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Patronhe Our Advedser~cmd Mentlon THE MIGRANT THE MIGRA-NT

VOL. 81 DECEXBER, lg5O No. 4

BIFtDIS OF CAETEB C10UNTY, By LEE R. HERNWN The following annotated list of birds rovers those observed in Carter County, Tennessee, by members and guests of the Elhbethton Chapter of the Tennessee Omdthological Society since February, 1944. Carter CounQ is near the rmtheasbrn comer of Tmnessee. It mrf~in elevation from abut 1500 feet to about 6300 feet on Ram Mountaim. Wahuga bake, dch is mentimed frequently in the following last, is a kge artiirdal m voir whom impoundment began on December 1, 1948. A description of the mea mylx Nund h an article mWed "A Survey of Upper Errst Ten- n-e Birds and their Habitats," by Fred W. Behrend (THE MIGRANT, 20: 26-32. 1849). Included in the following annotated notes on many species are the extreme dates on which records of the species have been made. The initials used in the list refer to the following observe=: F.WB. -Fred W. Behrend; J.C.B.4. C. Browning; L3.-Louise Browning; E. E. Ebbie Evans; T.W.F.-Thomas W. Finucane; L.M.H.-Lois M. Herndon; U.H.-Le B. Herndon; L.R.H. @.-lee R. Herndm, jr.--J.C.H.Jw C. Howell; W.F.P.-William F. Pearson; MS.-Margot SWin; E.T.-Evan Thnm; M.T.-Marjay momas; E.H.W.-E. W. Wabn; Al3.W.-Adele EL West; E.M.W.-Eugene 116. West. ANNOTATED LIST COMMON LOON (Gavla Cmmer). Rare and Fall migrant ID47 and 1948 on Watauga Fhver and Lake Phi- Nelson. Fairly common on in Spring and Fall since impounding. Apr. 16 to May 7 and Nov. 2 to Dec. 15. RED-THROATED LOUN (Gaolp debEs). On November 6, 1949, five obwmem (AH.W., E.M.W., T.W.F., M.S., L.R.H.) In a cabln cmhr on Wautauga Lake saw a small loon that was verg light underneath and the edges of the feathers appeared to have light edgings. It was icknbified as a Red-throakd Loon. This was near the old site of Pllsh Springs. Fur- ther up the lake near old Butler (in Johnson Co. just amthe Carter Co. line) several other Loons, both Common and W-throated Loons, were found, providing an opportunity to compare the two species. In all five b six Rwl-throat& hnswere observed, =me et fairly close range, and or four Common Loom. More Red-throated lnons were ob- served on April 6 (11, April 22 {a), and May 7 (I), 110, near old Butler (A.H.W., EXW.). This appears to be a first record for the State. HORNED GIlEBE ICdpmbm atu~tps). Very rare in Fall until Wa- tauga ];age was impounded. Fairly common transient, Spring and Fall 58 THE MIGRANT DECEMBER on Watauga Lake. Feb. 25 to Agr. 22 and Oct. 15 to Dec. 19. PIED-BILLED GREBE (PaWlymbtls podhem). Fairly common migrant in Spring and Fall 1944 through 1948. Wintered in appreciable nudwrs an Watauga Lake 1049-1950. Probably breeding on Lake PhilTip Nelson (3500'1 where observed throughout Summers of 1948 thru 1950. Two young each observd JuIy 24 and August 7, 1949. (F.W.B.) DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (Phalamocorax au*). Extremely rare as only one pair has been observed in this area, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 18, 1948. (F.W.B., EX., A.H.W.) GREAT BLUE HEFtON (Ardca hervdias). Fkk4 common Spring and Fa11 migrant, more abundant in Fall, rather rare in Winter and early Summer. \ AMERICAN EGRET (Ca$unerodIns albus). Fairly common Summer and Fall visitan6 more common in late Summer and Fall. Extreme dates June 18 to Nov. 5. LITTLE BLUE HERON (Florida cawaleo). Rare until Watauga Lake was impounded. Fairly common during Surnmer 01 1949 on Watauga Lake. Extreme dates Apr. 12 to Sept. 3. GREEN HERON (Butwldts virmm). Common Summer resident. Extreme dates Apr. 1 (1949) to Nov. 27 (1948). BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nycticomx nyotiaorsx), Rare but regular Spring migrant. March 23 to May 6. Only one Fall record, bird found dead on Dec. 15, 1946 (LBN.). AMERICAN BITTERN (Bohmm Ientigitlmns). ExtremeIy rare, only one bird recorded for the county on May 4, 1947 (L.M.H.,L.R.H.), on CounB Farm. CANADA GOOSE; (Bran& canaden&), W1y common ad re Smbg and Fall transient. Fkb. 26 to Agr. 3, Segt. 14 b NQV.27. AdALLARD RUCK (Anas platyrhynchos). Rare transient until Wa- tauga Lake -pounded, then fairly common Spring and Fd migrant. Jan. 14 to Apr. 10 and Qct. 16 to Nov. 22. BLACK DUCK (Anas mbripes). Fairly rare bansiant until Watauga Lake impounded, then iairIy common Spring and Fall migrant. Jan. 1 to May 1 and Mov. 8 to Dec 14. GADWALL DUCK (Chanlchmus strewms). Vhy rare transient; fimt observed on Watauga River above on March 20, 1Q4P (L.R.H.), everal records since, particularly on Watauga Lab. F&. 26 to Apr. 17. BALDPATE DUCK (Harea amerigana). Regular and fairb common migran& more abundant since impounding of WaQuga Lake. PINTAIL, DUCK (Daacuta). Very rare transient; Watauga River, Wagner's Island, Oct. f 6, 1948 (EX.). BLUE-WINGED TEAL (QuerquedP dlsmrs). Fairly common migrmt March 16 to May 18; Sept 9 to Nov. 29. SHOVELLER DUCK (Spatnla c1ymta). Uncommon but iairly regular migmnt Ebb. 20 h Apr. 16, Mov. 1 ~boDee, 22. WOOD DUCK (Ah sponsa). Fairly common migrant, Mar. 16 to Apr. 2, anel Segt. to Nov. 22. Few summer reca& podbly breedfng. 1950 THE MIGRANT I

REDHEAD DUCK (Aythya americana). A pair ~eenon Watauea Lalrc above site of old Butler on the Watauga River prong, Nov. 6, ID49 (E.M.W. et al). One female obsemed on Wilbur Lake Mar. 12, 13, and 14, 1950 (EX.). RINGdNECKED DUCK (Aythya mllarls). Uncommon went, SprLng and FaU, until Wahuga Lake was impounded, then common at I~Ms. Mar. 9 to Agr. 24, Dct. 16 to Nov. 27. CANVASBACK (Aythya valhherh). One male observed at Ra%or Farm on Mar. 27, 1947 (F.W-B. et d). GREATER SCAUP DUCK (Aythya marIla). Fht Wwly identified on Wilbur Lake Mar. 10, 1950 (J.C.B., L.B.). Four birds identified by green head on Watauga River Mar. 26, 1950 (L.R.H.). LESSEX SCAUP DUCK (Aythya afifnb). Fairly common migrant Spring and Fall, abundant after Watauga Lake was impounded, Mar. 12 to July 31, Nov. 11 to Dec. 22. AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE (Bucep~m). Rare bamient Spring and Winter. Jan. 18 to Apr. 9; one fall record! Nov. 6, 1948. BUFFLE-HEAD DUCK (Chpritoneiia dbcola). Rare transient Spring and Fall. Mar. 20 to Apr. 27, Dec. 14 to Dec. 24. RUDDY DUCK (Oxyura m).Very rare transient h Fall. Oct. 23 to Nw. 21. HOODED MERGANSER (Lophodyb ctlcdlatus). FairIy common mi- grant, Spring and Fall, rare Wnter resident. Jan. 8 to May l and Nw. 22 b Dec. 20. AMERICAN MERGANSER (Me- me-). Very rare transient, having been recorded on Watauga River in Elhabethim Feb. 19, 1947 (L.R.H.) and Nov. 27. 1948. RED-BREASTED mGANSER (Wergus imrator). Uncommon migrant Spring and Fall untiI Watauga Lake was impounded, then fairly corn- man at times. March I7 to May 1 and Nov. 29 to Dec. 24. TURKEY VULTURE (Cathark aura). Uncommon permanent &dent, lea oonmon $1 we. BLACK VULTURE (Corngyps ahhis). Vary m Summm vigibnt EASTEFW GOSHAWK (Astnr ntrI~apillw).Very rare Merit in Fall: mbona cwrse kt. I, 1944 (L.R.H.); Siam bridge Sept. 28, 1947 (LBH. et al); Wflbur Lake Sept. 25, 1948 (L-RH., E-T).. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (Adplter *W). Rare permanent M- dent; however, we have no July records. Fairly common migrmt in Fall. COOPEIC'S HAWK (hipiiter cooperil). Fairly mmmon permanent ree- ident; comrnon Fall migrant. FLED-TAILED HAWK (Bnteo hmabmk). Rare permanent resident; common Fall migrent REDSHOULDERED HAWK (Bnteo UDsntua). Rare permanent &dent. BROAD-WINGED HAWK (Bnteo plPbptems). Very rare Summer res- ident; occasionally abundant Fall migrant. Apr. 25 to Oct. 19. BALD EAGLE (Eaheetun Ion-phdb). Very rare transient. Hump Mountain Sept. 7, 1949 (F.W.B. and L.R.H.); Franklin Club March 14, 1948 (L.RK et al), 00 THE MIGRANT DEC-

BaARslH HAWK (Chwatmt~). HPn Sprlng and Fall dgrant. Feb. 15 to May 13 and Aug. 14 to Dec. 7. OSPIIEY (P.ndiopl lurlrstar). Uncommon but re- Spring and Fall migrant. March 2% b May 22 and Aug. 18 to Oct fa. DUCK HAWK (Fblco psrcrrfnw). Rare Summer resident. Probably mting h ~e Doe Mver Gorge; wir them May 5, 1848 (L.m.). May 5 to at. 9. PIGWN HAWK (Fdco columb~).Extremely rare transient. One observed near Watauga Lake "Look-out'' Dec. 5, 1948 (L3.H.). SPARROW HAWK (Faloo oparveritls). Common permanent dwt, more common in Winter. RUFFED GROUSE (Bonaso nmbellus) . Fairly common permanent res- ident. BOB-WHITE (Colinllar vhinhnus). Fairly wmmon permanent resident. SORA RAIL (Po- cwoIha). Very rare transient, Spring and Fall. May 6 and 7 and Oct. 7 and 8 (F.W.B.) one summer record, a bird found dead in Elizabethton Aug. 28, 1948 (A.H.W.). COOT (Fulh amerhna). Fairly common translent, more abundant and for longer periods on Watauga Lake. Extreme dates Oct. 10 to June 1. SFXWALMATED PLOVER (Chmadrlam Seminalmatus). Extremely mre transient. Two records, one lndiridual each, May 5, 1946 (L.H.H.) and May 5, 1948. KILLDEER (Charadrims vociferus). Fairly common permanent rw- ident AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Phfloheb minor). Rare permanent reddent. WILSON'S SNIPE (Capella gallhago). Rare Winter resident and Fall migrant but rather abundant Spring migrant. Extreme dates Sept. 27 to May 3. UPLAND PLOVER (Bartramla lolylcauda). One individual observed within the city limits of Elizabethton Apr. 18, 1950 (L.R.H.). SPO'MZD SANDPIPER (Act[& macnlaria). Fairly common migrant, Spring and Fall, Apr. 8 to June 6 and July 9 to Oct. 3. SOLITARY SANDPIPER (Trlnra mlikrh). Fairly common Spring and Ff1 migrant, Apr. 0 to May 24 and July 18 to Oct 2. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS (Tofpntls melanoletraw). Very rare Spring migrant, May 1, 1848 (4) (3.C.B.). LESSER YEUOW-WS (Totrrrm flaviwm). Rare Spring and Fall mi- grant, Apr. @ to May 3 and Aug. l to Oct. 20. WTSANDPIPER (Erolio mlntlUUa). Very rare Spring and Fall migrant. May 3 to May 13 and Aug. 21 to Segt 11. WESTERN SANDPIPER (Eremetes mruri). Extremely rare Spring and Summer vtsitant. One observed at DePew farm May 2, 1948 (L.R.H.), an- other July 11, 1948. HERRING GULL (hms argentstus). Very rare Spring migrant unM Watauga Lake impounded, then more common in Spring and Fall, Jan. 20 to May 13 and Oct. 27 to Dee. 10. RING-BIra.En GULL (Urua delawands), Very rare dgmnt until In50 THE MIGRANT Of

WahUga Lake imgouniM, then more oommon in Sprine and Fall. Jm. 21 ta 13 and Oot. 4 Q W.5. BONAPARTE'S GULL (Urn phlhdtlphh). Very rare Spw and Winter visitant. Flock of fourteen seen at Lake Phillip Nelson Nw. 90, 1947 (F.WB.). A pair 0bse1-ved in open field near Franlclin Club in Eli- zmbethton Dec. 25, 1948 (L.R.H.). One bird observed at Sycamore Shoals h Watauga River Agr, 15, 1949 (L.R.H.). FORSTER'S TERN (Sitma for&&). One individual observed west of island west of site of old Fish Springs on Watauga Lake Oct. 23, 1840 (L.R.H.). This bird was observed for several minutes thru lox binmu- lars in good Ught at varying distances, finally corning almost &~tly overhead when the black spot around the eye and extending back toward the nape, but not Wting as in the Common Tern, was plainly visible. COMMON TERN {ltera hlmdo). Only two occurences: Sept. 10, 1049 (1) along Watauga River near Siam (L.R.H.); Sept. 2, 1950 (40) on Wa- tauga Wewest of island west of old Fish Springs (L.M.K.. L. R. H.). BLACK TERN (Chlldonias ntger). Only one record ior the two birds of the species observed west of island west oi old Fish Spr- sik OD Wabuga lake Sept. 2, 1950 (L.M.H., L.RH.). MOURNING DOVE (ZML0fdm-a macrorua). Abundant pmnment d- dent. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Cocoyxus amerloanw). Uncommon Sum- mer resident. Extreme htes Apr. 22 to Oct. 3. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Cwcgaus erytbrophtbalmue). Rare Summer resident. Apr. 22 to Oct. 6. BARN OWL {Tyta alba). One observed at County Farm Scpt. 28, 1946 (L.RH.). SCREECH OWL (Otw do). Common permanent resident. GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianna). Very rare permanent res- ident. BARRED OWL (BtrIx orria). Uncommon permanent &dent. WHIP-POOR-WILL (Caprimnlgns vodfem). Common Summer res- ident. Exkeme dates Apr. 6 to Sept. 11. NIGHTHAWK (Chordciim minor). Fairly common Summer dent. Abdlebe Summer md Fall migrant. Exkcme &tea Am. 24 to Oet. 12. CHIMNEY SWIFT (Cbaeb wlapico). Fair4 common Summer rw- ident. Abundant Spring and Fall migrants. Extreme dates Apr. 8 to Oct. 11. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Archflochu8 mlubrb) . Common Summer resident. Extreme dates Apr. 23 ki Oct. 5. BELTED KlNGFISHER (Mcgactryle dcyon). Fairly common permanent resident. F'LICKEEI (Colaptcs anratma). F;tirly common permanent resident. Com- mon transient in Spring and Fall. PlLEATED WOODPECKER IDrroeopum pileatus). Rare permanent a- ident. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Centurns moIinu8). Rare permanent resident. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (ILbslanerpen ~rythfactphd~1. Uncom- 62 TfIE: MIGRANT DECEMBER mon vkitant from middle of $awry to middle of October. NO NO-- ber or December records. YELLUW-BEIUED SAFSUCKER (Spbma&am ~4~1.Fairb cwn- mon Winter resident Ex- dab Sept. XI to Agr. 28. HAIRY WOODPECKER (Dend- m).Unewnmoll germanent resident DOWNY WOODPECKER (Den- ptlbsacsns). &mmm m- ent resident. EASTERN KINGBIRD (Tmaunns trmmns). Fairly common Summer resident. Extreme claw Agr. 15 to Sept. 13. CRESTED FLYCATCHER (M~iarehrt9 a-1. Rare Spring migrant and Summer resident. Agr. I2 to Aug 18. EASTERN PHOEBE (&wnis phoebe). Fairly common Summer d- dent, mre Whter resident. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHEFt (Emsdd~nax ilavlventrtP). One bM observed on Lynn Mountain April 30, 1949, at an elevation of 1700 feet and a considerable distance from any ham or b& of wak. The bird was about feet from any or of water. me for sewrd minutes while under observation with lox binoculars. The sulfur yellow belly, uniformly yellow, was eady visible. It did not sing (L.R.H.). ACADIlUJ FLYCATCHER (Empidonax -), Fairly common Sunrmer mident. Fatreme dates Apr. 90 b Oct. 5. ALDER FLYCATCHER (Fmp4donax MlIli). Three d:Mw 7, 1044 (m):Awl, 1945 (LiR.H. et al): May 9, 1948 (A.H.W.), The records by 'ZR.H." were based largely upon the song "fik-bew", which I had pmvhsly hard ;kom Alder Flycatch in westem New Yed southern Onkio. LEAST FLYCAB (Eh- mlnlrrmn). Fatrly common Sprins migrant, uncommon Summer resident at hi& altitudes. Extreme dates Apr. 23 to Oet. 1. WOOD PEWEE (Contopas virens). Fairly MnIm011 Summer mid& Extreme datm Apr. 13 ta OeL 15. HORNED LARR (RremwhLtr .alwsth). Upcommon mmanent d- dent. Nesting record, see THE MIGRANT, 15:57-58. TREE SWALLOW (Iridopmme bieolor). Rare Spwmmt. Exkeme dates Apr. 7 to May 8. BANK SWALLOW (Xi- rim).Rare Spring mntExtreme dateEMay2toMaya. ROUGH-WXNGED SWALLOW (SkkIdopk~~mw). Fdfb own- mon Summer resident. Extreme dates March 26 to July 30. BARN SWALLOW (Htando &). Uncommon migrant SBring and Fall, rare Summer resident. Young okrved just above the town of Mountain June 17, 1945. (THE MIGRAWT 17:5-8). Extreme dates Apr. 12 to Segt. 30. CLIFF SWALLOW {Patrochdidon mrrhonotr). U- Summea lpsidmt, donally abundant late migrant in Summer. % small n&- 1950 THE MIGRANT 88 ing colonies located in barns h Sam cornmuni4y (THE MXGRANT (18:48-45). Exhedates Apr. 8, to Sept. 19. PWRPLE MARTIN IRomt subis). Unman Summer resident. Ex- treme dates Mar& 5 to Segt. 9. BLUE: JAY (Cmmcidta dbb). Cornan germ& malkk RAVEN (CO~YUS-1. Repermanent mideat at hIi# nltltutk CROW (Corn brachrrhsnobo~~).Common permanent &dent. CAROLINA CHICKADEE (Pama ~~),Cmnmon permanent resident up to about 4500'. TUFITD TITMOUSE (mbidor). Fairly common permanent mi- dent, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta densis). Rare -anent reside& bre& at higher altitudes. BROWN CREE:PER (Certhh familarls), Unoommm W*r resident. Extreme dates Oct. 17 to May 7. HOUSE WREN (Troplodyka =don). Rare Summer resident. Ex- dae Agr. 13 to Oct 4. One nesting record in Lily Amon of Elimbethtopl, 1948 (E.H.W.). WINTER WREN (Troglodrtes lmghdrks). Fairly comtrmn Summer resident at high altitude8. Uncommon Winter resident at Iowm altftud~. BEWICK'S WREN (Thwomanm kwlckii). Uncommon Summep 6- dent, very rare Winter resident. Extreme dates Jan. 19 to Oct. 22. CAROLINA WREN (Thrvothom l~~dovlcimlls).Common germancnt reddent. LONG-BILLXD MAFEH WREN (Tehtdytcs palushis). Only iwu records to date: Oct. 3, 1948, and Oct. 2, 1949. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN (Cistothorns stellarb). One Fall rec- od d Ws sgedes at Elhbethh Gdf mu=, Oet 1, 1944 &RE). M-BW (Mhm Pors~lottos). Common dent. Obsemd occasionally at altitudes of 3500' In viciniw of Lake Phillip Nelson Nm. 24, 1949 and Feb. 19, 1050 (F.W.B.). CATBIRD (Dumetella caro~~).Abundant Summer mdd,mt Ex- treme dates Apr. 13 to Oct. 16. One bird apparently wintered near =- gan as it was observed Jan. 1, 1950 (J.C.B., L.B.), and Jan. 7, 1050 (JCB., L.RH.). BROWN THRASHER (Toxwtoma rufum). Common Summer reeddeat. Extreme dates- March 15 to Oct. 13. ROBIN (Turd- mig-mtorl~~s),Uncommon Winter resident, abundant Summer resident. WOOD THRUSH (HsMchlrt mut#db). Common Summer dent. Extreme dates Apnil 10 to Oct. 4. -IT TRRUSH (HghhMa guttab). -re Winter re&lsnt. Ex- treme dates Sept 10 to April l?f. OLWE-BACKED THRUSH (E4l~~m&tlain). Rare Sprfng ml- grant May 4 to May 16 and fafrly common Fall migrant Sept. 2 to Nav. 5. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (HarMchls mlnlma). Rare migmmt in Spring and Fall. Extreme dates May 7 to May 15 and Sept. 2B to Oct. 11. VEERY (H~hchkBlafrrarcmuens). Fairly common Summer resident at 64 'PBEm DE- high aI%tudes, uncommon Spring and Fall migrant. Extreme W, I to Oct. 2. BLUEBIRD (8LaHa ddb). Fairly common permanent resident. BLUEGRAY GNATCATCHER (PollopWa caerub). Fairly comrrren Summer dent. Extreme dab April 2 to Sept 18. GULDEN-CROBrmED KINGLET (&e@na tmtrrm). Fairly common Whkr midat. Rare Summer mident at high altitude. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (Bedua &rsd'~~lr). Uncommon Winter resident. Extreme dates, Sept. 27 to May 1. -CAN PIPIT (Antl~uas-letb). Very rare Fell and Wink visitant. One Wird obsewed near Franklin Club in Elizabeth& Feb. s8, 1945, md a flock oi 75 (est.) at same location Dec. 25, 1848 (LXX); two on Little Roan Mountain Sept. 50, 1949, and $6 in Elhkkhton m. 12, 1W9 (F.W.B.). CEDAR WAXWING (Bombydlla oedror~m). Uncommon permanent =&dent; irregular, abundant Winter resident. WEEMEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicb1111). Rare Winter resi8snt. Extreme dab Aug. 20 to AprFl 2. STARLING fStmmas mlgsris). Abundant permanent resident. --EYED VI'REO (Vkm g&cas). Fairly common Summer d- dent. Extreme dates Apil 7 to Oct. 19. One bird observed Dec. 5, 8, ad 14, 1848, on Razor Farm (A.H.W.). YgL3X3W-THROATED VIREO (Vfreo fhplirons). Unmmfi SpdU and FaIl migrant. Extreme dates April 6 to June 21 and July 17 to Od. 10. BLUE--ED VIREO (Vlreo solicariw) Uncommon Summer resi- dent at higher altitudes. Extreme dates April 3 to Od. 25. RED-EYED VfREO {Vfreo olivmm~dl).Abundant Summer resident, ex- treme dmAprtl 11 to Oct. 17. VIREO (VhpbpklladelpMaus). One indiddud ob- near Bee Cliff on Watauga River Sept. 26, 1948 (A.H.W., mB.1. WARBLING VIREO (Vireo gb), Rare Summer resident. Ex- dates April 15 to Od. 11. BLACK AWD WHITE WARBLFB (MnhtUta varia). Unoommon 8- reddent. memedates April 9 to Qct. 5. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonohria dm). One ext& Istie fall mrd Oct. 19, 1943, observed near the Covered Bridge over the fn Ebabethton at close range (L.RX., LM.H., L.R.H. yr.), One o??sm~edalong Doe River in Lily Additinn ot Elizabethton Segt. 10, 1948 (A.H.W.) . WORM-EATING WARBLER (Helmltheros vermivom) . Rare Summer resident. Extreme dates April 21 to Sept. 26. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBW (V- ehrssoplem). mI'C mk EAm?me date Awl 26 fo Sept. 25. Probable very xare Summer etfn vkinity of Lake Phillip Nelson at 3550' elm, summers of fW8 lMO. (FW.B.1. Not at fhis aBtitude afm June 20. BLUE-WINGED WARBlXR (Verdvora pinus). Very meSgr- mi- grant, only &me records from May 2 to May 7 and only one fall rec- ord Scpt 19, 1948. rn THE MI- 6s

LAWRENCE'S WARB~(V~FIIII- ~r-j. ~rrebisd af m hybrld species observed dong Watauga River near Ram Farm on July !B, 1945 (L.R.H.). TENNESSEE WARBLER (Vedvora peremha). AbmdW Fbll m6- gm~thg. 26 to Oct. 25; very rare Spring migrant, only rsoords be6ng May 5, 1848 (J.C.B., L.B.),(and May 2 and 3, 1W7. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLEX (Vermi~radh). One blrd ob- served in Elizabethton March 5, 1950 (J.C,H., L.RJ3.). NASHVILLE WARBLER (Vdvom dca~W~).Rare Pgll -ant +h exheme dates of Aug. 18 to Oct. 12. Only one Spring record, Bday 5, lD46. (A.H.W.). PAR- WARBLER (Parula amerlcans), Uncommon Summer reddent Extreme dah April 8 to Oct. 8. YELLOW WARBLER (T)androica peteohia). Common Summer &t. Exhe dates March 30 to Oct. 15. aeAGNOLXA WARBLER (DendroIca magnolia). Uncmmoa Sg* and Fall migmt. Extreme dates April 26 to May 31 and Sept. 4 to Oct. 23. CAPE MAY WARBLER (Denhim thrha). Fair* oommon wring E)all migrad Exhme dates April 28 to Edvly 20 end hpt 4 a0 Nov. 18. mCK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (D- -1. Un- common Spring and Fall migrant. Xxtreme dab% May 2 to May 15 and SepL 9 to OcL 23. Also a common Summer resident at balgh altitudes. =- semt dat& April 25 b Oct. 28. A male observed shgbg in Doe River Gore at 2200' June 26, 1Q48 indieatis probable nestinpl. (LXEL). MYXTLE WARBLER (Dendroics coronah). Common Winter residmh abundant migrant irregularly. Ektreme dates Sept. 16 to May 12. WK-mATED GREEN WARBLEIP (Dwdpoice -1. Sprring and Fall Migrant--uncommon Summer resident. Ex- dab A#u 7 to Oct. 21. CERULEAN WARBLER (Dendroica cerulea), Rare Spring migrant with dates April 20 to June 14. One Fall record, Aw. 7, 1848. BLACICBWRNIAN WARBlZR (Dendroica fusca). Uncxrmmon Spriag and Fall migrant. Exme dates April 16 to May 16 and Aug. 21 to Oet. 14. CHESTNUT-SIDED WAFLBLER (DentIda ~vlvanioa).Fairly eon- man Spring and Fall migrant and fairly common Summer msidmt at higb altitudes. Rxtreme dates April 26 to Oct. 22. BAYaFtEASTm WARBIrER (Dendcoiomr -a). Uneomaon Spring and abundant FaU migrant. Extreme htes April 15 to May 28 and Bept. 28 to Oet. 23. BLACK-POLL WARBLER (Dandroica drhta). Uncommon Spring and rare Fall migrant. Extreme dates April 23 to May 18 and Sept. 3 to OcC 11. PIBE W- (DendreioP pinos). Rare Spring and Fall migrant. Extreme dates April 30 to June 19 and Aug. 31 k~Oct. 9. PBAIRIE WARBLER (Dtndroh discah). Uncommon Spring and Ball mt.Ex- dates April 14 to June 28 and Aug. 14 to Oct. 5. frab- able rare Summer merit. PNAf WARBLER (DendroioP ~almamm),Uncmmmn Spring and Fall 60 TEE MIGRANT DM=- migmnt Exhedates April 11 to July 9 and Sept. 2 to Nw. 29. Rare transient in winter. Jan. 6 and 25 and Dec. 21, 1041; January 4, 1948. OVBNBIRD (Seiurus anroanill~).Common Surnmer resident, March 31 to &L 13. NORTHERN WATER-THRUSH (deium noveboracensk), Rare Spring and Fall *ant Extreme dates May 5 to May 6 adAug. 23 to Oct. 3. LOUISIANA WATER-THRWSIi (5el- mo~~h),Fairly common Summer resident. Extreme dates March 20 to Oct. 50. KENTUCKY WARBLER (Opomni~formosus). Fairly mrsm-~onSummer resident. Extreme dates April 22 to Oct. 2. CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Oporonis agilis). One observed near Bee Cliff dong Watauga River Segt. 28, 1947 (L31.H.). mother June 18, 1049. MOURNING WARBLER (Oporonk philsdelphia). Very rare Fall mi- mt. Two records: Oct. l, I944 (L.K.H.); Oct. 5, 1947 (L.R.Hi YELLOW-THROAT (Geothlymh trichas) . Common Summer resident. Extwme dates A@ 1 b Oct. 27. One Wink redat Wilbur Lake Dec. 21, 1947 (L.R.H.). YXLLOW-BREASTED CHAT (Icterla Wens). Fairly common Sum- mer resident. Fatreme dates April 20 to Oct. 8. HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia dtrina). Fairly common Summer r&- dent. Extreme btes Aprfl 10 to Oct. 17. WILSON'S WARBLER (Wibda pusilh). Rare Spring migrant Fairly common Fall migrant. Extreme dates May 4 to May 5 and Sept. 10 to Oct. 2. CANADA WARBLELt (WihL c~d~).Rare Summer resident et high altitudes. Extreme dates May 1 to Oct. IO. Unmmon Spring and Fall migrant. -CAM RFDSTART (SetoMra~BiUa). Uncommon Summer m. ident. Exme dates April 15 to Oct. 12. XNGLISH SPARROW (P-r domestio~). Abundant permanent res- ident. BOBOLINK (DoIichonyx orydrorus). Uncommon Spring and Fall mi- grant. Extreme Spring dates April 27 to May 28 and Fall dates Aug. 17 ta Sept. 30. MEADOWLARK (Sturnella magna). Abundant permanent resident. M up b 3500' in vicinity of Lske PhIILip Nehn (F.W.B.). RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (AgeIaiw phoenicens). Fairly common mi- grant, Spring and Fall, uncommon Summer resident. Two winter records Dec. 26, 1948 (L.R.H.) and Jan. 8, 1950 (F.W.B.). ORCHARD ORIOLE (icterns =~pUrius).Uncommon Summer resident. Ex- treme dates April 4 to Sept. 10. BALTIMORE ORIOm (lcfems galb*). RmSummer rerdder~t.Eh- treme dates April 18 to Sept. 30. RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Euphaw carohus). Uncommon Spring and Fall migrant. Extreme dates Nov. 12 tu April 13. BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Enphagns wanocephaIus). This species - observed on March 21, 22. and 23, 1944, in our back yard at 1533 Burgh Place in Elizabethton at close range with lox binoculars. Peterson's "Guide" and Chapman's "Handbook" were consulted on the spot while obervlng ISSO TEE MIGRANT 67 the bid. Fred Behrend reparted sem'@ a BreeBlackbrid & the Frank- lin Club (approxlimately three blocks distant fmm our yard) in the even- ing of one of these three days (L.M.H.). GRACKLE (Qnbmlm qakuh). Abundamt in Spring, Summer and Fall. Uncommon from middle of Nov. to middle of Feb. COWBlFLD (Wolothrus atqr). I~nownmmand irregular Summer resi- dent. Fairly common Spring and Fall migrant; me Winter resident. SCARLET TANAGER (~ihnga0Iiolivaee;l). Fairly common Spring and Fa11 migrant. Rare Summer resident at higher altitudes. Extreme chb April 10 to Oct. 13. SUMMER TANAGER (Pfranga rubra). Uncommon Summer resident. Extreme dates April 23 to Oct. 3. CARJXNAL (Richmondena carainrlh). Abundant permanent resident. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Pheuctlw Iudoviohns). Fairly com- mon Spring and Fall migrant and rare Summer resident at high dtituh. Extreme dates April I4 to Oct. 18. BLUE: GROSBEAK (Gniraca caerulea). 09 male observed on Elh- bethim Golf Coume May 4, 1946 (L.R.H.); adher observed nem Millimn College May 13, 1948 (M.T.et all. INDIGO BUNTING (Pmrinrt cyanea). Abul.lcEant Summer resident. Extreme dates April 27 to Nov. 3. EVENING GROS3EAK (H~pePiphonavesger#na). Very rare Winter visitant. Wintered here from Nov. 22, 1945, to May 4, 1946 (THE MIGRAWT, 17;14). PUmFINCH (Cargodacus purpureus). Irregularly abundant Fall and Spring migrant, fairIy common Winter resident. Oct. 13 to May 9. PINE SISKIN (Spinus pinus). Rare and irregular Winter visitant, re- maining into late Spring, May 24, 1950. Earliest arrival date Nov. 8, 1D48. GOLDFINCH (Sphus Idstis). Abundant pepmanat resident Large flocks common in Winter. RFD-EYF,D TOWREE (Piflo erythmpbthhus). F&rly common per- manent resident, less common in Winter, especially at higher altitudes. SAVANNAH SPARFZOW (Pa!serculus sandwiobemh). Fairly corn Spring and Fall migrant. March 14 to May 13 and Sept. 21 to Nov. IS. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (Ammdmms savmmmm). Fairly corn- nmrm Summer resident. Extreme datm Marah 20 to Oct. 6. Om Winter *- ord Dec. 26, 1848 (F.W.3.). VESPER SPARROW (Pooemtps graminem). Fairly common Sgm and Fall migrants, ram Summer resident at higher altiudes. Extreme dates March 18 to Nov. 6. BACHMAN'S SPARXOW (Aimophfla aestivalh). Only one record of this species, observed by Finucane May 7, 1850, just across the line hm Suklivan County near the Elizabetilton-BrisbI higlhway. JUNCO (Junco hyemalis). Common Winter mident, extreme datetl Oct. 7 to April 24, at low elevations. Common permanent resident at high altitude. CHIPPING SPARROW ( SglPlelL p-) . Fairly common Summer reddent. Extreme dates Feb. 27 to Nov. 8. FLEIl) SPARROW (EipbUa padlh). Abm-dmbt pamanenh ddmk. WHITE-CROWNF,D SPARROW (ZonotrlchL lencopbm). Fair4 camn#m Winter resident. Extreme dates Opt. 7 to May 22. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Zonotrlcbta albidis). Cornmm Win- ter resident Extreme dates Sept. 20 b May 20. FOX SPARROW (Pwmmlh iliaca). Fairly ~wnmonWinter &Bent. Extreme dates Oct. 24 to March 30. LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Weloemk lhddi).Two birds oherved near Pbmkh Club April 2, 1950 (L.M.H.), ah&sewed the MOW^ &IY singing {LB.H.1. SWAMP SPARROW (NXebplza georgima). Bme Whim Feaident along stream and marshy places. Extreme dates O& 17 to May 3. SONG SPARROW (Mekph melodia). Abundant permanent mident nmting at dl altitudes. Mare abundant in Winter.

The following birds have found by members of .the Elizabethton Chapter of the T. 0. S. in counties adjoining Carter CountJr, but have not been found in Carter County. SNOWY =REX (Egmttu thuhJ. Johnson aunts, Tena See bdIGm, 21 :47-48, 1950. SNOW GOOSE (Chen hymrborea). Avery County, N. C. One hdidd- ual with a ilock of about 80 Canada geese flyhg southward over Lyinville Gap about 8:00 a.m., Oet. 14, 1945 (F.W.B., W.F.P., LXLH.). BLUE GOOSE (@hen caerrrlerrcenn). Washington County, Tenn. One individual killed at Fish Hatchery Oct. 25, 1949. Head secured and identi- fied (AH-W.). GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Nattloa carolinense). Very rare knsieent. Not observed until April 10, 1949, at and Watauga Lake in John- son County, Tenn. (F.W.3.) Ah h Sullivan County on near Piney Flab Nov. 19, 1948 (7) (AH.W.). GOLDEN EAGLE (AU- ch--1. One wualobdPegved oa m summit uf Hump Mountah, Avery Comty, Nonth C., Oct. 10, I948 (L.RH.1. PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Pbbia melanota). There have been flve records of this species at the Fish Hatchery in Washington mmtg; Tenn. during 1949 and 1950. April 0 to May 13 and Aug. 29 to Oct. 26. TWO recent mrds from Johnson County, Tmn., at Roan Creek and Wahw Lake, Sept. 2 and 3, I950 (2) (L.M.H., AKW., L.R.H.), SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (Ereuaetes msUlw). Two Washfngton Oount~.Tenn. records at Fish Hatchery, May 15 and Oct. 2, 1949 (AH.W.). Two recent records for Johnson Comty, Term. at Roan Creek and Wa- tauga Lake Sept. 2 and 3, 1950 (51 (LXH., L.R.H., AJ3.W.). SWAINSON'S WARBLER (LfmnotblmI~ m-1. Very rare Sum- mer resident near Rock Creek Park in Unih County, Tenn. on two occasions, May I3 and June 6, 1949 (2) (L.R.H.).Also May- 21, 1950 in same area (L.R.H.). YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendrdca domlnioa). Rare late Sum- mer and Fd migrant in Sullivan County, Tennessee, along Holsh River. Aug. 18 to O& 9 (A.H.W.). 1960 THE 'MIGRANT a

FALL ma- OF BEOAD-WINGED JuWgrS IN THE $0- APPAtBcmANS Far me past twu or ymrs v-us members of the T. 0. S., pecially some of those belonging to the Elizabethton and Gremeville Chap- ters working under the leadership of Fred W. Behrend, have been watchfne for fall migrations 01 hawks along the several ridges and chhs oi the southern Appalachians. In previous years their search has not beem very rewlardiPlg, but on September 23 l&su 27, 1050, a- hundr&~ oi Broad-winged Hawks wpre observed at various places from southweskm Virginia to the Kmxville area and eastward to the Blue Weof North Carohm. The largest number observed at any one place, nearly 1000 hawks, was seen by William Johnson whose account appears below. The hge aumbr of Broad-wind Ehwlns seen at mch widely 6cat- bred places indicates fhat there was E tremendous mass migmtion of hawks during the five days. Fortunately it hag@ over a week md when many obsem were in the field. In the Wet that the weather gIays a large part in detennfrfing the mimation W of many birds, mther mapa were examined for the days just precdhg and during the observed hawk flights. On September 21 there was a wld frmt over the Great Lakes and a warm front from the Gulf region over Ohio and West Virginj,. The cold front may have started many birds southward, whkh were then slowed or delayed when they reached the warm front. On the 22nd neither of thee fronts remained in the eastern part of the country; whds m this day were from the east and northeast. On the 23rd there was a oold fmnt over the Great Lakes, and winds to the rroFth of aqr area were from the west; on the afkrnoon of tMs day the first large flights wen? seen (see Behrend's account Wow). On the next day, the 24th the cold front passed over Tennessee and North -lire, md winds were %ramthe north and northeast. On both of these days there was a Wgh mure area centered west of the Great Lake3 and a low gresmus area over Quebec, a combination iemding ia produce winds irom the north over the Great Lakes and southward. On the 25th the cold fmnt had passed completely ovm, the high pressure area was over hhna and Ohio, and whds were from the north and northeast. The key conditions which might be used in the future to predict hawk nights h this area apparently are a high pressure west or northwest of the GeLakes, a hw pmssure area mtheast of the Gmt Labd a cold front moving southward. In additim tQ the accounts that follow, tw other reports rn re- ceived of substantial numbers of Broad-whged Hawks. The first came fkom Dr. Joseph C. Elowell, University of Tmn-, who described the folEowlng: On Segt. 24, USO, he and Mrs. Howell m in the eastern part of Kmx County, near the French &clad Riveat whm they saw at least 78 Broad-winged Hawks between 3:50 and 4:40 gm. The hawks were fly- ing in a sexies of soaring circles that generally carried tbem in a swth- erly direction. Groups of two to five were most common; &ere we= few 70 THE BIIGW DEmMBER shah. The largest numk in sight at one time was eventeepl. The arrecond report came hm Richard Burns and Donald PLI-, N-a1 Park Service, who on Sept. H, 1960, saw about fHty Brwtd-w at one time over Indisn Gap, Great Smoky MormWh Natimal Park- J- J- T. TANNER, Univemfb of -Knoxville. RAWK MIGRATION IN UPPER EAST TENNESr\l.----tim of hawk migration wa engaged in by all Upper East Tern- chaptam of the T. 0. S. during September 1950. It was mduEted on a larger stale than in previous years, with more wdpants (appgimatdy 21 thb year), gr%aber elmy cord, and a longer period of obsematfan. The object of Ws unde- was to debmahe it the many bawb migrating aouthwrd irom eastern Canada and m~theastrernU&d Sbks continued &ek flight along the Southern Agpalachhn Mom-, pWCr having followed the northern and central chdm of the Appalachians. A spur to making Weobservations we repo* of tM -m of hge fiigbb of W-wwHawks gtons &e AUe- A&xuWm in W& V- ad Virgidia end over owmamhbw of Wmt Vw.Additional interest was am& by infarmation concaning th+ obsemathn of a fairly substantial number of Bwd-Wnged Hmwb at the muthcm end of the Appalachian Mountains in the Faof 1949. The study developed to be of unusual interest. Its results not only cunflrmed the theom that the Wow range of the Southern Amchian Mom- mdhtute flyways, and pmbbly majar ones, of th Bd- Hawk, but shnultanewsly the fact was established that fli&b d &is vies aver fhe moun~hdbry of sc~ltb- Wdxih Upper , and part of imm- to the South m of substantial size and extend over a relatively wide bdt, fmm the Clinch Mountains north of the Tennesa~eValley to the 3lue Ridge Mountah some 50 miles south. Sepkmber 6 and Sephnk 23 a tahl of &&en trip made by different parties to twelve Merent and widely sea- rn~lllbb. A variety of hawks in mall rmmbess was obsewed on obsewatbn trip, but varg few ma-- them. TIk &st exciting news of large numbm of Broad-wm Ham came from Stephen M. Russell of Abinprdon, Virghia, member uf the Bristol Chapter, who, stationed on Hayter Knob in the Clinch MounMns mr& d Ab- (althtwk 4300% mmted rmon ko about 430 pm. m Sepkmber 23 a batal of 627 Rrd-wmd Hawks in flocks of shes, the largest of about 162 birds. On September 24, Russell observed sizable concenkatlons ofi Broad- winged Hawks, the largest of 150 birds, on Mount Rogers m suuthwcstcrrn Virginia (altitude 5719'). His WZmt from 11:30 ta about 4:tO p.m. was 871 Broad-winged Hawks. Also on September 24, Mm. Robert 86. Sd-, Dr. How& S. Young, and Mr. Thomas W. Fhucane admn of the Kingsport Chapter listed at the north end oi Bays Mountadn near Kin- approxImaWy 800 Bd- win@ Hawk 1050 THE MIGRANT 71

A$ 1:10 pm. on September 24, Fred W. mndcountad 75 Bm&- winged Hawk in subsbntiaily one flock above the sununit of ILump Mom- Wn faltltude 5587'), all in the same lmality where e yeat ear- he had observed approximately 60 Bmd-winged Hawks on the idcntteal date. During mid-afternoon on Segtemk 24, Mr. and Mrs. AUnrt Irvina of the hnevllle Chapter observed from the Camp Cp.eek Bald mr south- of Meville a W of 64 Broad-- Haw& h seveml ' small mps, the largest consisting of 16 birds. At 1:25 p.m. on September 25, Fnd W. Rehmnd observed over Cold Springs Mountah muthe of Greenwille, Temesee, (Wde 48899, a small flock of 12 Broad-wmged Hawks. On September 26, while driving Co Abiwdan b jvh Stephen M. Rus- sell on a repeat trip to Wayter Knob, Fred W. Be- obmed a con- centration of Broad-winged Hawks near Bluff City (dtitude 1389'), ten miles north of-Elkabethton. He counted 29 of the b-. On Hayter Knob, Russell and Behrend IlsW a khl of 276 Broad- winged Hawks In three flocks, the largt of them 177 birdsl, fiam 1:50 bo 235 pm. on Segkmber 20. Mrs. Robert W. Pugh, member of the Khgsport Chagier, obsemed approximately 200 Broadqinged Hawk nmr her home at Fordwwn, south of K-ort, (altitude aggmximateb 1500') in the morning of Sepbmber 27. The hawks were rising, in flocks of about 30, over Hemlock Ridge and soaring in the direction of Bays Mountain. On September 28, Richad Nevius of the Greneville Chapter and Fred W. Behrend obsemed but three Md-winged Hawks from a fire bower in the Clinch Mountains at approximately 2000' altitude north of Rogersville and muth of Kyles Ford, Tennessee, between 1:30 and 8:00 p.m. me mather on that day was exb?rneW-hazy as a result of make drWing mdhmrd from large fiorest fires in mnada. ' On Oebober 1, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wmt of the Elizabethton Chapkr oke&near the Fish Hatchew in the vicinity of Fordtown in Sullivan Countg 30 Broad-med Hawks. On observation trip to Hurnp Mountain on Segtemkr 30 and to fLoan Mounkh and Grassy Bald Mountain on mber 1 no Braad-winged Hawks m seen by ked W. Behnd. Accipiters m fair numbers were in evd- &nee Ithough on thee trips. & or about September 27 a flmk of 14 hawks, Md-w- inom all apgeamms, wns seen over the lower end of Beech Rboun~a -Verne ridge connecting the Sbone Mountains with the Blue RSdge Moun- him, as regorted by a resident of that sectivn The total of Broad-winged Hawks observed during the period of SptemWr 23 to Octctober 1 amouni~dto slightly in excess of 2,000. It will be interesting to repeat this survey in fuhm yema. The data gather4 will be of makrial &stance in following up the results obtained md gaining more comprehensive Iu-mwlede con& the movements of the Broad-winsd Hmwk. 1.n the course of the study records were ahkept of other members of the Hawk famiIy. The figures listed below apply mly to birds obsemed cm the mountain trips and do not include thm seen on rrthes occasions. They cover all of September and a few observations Mps in October. The list b as aomplek as it was mbleto compile: Red-Wed Hawk45; Red shouldered Hawk-7, Cooper's Kawk47, Sharp-shhd Hawk43, Spar- row Hawk-14, Duck Hawk--5, Osgrey-4, Mamh Hawk-1, Turkey Vul- ture64, Black Vulture-85, Bald Eagle-1 immature and 1 adult. This amouezb to a total of 269.-FRED W. BEHREMD, 607 Range Street, Elha- kthhn, Teamssee.

MIGRATING HAWKS IEI THE BLUE RIDGE.--On September 25, 1850, Mrs. Jahnsm, her sister, Mra Wolcott Dennis, Mr. Damis, and I rPtarted from Little Swibland, North Oarolina, to go abng the Blue Ridge Parkway b Mt. Mitcheli. There was considerable dimion about the ~p as the day was somewhat hazy, but we 'finally decided to ahead as Tueday might turn ug dim rain which would be worse. When we medBear Wallow Gap, we could see &hatsevemI large hwbware chrw newby. We mked and wlere able to khxtify them as Broad-winged Hawks. Xt wiu then almut 9:00 o'clock and the haze was clear- ing somewhat The hawks were soaring easily in circls. At bbbottom the circles weiw estirmkd to be abut 40 feet, and as ,the birds got higher in the ak, khe circlw must have been at least a huncbred in diamek. Some of the hawks were &illin ;the trees, bd mast of them were on the wing. In about five minutes the hawks had reached the hp of the the& and bwto move off ta the southwest. mcl-i hawk would ride the ther- mal up eto the tog before talqing off, and X was able ta count the birds as &ey left. Ibs W first gmup of 73 were hving, I rrdiced a second mpcome sailing h to the botbom of the thkl and they were soon soaring up toward the top. The birds were.so close that we did not need our glmta be able .bo sa? them ea8Uy. In fifteen minutes I comted 1W birds leaving the area. k m, others seemed to be coming, we decided to leave, bphg that we might see these again. As we went dong the Parkway, we kept a close watch for the hawks, but did not se the flights that had jut# left the gap. Some mileg m the way, at Buck Cmk Gap UK~had to take a aide mad as there had been a washout on the Parkway. Back on the Parkway, we saw a Red-shouldered Hawk that was almost an albino. It had many solid patches of white on its back, wMch was tbward us. Aaer several minutes watching us, it decided it had business elsewhere. Leaving the Parkway*on the road up to Mk Mitchell, we approached the area where fir ir spruce have been planbed. Over the fht Large ridge, we again saw several hawks soaring andl got ready im a humhd munt as we had to sbp the oar directly under whmx khey were souin& The hawks did nat seem to mind us rn they just kwt on up Hhe thermal. When the first hawk reached the top, lit took off as if it had re ceived orders to leave. Tihe others sailed on around the circle tmd on mching the propep: place, tky also took off. The dep&m was h m& 1950 THE MIGRANT 73 caw order that I was at all times able Q make an accurate count of the hawk. They glided to the base of another fied nmr the mdpo tu* m the emd of the mountain, where they again ded up a them We arrived at about 10 a.m. and counkd 450 brtwks in the next fif- *n nrinuks. The other members of the garty were Iooglne eup the side of Black Mountains and called that more Bir& were a-, so I changed my counting to the numbers of birds h the individual:fIi@hts as ihey gassed overhead. The groum numbered from six ta 150 birds, and a11 that we could see were Broaol-winged Hawks. At me time there were five mpsof bids in sight. As the bhds reached the bop of one thermd, each would leave for the ne* Y was ahmat m if W~erewere whirlwinds raising &he birds instead of ad dal- len leaves. About 11 am. the number of bir& dlmhished, lancr the d of n%e party drove on to the tog of the mountain, hoping to see some hawks there, but did not B a single hawk until they mrned. A single Red- shauldemd Hawk hurried over the divide, dropping an &e dde of the mountain. At about noon we left as the flight seemed to lmw m- khed. During the hour and three-fourths I mmkd 1894 Bread- Hawks and e single Red-sslouldered Hawk. While counting the hawks, several ars shopped to see what was go- ing on. Mr. b. P. Crawford fmHiwasgee Dam, North CmW, said that the wmhg bef-, near Linville. Nonth Mh,h Imd - a simhr group of hawks circling and had wondered what they were doing. Near Nettle Pam we aaw three more groups of Broad--, btal- ing 50 birds. They were soaring, as were allithe rest of the bitds that we had seen. Back at Bar Wallow Gag we slaw a mug of 50 bids and another of 10. Returning to the hotel, we excited and wme bll- hg mrne of the other gu& of our experincc when we 1- out toward Gillespie Gap and saw more circling hawks. Three groups of the Broad- Mngs went by: 7, 46, md 11% birds. No more hewks we= mm dur~ngthe afternoon. lrhe tobl number of Broad-winged Hawk seen on Ws day was 2,323. On Tuesday morning we wnt east on the Parkway to Grandfather Mwntain. About four mih from Little Switzerland, a single Red-Mhd Hawk was seen perched on a dead chestnut beside the road. We arrid at the tog of the mountain at IO:45 am., finding it cleax; HF~,*em able to pick out Roan Moun- ard. to see the Black Mombins witbwt any tumble. After a few minutes, seven Bmad-wings came smning up the muth face of the mcrunbin and som~took off towad Hump MeA de7R minutas lakr, I raaw a Raven ooming towad W muntain with sunmthhg white m its nmuth. It won medas a Cm~~Hawk shtd diving at it, Wkeptan~wdWenarth~wh~ItffFerrtWdaWwmco'e hd-wtn@ m showed up and heaM toward Roan Mmmbin. A da- gle Turkey Vulture mde the air mmenb up and away. Tudy &tern- MIB. Johnson and f mtback % AM. mtchell to size if &ere were mom hawk aloft, bM wmw cmly able bo a#e two Broad-wings flying near Mitchell Gap. On the way back we had a mast exmueat view of a perched Red-tailed Hawk and ahof a slngle Broad- eged Hawk soaring, On Tueday, October 3, Mrs. Johwn saw four &:oad-wtin@ d up over our home emt of Knoxville. The birds rode up & the ones had around Mt. Mitchell and efbr get- very high, tmk off In a westerIy di- don.-WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, Knoxville, Tennew.

HAWK FLIGHTS IN XNOX COUNTY.--On Sunday afternoon, Sep- kmber 24, Mrs, Dunbar and I drove Mr. and Mrs. Ernet W. Hob- and their - David to their place in Racmn Valley, which is 1- in Kmx County about three miles north of the ClinM Pike. Here we waked up the wooded &pe ta the bop of Bulls Run Wdge. Dure to the haw stand of timber in full leaf we en~xrnteredverg few birds. We were rrot l00khg hr hawks! Izlaagke our ~urprhWen, upon our return Q Ule vaWy Wr, we discoved a flight of hwks over Bull's Run Ride. The first tZyee hawks wlere observed at 4:15 p.m. Upn checking the direction of the wind, it was fwnd to be northhorth-west. The temperatune w= -1 and tbe sky was clear. Ik is doubtful if we witnessed the beginning of me ilighrt ur mbly its end. However, within a spa- of thirty nlhub, we ooUuted 39 hawks all headed south ahng the ridge. Some were so uh tht &ey could scarcely be rn With the unaided eye. Fm thb re- pdunidentified, yet we did aidentify at l& 20 Emad-winged Ha*, one Red-tailed, and one Red-shouldered Hawk. They m -ring With the din& ~lthough oeoasi1]na11y one would rapidly flap its m ddckcle to gain altitude.-ROBERT J. DUNBAR, Oak Ridge, Tam.

THE 1950 ClUWWSEASON BIRD COUNT By T. 0. S. MFMWRS C~~ bird PO- im eleven localities ere =ported here. The localities span the State, from Memphis b Rmn Maurrtafn. A total of 95 species were- a ratnler low number cornptred with U~Ebbl of &me previous paw. Memphis, reporting 75 species, had the hi&& number, and Roan Mountain, with 11, the lowest. A striking change in oornmr- with last year is the number of Red-breasted N~thakh~;last year was a record high for them, 180 being mpoM fmm five ~&bs, while this year only 5 were reported from We Great Smow Mountah, only laoalfb reporting any. No other species s%low such a Mkhg change, dtho three sppcies, Winter Wren, Bluebird, and Meadow Lark, ap parently were more common thls year than last. In rthe table md descriptions htfcIEow, localities era Md fronn west ko SMSL Roan Mountain is omlrbted from the Cbe, and lid of birebg from there is ind& in the descripbim for looaltty. Under the heading "InformW .on the Counts" am described the ws, types of hbiM covered, Mercan&tions. number of ob3vers or pa*ties, mib avm, number of species m~dapproximate number of individual

Red- Nuthalch -- 5 ---- a- -- &I:: 2 1 7 3-- -wren- . A2 -".-.,,-I 1 1- WMm Wm 348 5 13 3 1 Bl9ww.wnn 5 8 4 2 14 2-- Wirn -.14 18 53 I4 6 22 48 18 2 30 ~kkaqbld.. 1 4 51 31 3 10 48 19 12 15 1m cmmmMs BED rntMT&mthad

Vssper Spanwr 6 .-- ....- SbtwolMed Juxa 42 46 291 150 B 300 34 78 1JO 141 T~ S- .. --- -- *2 S 1 43 98 43 ..84 175' 81 20 WhhammdSpmmw 15 11 10 1 71 1B 10 IB WMbtktmtedSparmw 1012 35 116 22 6 4 JB 40 25 79 FoxS- 26 2 6 1 1 0 MpS- 130 10 28 1 1- Sung Spam~w 206 39 97 39 114 92 M 10 49 Lapland Loagaprr I2 ...... -.... - - -. - Tolaism ..... 75 45 62 42 30 59 50 M 35 47 bMs obemd, d the names of *e ohm.Thc tpch and nmn- b of individnah a- at euch locality, empt hr ]L&ouddn, arc kbcl b the tsblc. For acwithnd Mamation on the Mmar- with apl iwkkk (*), see the pmagmph mdahbg m tbtt ddarlocality. - mRMATIOTJ ON THE cQUMTS MEMPHIS, Ten. (1946 area; mded botbmhds SO%, ~UOUB wmdob inctudhg city parks 25%, airpa*, pa-, and old cotboor- fialdg 20%, mMan roadsides as%.-Dee. 24, 1950; 8:45 am to 5:10 gm. Fair; temp. 45-89; wind W, 3-10 m,g.h. 31 o- im 4 main pur- ti-, -g up a& various l-Mes, and hur irraallrPr pa- TOM planty &mum, 92 (82 m foot, 10 by car); btal pamly m31.es, 231 (78 on ipok 153 by car). 75 specie, about g,flaC indivitbab. Mr. ad Wrs. Ben B. afaey, Jr., M Ashley, Cmm and Mra. Eloy Mid, Elizabeth Banbn, Thomw B-, Fbbert Burbon, Fmd Carney, Mary I)avnu$ Dew Dermon, Hamy Geyer, Newton Hamon, Helen Inches, Oliver I-, Lumw F. Kesfaa, h-ce Kent, W Kiallng, Chrh Marma, Jmmh Mmy, *la# Jr., Jim d Rdrs. 5. 11. McWhorter, Pa- Moopa; R. Dcmertt Smhth, h.Leo -, Mamfee adMm M. L. Tatl, TuBiatm, Mm. Elme WooMdge, AhZiegk. The WeBlue was an adult identified by Jim Ye- the Bittern was idaid by Demett Smith; the Hmme Wmas by Betr- Cdfey; We YtElow-threat, a male, by Keetoa; dl wem 78 TEE MfG- DECEMBER

verifid by others in their mrties. In addih bo the species id&-, 74 midoducks and 670 unidentified bla~?&k& were M. CLARKSVLLLE, Tenn. (Paradise Hill Road, men along Cumb~hd . -~ikfrom IXIett's Garda k Mark's Slough, and back).-Dec. 31, 1850; 7:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sunny but hazy; temp. 20-50; no wind. 45 spec& abut 743 hddIvidu&. Alfred and Edward Cleb& Additional species ob- @ dmg this mute on me previous evening: Barred Owl, 1; Hedf Thnuh, I; Cedktr Waxwing, 10; White-cmwned Sparrow, 4. NASHVIUE, Irerm. (Chiefly south and wwt of the city, hduW 85-am RaWr Lake and wded shores, Otter Creek Md, Hobbs and HiWboro Rosa, Old Hickory Bkd., Edwin and Percy Warner Par& Highway 100, 101 Paam, Westmmde, Hillwood, Bdey Spring, Shelby Park, and W's Bad of Cumberlnnd River fmrn kmy h ~~ b- Iand; open fields 2O%, wooded pastures and park lands 2546, dense 4 5%, lake m 5%, and thickets, ditch W, river bank and =&ides 45%).-Dec. 26, 1950; 6:30 a.a b 430 p.m. Clear stme overcast by noon, then low clouds, windy and veny mld kiddusk; temp. 49 to 28; whd NW reaching 20 m.p.h. at dusk. Ground m, not w%t. 23 &-em in 7 pafies. TOW party hunrrs, 50 (40 on fmt, 10 by oar); -1 pdy dm, D4 (30 on fwt, 84 hi car). 02 wmb, abt 4200 individuals. B. H. Abemdhy, Tom C. Barr, Jr., MIX. W. F. Bell, Ann Brimton, William Crouoh, D. J. and Fairman Gumming, Albert F. Gder (wmpiler), Mrs. E. W. Goodpasture, Wayland &yes, Helen M. IEowdI, Amelia (Mrs. F. C.) Laskey, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. adMk -lope Abo~n.*- fort, A1 H. Mayfield, G. R. Mayfield, George Mayfield, Jr, &mm A mb- lh~Wweii, Harvey Scurlock, Robert Solhann, Norman Thomas (Mm- k of Nashville Cbpter, T. 0.S.). LEBANON, Tenn. (Vicinity of Lebanon and muthwd 9 mil- Include Merritt Parm and parts of Cedars of Lebmmn Stde hrk; open *brbs 15%, wmckd pdures and park leumds 25%, cedar thickets 4596, and brushy land, fence rows, ditch ban&, and 45%).-Dee. 30, 1050; 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and at 8:00 p.m.; overcast all day and foggy until 1O:OD a.m.; kmp. 40-50; no wind; ground bare and not wek 15 obsemers in 4 part&. Total party hm,27 (20 on fmt, 7 in car); total parW miles, 48 (8 on foot, 40 by car). 42 sped-, hut 968 individuals. Robert C. Bone, Albert F. Ganier (compfler), Loyd Heptef, Mary hem Holloway, Graham Kash, G. R. Mayfield, Dixon Memitt, Harvey Scurloek, Mm. 3. C. Sellam, Janm Shaw, Jimmy Shaw, Dan Schreiber, Nbnnan and Donald Thomas, Mm. Henry Waters. (Members of Lebanon Oham T. 0. 8.).

, MURFEEESBORQ, T-. (Ru#merf~rdWU.&Y),-DM, 24, 1050. Cloudy; temp. 68; Ugh6 wiurd Two observers in one .party. 30 sped-, alm~211 i~vid~H. 0, Todd, Jr., Ha@ Todd. , . GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATION& PARK..Tm.-N. C. (H- smtfdy same area as in psst 13 years; circle wim ?N-mile redius en- tering an BUM Head of Mt. dRConte, including a redion of the Teolnessee- Carolina divide fmnear Mt. Collins east ta Dty Sluice Gap; bowns of GaWburg and P-n Forge, Tmn.; altitude 1200 b 6500 feet; spruce-fir fore* 40%, deciduouer fore& 25%, farmland and abdmed fielchs 25%, towns and suburbs 10% ). -Dm 31, 1950; 6:30 a.m. h 5:30 p.m. Clear; temp. 15 (above 6000 ft.) b 45; wM variable, light to ap- proximately 25 rn.p.h. at high altitudes; gmmd bare in lowlands, up ta la 0f-m~cover sbwe 6000 i~-EWP 0- 10 gar- hies. Tobl parb hum, 81; CdaI party mile 247 (74 on foot, 113 by car). 59 species, about 1,885 irrdividuals. Jon Basley, Mr. and BITS. Hmy Bme,Lemy Buckner, Riohard C. Burns, Mary Ruth Chiles, J. A. Counts, James Count, Eric Orurn, Bmckway C-much, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dm- bar, Rob& &linger, Arthur A. Had, Robert P. Hmmby, Joseph C. Bwell, Phillip Huff, William M. Johnson, Mr. and Mm. 8. F, Leonard, Bonnie McDonald, S. B. Meaker, Andrew J. Meyerrih, Mr. and Mrs. Wert A. Mom, Elk Mmell, Robert Scobt, Wmm Searle, mward Shelley, Jr., Louise Schultz, Arthur Stupka, Jam= T. Tamer, Charles Thompson, William Yambed (T. 0. S. and Nakional Park Service). Included in the count of Chickadees are bth Camha Pumd Black-mp- ped ahickaaw.

GREENEVILLZ, Tenn. (circle ui 7% mile radius about Greeneville, including Fbaring Rrk Creek, Bluff Mt. at Marvin, Tusculum, Afboa, Shi- lc& Biml's Bridge to the Nolichuckey Rim, White's MU; sham banks 3096, deciduous woods 25 C/p, open fields and thickets 40 %, city sub- 5%). - Dec. 27, 1950; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. Clear; temp. 22-40; whd NX, 30 m.p.h. 10 observers in 5 pariies. T-1 panty hours, 26; total miles 81 (15 on kt, 72 by car). 50 species, about 17,670 individuals. Mrs. WiUIs Clemem, Mr. rand Mrs. Alfred Irvine, Mr. C. M. Shanlas, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. WhiW, Xbd, White, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nevius (compilers). The number of Crow& smwas an estimated 16,000. Kn addition to the species Ltsted, a Rdpoll was reported by Mrs. Irvine, who watuhed it fbr several minutes in her yard; since there k only one her rego* another sight record, for fithis sped- in Term-, this repod should be accepted only tentatively KINGSPURT, Tenn. (7fi miles radius centering on Pacbolus School, including Bay's Mtn., Pactolus F'arms, residentid district, mlonial H-ts area; pasture 50%, wooded land SO%, residential area 2O%).-Dec. 81, 1950; 8:00 a.m. bo 4:30 p.m. Clear: temp. 3340; wind N, 0-5 m.p.h; no snow or ice. 18 observers in 6 parties. Total party hours, 12 (11 rn foot, 1 by Ear; total miles, 26 (14 on foot, 12 by car). 38 specia, ah& 4,739 individuals. C. Crane, G. Delius, Mrs. P. Fieldp, R. Gee, R. Gift, W. E: Gift, F. Guthrie, P. Guthrie, Mrs. C. A. Harris, Jr., W. Lssn@taff! W. C: McHomk, W. H, McHorris, E. Self, Mrs. R. M. Swiher, R. M, Switzer, Jr:, D. VsM, C. WitseI, 8. Young. JOHNSON CITY, Term.--(area lyin~north of JO~TBOIICiy).-De~. 31. 1950; B:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Fair, temp. 45; wind of 8-10 m.p.h: Two ob- servers in one party. 35 sp., about 800 individuals. Robert B. Lyle and Brwa P. Tyler. ELIUBETHTOPJ, Tern. (me araa aa .In 4bpmt 7 yeam with m- ot Valley hge; Watauga Lake, Wataw and Doe Riven, BufEalo and Gap Creeks, and adlacent areas; lakc bordtr 5%. sheam bordtrs SO%, 25%, and open fieb 20%).-Dsc. 31, 1B50; 7:ltl am. to b:S4 g.m Cbdy eerly rnomhu? sunny and haw ty clear rest of day; bmD. 81-42-81; wid NW, 8-12 m.ph.; mund batP and kirlp dw. 0 obaamem in 5 meg Tdparty hum 29; bal miles 74 (aon toot, 55 bg a~r). 47 I806 WvldU. F. W. nd,Mr. adMrs. J. C. KdClark, Mr. and Mm. A. W.,Evans, Dr. and Abrs. L, R, Ekmh, Richard Hwes (Elimbethbn Chapter T. 0. S.). The Tree Sparrows wem seen by Fred W. Bdwmd. A Rubye Kingkt was seen in the ares an Dec. SO. GRASSY BALD MOUNTAIN ANIl ROAN MOUNTAIN, Term.-N. C.- (mcmt frwn cn#ishg of old and new Roan Mountain d via latter and Haston Rid@ trail Qo Grwsy Bald Mauntain, dwmidhg via Jane Bald and Round Bald b Carvers #p, ascending b Roan Mmmtain Kmb and rehmrbg via Carvers Gag on old Roan Mom- Eboad k starting point; W&fmn 3750 ft. to 6,300 fi; deciduous -and wifh small brh patch- 501, balds partly overgrown with &l&r 25%, egruce and fir Pore& mixed with rhowendron and alder 25%).4art. 1, 1051; 7:15 a.m. & 5:45 pm; slightly clwdy morning to early attembon, clew and el- reat of day, ccmsidemble haze in valleys; temp. 2748-33; wLnd W, 1-18 m.ph.; trace of snow at lower eEtitude b 2 feet of crusted snow In ww& on norihern dopes, few bare spub on south side only of balds. Tbbal bm., 10H; tobal mila, 12 (on fmt). Downy Woodgecker, 1 (4200 it); Homed Lark, 10 (oi 5 of them in VEW on gmund et near 8200 tt. 3 were the Northern and 2 & Prairie suwpecies; Common Raven, 1 (6200 fL); Am. Crow, 1 (4900 ft); Tufted Titmouse, 7 (MOO b 5000 ft.); Whlb- Nuthatch, 2 (4800 fL); Robin, I (5700 fi); E&ern Bludird, 1 (5750 ft.); Am. Goldfinch, 1 (5600 it.); Slate-* Junco, 8 (3800 bo 4800 it.); Song Sparrow, 2 (1 each at 5790 and 4200 ft.). TaW, 11 spedes; 35 individlaali3. Note: salsam tnxs. whlch bore nm?t abundant mop In winter, en- devoid of cones. No birh In widenee in d- m from 5500 to %SO0 ft-Fred W. B&md (EllzahWm Chm& Dw; T. 0. S.). THE ROUND TABLE BIRD MORTALITY IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.-The record-breaking warm we at he^ of late OcW and -4 November, ,1850, which prevafled in the Southern Aggala- re9ion, was brought rto a sudden halt on November 4 when rbmmWms mped ad the mn's fkrst snow fell in the higher Smokke. By tbe mornfng of November 5 the mercury stood at 14 &bow mm at Newfound Gap (devation 5,040 feet), on the Ten--North CaFolina state Um,and pateh#i of snow mottled the gmund to 3,500 ft. elmtion. This wid change from summer-Iike Q *like cmditbm predpit akd a flight of wwhw birds, mostly shm and wbar which moved ahead of the amduring the night ot the 4h; a numk~ofm, gerham mistaking the wet road for a watercourse, alighted on Wt M of croao-mountain -way (T%sm. No. 71) which pmllels the upper macb of the West Rmg d rbbe LrttEe River, at el-- hm 3500 fo 4200 fi It t wsmlble that mne wim kilM or )hjdby h impact; om,parhaps weekened a confwed by the mowtwm which prevailed a4 me time, wandemd abut once rthey ,- -Bed. Ordl- Wy,the baffic over bhis mad would be very UBht at this time of cPay and y-, particularly IP1 view of the weather, but su& wm not bhe am on the n&ht in q&. Hundredg of ppk wem *turning tu Ndh Camm fmm the Tennee-North Carolina football game whidh had hen played in Knoxville that afternoon, and j~twas by me* coInddema that this unusually heavy ,traffic encountemd WE fli- of rn-nts at about ,the time these birds wen? alighting. At least 21 birds =re ldlled and a leser number injud. Mr. MdW. Pfitzer of Gatlinburg, Tm-, left the town at kt0 o'clock m the might of November 4 and drove !h Newhmd Gap, m the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He noticed e number of bi& fly- hg ahut in the mowstorm adoccasionally he sbDpped b gick up a dsad ra crippled individual. Early newt morning he again went over this road & e few mare i>W.Uwn examining mese sgech'@~~we found the followhg repxsmted: Cooteigbt birds (=en were dead, me live bid was g-aphed and Ubrated); Virghta Rd4wo (dead); Sora4ne bhd (dead); Ring-necked Duck- bird {dead); %up --one bird (dead); Yellow-billed Cucko~twobirds (one was dead but the other apmred to be unhermed and waa hated). Mr. Pfitzer mported seeing three additional Coots and two Killdeer in tlhe megmi-1 amand at this same he. hkRangers Melvin Price and Dewey Ealy, lLssIsaJrt Naturalist Rich- ad Burns, members of the park's road-mainQm crew, end I dound a kw bhda rnmtly in the same area (3500-4200 m) on November 5. T83e total number of bird^ involved, including the almdymdimed indlvld- uak which were colleoted or observed by Mr. Pfitzer, follows: COOT-12 end seven or rlrrre Uve (including injured) bkds. 'IlbIs repmwnb the wnd ~ecordfor tile occurnee of this sgeds in Gm Smoky Mombim National Park; +he only other =cord back IS years (November 0, 1935) when one of these birds was found by me road con- struction crew at the Forney Ri4e parkIng area (elevation 8810 Pt.) and bfm Bolotographed a?ld releersed. VIRGmA RAIL--three dead birds. The ktpark mrd for this sped-. SORA--one dead bird. Only once before has It been known to occur here (a shunned Individual in Gatlinbtag, Sept. 28, 1942).

~~4~0live birds observed by HHzer. A Mrly mmon rsar- idmt m bordering the park YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO--2 birds; om dead, the other was alivr 82 THE: MIGRANT DECEMBER aad m hk libera- This ia the la* autumn ommmme of which we have any reeard. RING-NECKED DUCK-ne ddbird. EYrst lwmrd she 25, 1942, whm Joe Manley rep- four bids m LcaureI We(near Irown- send, h-. h %an two miles ~rthof the park baundary). LESSER SCAUP-three birds, of which me foruad deud. The two live individuals melater liberalbed. Tbis b a %irly common spring and autumn migmnt tn our area. GREEN-WINGED mnedead bird. The only other park d is my ob- of a flock of I0 at Metcalf mms, Little River, cm 0dobe-r 31, 1938. BALDPATWne dead bird. The only owperk redfs 3- Man- ley's ,*vatim of four birds at Metcalf Bottam on Nov. 13, 1940.- AR- STWPKA, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gathburg, Tennessee.

SHARP-TAILED SPARROW !N SO-TERN VIRGINIA-WhW participating in the B-I Chapter's Fall Field Day on October 7, 1050, 1 fllashed a Sharpailed Spmw imm the &igh grass bordering the mill in Abingdan, Virginia. The bird disapm into !the ad)aceat cat- U marsh but medb in the dense a few minub law. My only record for this- vicinity h of one- Mddua2 at SalMUe, Vm, O~bber16, 1940.--STEPHEN M. RUSSELL, R~ube3, m- dm. Virginia. NOTE: There is no red, as fw as I know, fm the Sharp-tailed Sparrow in Tennessee.-DITOR.

mENABONI*S BxaDsr. By Athos adh Medmai. aeInhnrt turn Co, Inc, N. Y. 1930. ($10) 'IPlis book k -11 titled. me paintings of birds are by A4hm Menab& and text, written by his wik, Sara. is krgely about the b- tbat have been watched and cared far by Menabmi. The book is prima& a veNIcle for Athm Menabmi's paintings. A painter of murals and of birds for e long time, he has not ken widely known to tord stud- md ap -tors of bird art ,because he has not illustrated manuals and hand- boob about birds nor books on the birds of a State; mmt paintings of birds are made for one or amrthur of ihese pum. In 4hk book are thitQ4wo dored plates, thirteen full-page illwhiiom in black and whii, md numerous smaller black and white figure. The cowplab will naturally atkact the most attention, the mast pdse, and the mmt critidsm. Moat of fie plates show one or two hdividuah d the same specks of bird on some appropriate veg- ar in flight, all agdmd a Mite background. As i9 the cw with all khk of art, pebple "know what &ey Uke" almut bkd paPmtings, so them is little point in e rev- ** bo evaluate the painti~gsin this bcok. He can only say that Edeprahmi tbs 61 style We that of m owr bkrd artist, and thst .Jib bird pmhits e beautiful and athotive. The black and wlhkte full-page iUus- 1850 THE MIGRANT 83

TEE MIGRANT A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study ot Tennessee Birds Published by the Tennessee Odthdogical 30- Free to Members. To Subsdhrs, $Iper Year; WeCopisa 80c Please Notify the Treasurer or Secretarg of a Change in EhhD. &hrdhr, Secretary, 2816 Dixie PYace, Nashville 12, Tenn. hwrencc C. Kent, Treasurer, 1896 Cowden Ave., Memphis, Tern All Items for PubE~atianshould be sent to Jams T. Tsnner, Edftor, Department of Zoology. IjlrtvemIty of Tennm, Knoxville, Tennesee The Temwsee Ornithological Soeieb was Founded, October, 1915 Publication of THE MIGRANT was begun, Bbareh, 1930 The &PIS kuth about b- Is fnhmdng uumgk ItIsnotn~tomlnyamdk trak appr flat and uninteresting in corngarbon with the fhe color of IQw &red plates. An unfortunabe featurn of the &&I of ,me book is that the legmds far the plates were placed on their backs ratha than m i!he facing m.Except for this delrajl the book is handsomely de- &ned and put together. The narrative makes glmt raadimg,~bout the bdds lhe Memabonk have -red for In their home and smatuary; ahut mme advemtum they have had h wakhing birds; and ~QE gbary of finally making the& hmne m~ohmry. The fimt printing of "Mezlabwb's Birds" was sold out immdhtely upon gubli&an, proof of the value of the and of me mt pop- ular in- in 4he beauty of bids. The pubW, it b udmsbd, ia making e secmd printing.-JAMES T. TANNER.

NEW C 0. S. CEbWCER AT LEBANON A new chapter of the Tennasee Ornith~)logicalSociety has mtIy been organized at Lebanon. Its mentor and first -dent is axon Merritt, one of me founders of the T. 0. S. and an Honorary Life Member. I& shthg membemhip numbeled about ten, and one of ib first activih wms f2lig wsChrihs Bird Comt. which frr reported in other of w hue.

CO~TSIFOB THE rnGBNT FOht 1950 - VoL 21 MARCH, No. 1 Pue Gease on Hiwassee Island, by R. W. Ylambert 1 The Falf M-on in the Tennm Rwer Valley in Alabama, by H. M. Stemmm and T. A, Imhoi S THE ROUND TABLE.-American Egret in Tennessee in Febru- 84 THE: MIGRANT DECmlEmR

ary, 10; Broad-winged Hawks over Hump Mountain, 10; Red- backed Sandpipers on Migration through East Tennessee and Western Part of Virginia, f 1. THE SEASON - 12 NOTES HERE AND THERE 16

JUNE, No. 2 The Man Who Turned in the First Ohimney Swi~Bands from Peru, by Hervey BrackbW. - 17 Golden Plovers at Memphis, by R. D. Smith 21 The 1050 Spring Field Days - 23 THE ROUND TABLE,Late Arrival of Purple Martins at Elh- be-, 20; A Tennessee Warbler found in Nashville in Jan- uary, 20; Orange-crowned Warbler as Spring Migrant, 29; Grackles Preening in Peoan Trees, 30: A Dickcissel Whitering in Nashville, 31; Bachman's Sparrow at High Altitude in Southern Appalaohians, 32. !l%e 1950 Annual Meeting 33 A Round-up of Chapters and Menibers 83

SEPTEMBER, No. 3 Horned Lark Nesting Near Nad-ivilb, by K. A. Goodpastu~e 37 Nbb on Some Specimens of Birds from Shelby County, Ten, by R. E. Tucker 41 Winter Bid6 of a Catbail Marsh, by T. A. Imhoi 45 TKE ROUND TABLE-A Summer Record of the Common Loon in &e Cumberland Plateau, Tenn., 47; First Record of Snowy Egret in Northeastern Tennessee, 47; Migratory and Non-Mi- grahw Peregrine Falcons in Tennessee, 48; Least meher Nesting Near Elizabethton, Tenn., 49; First Record of Swain- son's Warbler in the Great Smoky Mounbhs, 49; Winter Rec- ord of a Sycamore Warbler at mtLake, 49; Western Meadowlark Near Memphis, Second RWhr Tennwee, 50. THE SEASON 50 What Can the [Xlapters Do, 54

DECEMBER, No. 4 Bhb of Carter County, Tenn., by L. Ic. Hemdm 87 P'eU F&hB d Broad-winged Hawks in the Southem Appahchhm -69 The 1950 Chr- Season Bid Count I4 THE ROUND TABLEi-mt Bird M-e b Gm Mountains Nixtianal Perk, 80; Sharp-.DiIed Smmmw in Sou*- wwkrn Viqginb, 82. ~W'BBMt3 a2 New T. 0. S. Chapter at hbanon - 83 --0- BIRD USTING CARDS rx640t&Bcanlllpeolurm%red malmwem- Are Heoldqudem Fa

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