PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM issued (j^flv S 0?M^ ^y '^^ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM Vol. 86 Washington : 1939 No. 3050 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENNESSEE By Alexander Wetmoee In continuation of studies begun last year in the east-central group of Statey, to secure needed material in birds and mammals for the United States National Museum, we conducted field work through the season of 1937 in the State of Tennessee. As in West Virginia in 1936, W. M. Perrygo of the National Museum was in charge of the field party; Carleton Lingebach assisted during the spring and Henry R. Schaefer during the fall. Traveling in a small truck, the party left Washington on April 3 and continued in the field until July 17, when work was terminated for the summer. In fall field work began on September 9 and continued to November 11. The following account presents in sufficient detail the results of studies of the birds obtained. A similar statement^ covering the mammals has been prepared by Dr. Remington Kellogg, assistant curator of mammals in the United States National Museum. In addition to remarks on the specimens obtained in 1937, I have included throughout this report reference to other skins from Ten-nessee in the National Museum so far as these have come to attention. Most of these were collected by W. H. Fox near Chattanooga and on Lookout Mountain in 1882 and near Rockwood in Roane County in the spring seasons of 1884 and 1885. Fox published only a few records from the Lookout Mountain area,^ but he gave a complete list of hi? observations in the latter region.^ It has seemed desirable to include his specimens so far as they have been found in order to 1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, no. 3051. a Stray notes from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 1882, pp. 191-192. »List of birds found in Roane County, Tennessee, during April, 1884, and March and April, 1885. Auk, 1886, pp. 315-320 ; 1887, p. 164. 106951—39 1 175
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