Birds -- Tennessee; Natural history -- Outdoor books; Tennessee -- Description and travel
42. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. _Habia ludoviciana._--A single female,
May 11.
43. Indigo-bird. _Passerina cyanea._--Very abundant. For the first
time I saw this tropical-looking beauty in flocks.
44. Scarlet Tanager. _Piranga erythromelas._--Common on the
mountains, but seemingly rare in the valley.
45. Summer Tanager. _Piranga rubra._--Common throughout.
46. Purple Martin. _Progne subis._--Common.
47. Rough-winged Swallow. _Stelgidopteryx serripennis._--A few birds
seen.
48. Red-eyed Vireo. _Vireo olivaceus._--Common. One of the species
listed every day.
49. Yellow-throated Vireo. _Vireo flavifrons._--Common. Seen or heard
every day except April 27.
50. White-eyed Vireo. _Vireo noveboracensis._--Abundant. Heard every
day.
51. Black-and-white Creeper. _Mniotilta varia._--Very common.
52. Blue-winged Warbler. _Helminthophila pinus._--One bird seen at
Chickamauga, and a pair on Missionary Ridge.
53. Golden-winged Warbler. _Helminthophila chrysoptera._--Common,
especially in the broken woods north of the city.
54. Panda Warbler. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. _Compsothlypis
americana._--Only on Walden's Ridge.
55. Cape May Warbler. _Dendroica tigrina._--One bird seen on Cameron
Hill, and a small company on Lookout Mountain--April 27, and May 7
and 8.
56. Yellow Warbler. Golden Warbler. _Dendroica æstiva._--Common, but
not observed on Walden's Ridge.
57. Black-throated Blue Warbler. _Dendroica cærulescens._--Common,
April 27 to May 14.
58. Myrtle Warbler. Yellow-rumped Warbler. _Dendroica
coronata._--Noted April 27 and 28, and May 7 and 8.
59. Magnolia Warbler. _Dendroica maculosa._--Not uncommon, May 1 to
12.
60. Cerulean Warbler. _Dendroica coerulea._--One bird, a male in
song, on Lookout Mountain.
61. Chestnut-sided Warbler. _Dendroica pensylvanica._--Listed on six
dates--April 27 to May 12.
62. Bay-breasted Warbler. _Dendroica castanea._--Seven or eight
individuals--April 27 to May 10.
63. Black-poll Warbler. _Dendroica striata._--Common to May 13.
64. Blackburnian Warbler. _Dendroica blackburniæ._--Seven birds--May
1 to 18.
65. Yellow-throated Warbler. _Dendroica dominica._
(_Albilora?_)--Found only at Chickamauga (Snodgrass Hill), where it
seemed to be common.
66. Black-throated green Warbler. _Dendroica virens._--Common.
67. Pine Warbler. _Dendroica vigorsii._--Not numerous, but found in
appropriate places.
68. Palm Warbler. _Dendroica palmarum._--The specific--or
sub-specific--identity of this bird was not certainly determined, but
I judged the specimens--seen on four dates, April 29 to May 11--to be
as above given, rather than _D. palmarum hypochrysea_.
69. Prairie Warbler. _Dendroica discolor._--Very common.
70. Oven-bird. _Seiurus aurocapillus._--Common on Lookout Mountain
and Walden's Ridge. Seen but once in the lower country.
71. Louisiana Water-thrush. _Seiurus motacilla._--A few birds seen on
Walden's Ridge.
72. Kentucky Warbler. _Geothlypis formosa._--Very common, and in
places very unlike.
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