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where we camped in the beautiful, fertile Shady Valley which lies between the Holston and Iron [[strikethrough]] Mts. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Mountains]] at an altitude of 2900 feet. In the glade in the center of the valley we obtained many [[strikethrough]] of the desired [[/strikethrough]] ^[[desirable]] specimens. Dr. ^[[Alexander]] Wetmore joined us here for a few days. Grouse were very abundant on the [[strikethrough]] Holston and Iron Mts [[/strikethrough]] ^[[mountains]] and among the many interesting birds collected was a Swainson's warbler taken in a miniature bog on the Holston Mts.
^[[Through the cooperation of the National Park Service we had permission for work in]] For the next two weeks we stayed near C [[strikethrough]] r [[/strikethrough]] osby [[circled phrase with arrow to end of inserted phrase above]] in the Smoky Mountains National Park [[/circled phrase]] ^[[On the advice of Mr. StrifiKa, Park naturalist we located near Crosby where we remained for the later half of June]] collecting in the Canadian zone [[strikethrough]] s [[/striekthrough]] on Mt. Guyout, the second highest peak in the Park at an altitude of [[strikethrough]] 6021 feet [[/strikethrough]] ^[[over 6000 feet]] and on the adjoining knobs. The majority of the trees above 6000 feet are the Balsam [[underline]] (Abies fraseri) [[/underline]]. 
[[strikethrough]] Here one may hear many little winter wrens giving forth their [[/strikethrough]] ^[[In the deeply shaded woodlands of this high mountains we heard the]] beautiful song of trills and runs [[strikethrough]] which would [[/strikethrough]] ^[[of the winter wren, a]] delight any nature lover ^[[and found many nesting warbling and the olive sided flycatcher]] the Cloundland red squirrel [[strikethrough]] is getting [[/strikethrough]] was quite scarce ^[[and]] [[strikethrough]] . [[/strikethrough]] We were unsuccessful in [[strikethrough]] our [[/strikethrough]] an attempt to [[strikethrough]] trap [[/strikethrough]] find the Canadian flying squirrel. [[strikethrough]] However we were fortunate to secure and olive-sided flycatcher. [[/strikethrough]] Among the many ^[[other]] interesting things [[strikethrough]] seen were [[/strikethrough]] two black bears ^[[were seen]]. [[Following sentence circled with an arrow going to beginning of paragraph]] Mt. Guyot proved to be most fruitful for Canadian birds and mammal. [[/circled]]
We spent the [[strikethrough]] last two weeks [[/strikethrough]] ^[[first half of July]] in the Cherokee National Forest camping at the base of Big Frog Mountain near the [[strikethrough]] Georgian [[/strikethrough]] southern border ^[[of the state. From]] [[strikethrough]] While [[/strikethrough]] here we collected on Big Frog, Little Frog and Bean^[[s]] Mountains, ^[[in a]] [[strikethrough]] This [[/strikethrough]] region [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] forested with hardwood and pine ^[[, this]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] is quite ^[[dry and]] arid ^[[at this season]]. Nevertheless, we obtained a fair number of specimens. On several occasions we saw and heard ravens flying over Big Frog Mt ^[[ountain]]. [[line connecting following sentence to this paragraph]] [[red underline]] On July 19 we returned to Washington. [[/red underline]]
[[red underline]] I left Washington for [[/red underline]] the autumn collecting trip on September 9 [[strikethrough] , 1937, [[/strikethrough]] accompanied by Henry R. Schaefer ^[[as assitant]]. At Bristol [[strikethrough]] , Tenn, [[strikethrough]] we secured permission from the Forest Ranger [[strikethrough]] there [[/strikethrough]] to collect on Roan [[strikethrough]] Mt. [[/strikethrough]] mountain which is about 6300 feet high [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] located [[strikethrough]] southeast of Eliabethton, Tenn. [[/strikethrough]] on the North Carolina-Tenessee border. After about eight miles of climbing in low gear ^[[along a rough winding mountain road]], we reached the top and pitched our tent on the leeward side behind some balsams for a wind break. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] ^[[This is said to be one of the coolest spots in the southeastern United States]]