The imtional Museum tea aonparatiwly little material to the of 
birds and wmnml* tvm Tmamn**** thmmtom 8# Lingeb&eh unci the witer vmre 
assigned to -col loot the desired speoiiaans # 
W* left in tht early part of April 1937 for tho testTOriparim life 
IM to the Mississippi Mmr bottoms in tte vicinity of Ito^his where m stayed 
for about two weeks collecting in the eypress swamps, needing may interesting 
specimens of birds and mmmBlB* 
iMriag here m want to the mr&lmMkmm part of the state, raid 
incidentally tht northern part of the AustroriparUa life mm tut worked around 
Beelfoct I*ato# This is oat of the most interesting flpofea Ln Sttkfrsstfo for nature 
X*f*itt and for nimrods end anglers, as toeks and fish i*^padher# # Iliis late was 
formed in the winter of 1811*11 by a series of iNtflA^Mtii lAidfe owned this lm 
eountry for ajproximtely ftacr aftUs vriLde i nd fourteen miles long to sink* 
During our successful two vvc-ekr: here to irore Joined by Or* Friadmnn, Curator of 
Birds of the lationtal Bimmu 
We 'oparted Aran Heelfoofc X*ft» a fit* days later southeastward^ for the 
densely foisted and rolling Mils of v;sy»e County* Probably the last woItos 
taken in the States mm killed Mm a rmxhor of years &&o # LViaently.it was 
oaee veil popilated by the ZodittMl fir I ;e aaxy cites one w along the nusiereue 
ereeks here* they are said to have held their councils of ««r at S&tural Bridge* 
tennessee tffcleh is one of the soenio cpota of: the sti&e* 
On w w^r north we stopped at Croaevlll* on the Cmborl&nd Mfe* plat earn 
at an altitude of 2000 feet* This is a dry ltaestone section with timber of second 
growth ?ine and oak trees# Although ne obtained a variety of birds here, the 
mmnftln were wty scarce* " 
After our utay hare we moved ott to the northeastern part of th# state 
