Birds -- Tennessee; Natural history -- Outdoor books; Tennessee -- Description and travel
[4] Both these warblers--the Nashville and the Tennessee--were named
by Wilson from the places where the original specimens were shot.
Concerning the Tennessee warbler he sets down the opinion that "it is
most probably a native of a more southerly climate." It would be a
pity for men to cease guessing, though the shrewdest are certain to
be sometimes wrong.
[5] _The Auk_, vol. iii. p. 175.
[6] _The Auk_, vol. vi. p. 120.
[7] _Ibid._, vol. v. p. 267.
[8] _The Auk_, vol. iii. p. 315. Of sixty-two species seen by me
during the last four days of April, eleven are not given by Dr.
Fox, namely, Wilson's thrush, black-poll warbler, bay-breasted
warbler, Cape May warbler, black-throated blue warbler, palm warbler,
chestnut-sided warbler, blue golden-winged warbler, bobolink, Acadian
flycatcher, yellow-billed cuckoo.
[9] See Dr. Fox's list.
A LIST OF BIRDS
FOUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHATTANOOGA FROM APRIL 27 TO MAY 18,
1894.
1. Green Heron. _Ardea virescens._--A single individual seen from a
car window. No other water birds were observed except three or four
ducks and a single wader, all upon the wing and unidentified.
2. Bob White. Quail. Partridge. _Colinus virginianus._--Common.
3. Ruffed Grouse. "Pheasant." _Bonasa umbettus._--Heard drumming on
Walden's Ridge.
4. Carolina Dove. Mourning Dove. _Zenaidura macroura._--A small
number seen.
5. Turkey Vulture. Turkey Buzzard. _Cathartes aura._--Common.
6. Black Vulture. Carrion Crow. _Catharista atrata._--Two birds seen.
7. Red-tailed Hawk. _Buteo borealis._--One bird seen from Walden's
Ridge.
8. Sparrow Hawk. _Falco sparverius._--One bird, on Walden's Ridge.
9. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. _Coccyzus americanus._--Common. First
noticed April 29.
10. Black-billed Cuckoo. _Coccyzus erythrophthalmus._--Seen twice on
Lookout Mountain, May 7 and 8, and once on Walden's Ridge, May 12.
11. Belted Kingfisher. _Ceryle alcyon._--A single bird heard on
Walden's Ridge.
12. Hairy Woodpecker. _Dryobates villosus._--My notes record
seven birds. No attempt was made to determine their specific or
sub-specific identity, but they are presumed to have been _D.
villosus_, not _D. villosus audubonii_.
13. Downy Woodpecker. _Dryobates pubescens._--A single bird was heard
(not seen) on Walden's Ridge,--a noticeable reversal of the usual
relative commonness of this species and the preceding.
14. Red-cockaded Woodpecker. _Dryobates borealis._--Found only at
Chickamauga, on Snodgrass Hill, in long-leaved pines--two or three
birds.
15. Pileated Woodpecker. "Logcock." _Ceophloeus pileatus._--Said to
be common on Walden's Ridge, where I heard its flicker-like shout.
16. Red-headed Woodpecker. _Melanerpes erythrocephalus._--One seen
near Missionary Ridge and one at Chickamauga. The scarcity of this
bird, and the absence of the red-bellied and the yellow-bellied, were
among the surprises of my visit.
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