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The National Museum has   comparatively little material in the way of birds and mammals from Tennessee; therefore C. Lingebach and the writer were assigned to collect the desired specimens.
We left in the early part of April 1937 for the Austroriparian life zone in the Mississippi River bottoms in the vicinity of Memphis where we stayed for about two weeks collecting in the cypress swamps, securing many interesting specimens  of birds and mammals.
Leaving here we went to the northwestern part of the state, and incidentally the northern part of the Austroriparian life zone and worked around Reelfoot Lake. This is one of the most interesting spots in Tennessee for nature lovers and for nimrods and anglers, as ducks and  fish abound here. This lake was formed in the winter of 1811-12 by a series of earthquakes which caused this low country for approximately four miles wide and fourteen miles long to sink. During our successful two weeks here we were joined by Dr. Friedmann, Curator of  Birds of the National Museum.
We departed from Reelfoot Lake a few days later southeastwardly for the densely forested and rolling hills of Wayne County. Probably the last wolves taken in the States were killed here a number of years ago. Evidently it was  once well populated by the Indians from the many sites one saw along the numerous creeks here. They are said to have held their councils of war at Natural Bridge, Tennessee which is one of the scenic spots of the state.
On our way north we stopped at Crossville on the Cumberland Mt. plateau at an altitude of 2000 feet. This is a dry limestone section with timber of second growth pine and oak trees. Although we obtained a variety of birds here, the mammals were very scarce.
After our stay here we moved on to the northeastern part of the state

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