its and among 
the many teteresting birds col looted was a 9Mldtam v t varbler taten in a mlnlatui* 
bog on the Hoist on Its* 
For the aerct fewo weeks we stayed aa&r Oresby in the Smolq I'ount&in* 
Sat ional Park aol looting in the Canadian sonas on !* Guyot, the sm<m& highest 
paak in tho Park at an altitude of 6821 feet and am the adjoining loiobs* She 
majority of tho trees abow* 6000 foot am the Balsa® ( Abies fmmri)* 
Mm one aty }*ear noay little wlwikm wmM givtag forth their beautiful 
song of trills and mm whicr* would delight any nature lover, Ve found that the 
ClougL&nd red tqpriJV*S ti #WWag scarce* Wo m *r, a tiWtsiM in our strcnpt 
to trap the CamdSaa f%rl - ;quirrol* However wp were fortunate to secure m 
olive-sided flycatcher* Jteang the maiiy interesting things seen mm two black 
bears* It* Guyot proved to bo most fruitful for Canadian birds and mmsmlB* 
Wo extant the last two T&ek* in tho Charotee National Forest oaring at 
mm bast of I Ig Prog Mountain sear thi Georgian border* While feet* m collected 
on Big Treg § Littls Prog and. Baar Iloimtaiaig, This region is forestod with harteood 
and pin© axid la quite arid* IprerthoXMNIf w# obtained e fair nun^ber of specimens* 
0i scrraral oooasions w saw sad hoard mmm flying oimr Big Frog Ft* 
to J^ly 19 wo returned to ¥• sh'njrtou* 
I left TfasMngfeon for the jtiltana collecting trip on StptoniNir 9 # 19S7 t 
aooompani^d by issuer t t Soha^fer* At Bristol # fasa* we secured permission fron 
tho Forest Sanger there to collect on Roan Mt# '••.'•loh is about iSOO foot high and 
located southeast of llisabethton* Tena* on the Horth Carol, ina^Xexmes see border* 
Aflor about ei^ht miles of clinbinc in low goar t wo reached the top and pitched 
our teat on the leenmrd side behind soma balsams for ■ wind break* The 
