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which the work shows a gratifying familiarity. In the main portion 

 of the work three hundred and twenty-eight North American species 

 are recorded as having been satisfactorily^ accredited to the State, 

 five species are recorded as introduced, but two successfully, (two 

 others, the Black Grouse and Capercally, having been overlooked), 

 and nine species are cited as of questionable occurrence. Eight of 

 those in the latter class are hypothetical records of long standing, 

 but one, that of Tliryojiianes bezmckii, is an error, the more unfortu- 

 nate because it could easily have been prevented. The record 

 slipped into print, through some degree of carelessness, but rested 

 in a degree of seclusion until brought into prominence by the pres- 

 ent paper. Thus the present work recognizes the occurrence of 

 three hundred and thirty-one birds which have occurred, or now 

 exist in a state of nature, in Maine. The status of the abundance, 

 and m some cases the manner of occurrence, of a number of species, 

 particularly the water birds, is not entirely satisfactorily given, 

 though these cases are evidently based upon the literature. Lack 

 of space makes their discussion impossible. 



The work is a most convenient and useful one, and one that no 

 serious Maine bird student should be without. A. H. N. 



In the last number of ''Records of Walks and Talks with Na- 

 ture," conducted by C. J. Maynard, published at West Newton, 

 Mass., pages ii6 to 122 of Volume II are devoted to a visit to 

 Maine, with observations recorded near Bath, at Monhegan, the 

 Egg Rocks (in Muscongus Bay), and St. Georges River to Tliom- 

 aston. The notes are devoted to "Birds, Butterflies, etc.," and the 

 observations were made from July ist to 7th (1909) and published in 

 September. The records of interest are : "A pair of Rough-legged 

 Hawks, in normal plumage," between Bath and the mouth of the 

 Kennebec river ; a male Black-poll Warbler at Monhegan, and at 

 the same place a Black Vulture, seen July 4th and shot July 6th, 

 an adult male, preserved in the collection of Mr. Charles F. Jenney. 

 This specimen was reported in the Damariscotta Herald as a Turkey 

 Buzzard and corrected in a later issue by F. M. David. The obser- 

 vation of three Laughing Gulls and a pair of Eiders about the Egg 

 Rocks is worthy of note, while the observations on the continued 

 destruction of Leach's Petrel at the Western Egg Rock is a matter 

 of sad interest. A. H. N. 



