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in Sumter National Forest. In old broom sedge fields we found Bachman's sparrows, and along the streams we found the usual types of birds occurring in such locals. Journeying southwestward along the Savanna River, we settled in McCormick. The Sumter National Forest offered us ample collecting grounds along the pine covered rolling hills in McCormick, Edgefield and Abbeville Counties. One of the most interesting finds was nesting blue-headed vireos. While here J. C. Calhoun of Northwestern University joined us to assist primarily in mammal collecting.
As the mountain forms of birds were now nesting, we moved northwestward in Walhalla where we collected along the Chattooga Ridge in Oconee County. As these mountains are only slightly above 3000 ft. and are almost on the extreme southern end of Appalachian Range, they lack the firs typical of the Canadian Zone. Here we found golden-winged and worm-eating warblers and blue-headed vireos in abundance.
The final area for the summer was in the vicinity of Caesar's Head in Greenville County. We collected along Standing Stone, Caesar's Head, Bradford, and Sassafras Mountains --the latter being about 3500 ft. in elevation and the crest of the state. The slopes are very steep and deciduously wooded and are more abundant in Canadian forms than the previous one despite the absence of typical Canadian flora. A few pairs of song sparrows were nesting there in addition to chestnut-sided warblers. This completed the spring and summer investigation for the season, so we returned to Washington July 23.
Accompanied by John Webb of the Division of Birds, I left for the fall collecting trip September 14. Our first stop was at Rock Hill above the Fall Line. Most of our work was done along the rolling hills bordering the Catawba River and in the wooded bottom lands so typical of the Piedmont region. In spite of the unusually warm weather we found representative birds