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Water Thrush, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Myrtle Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Wilson's 

 Warbler, Black Poll Warbler, Magnolia Warbler and Alder Fly- 

 catcher. Where these birds, animals and plants occur in numbers 

 the region is Canadian. 



The shaded areas on the map are Alleghanian Fauna, which is 

 confined to southwestern Maine: A few local infusions of Alleghan- 

 ian plants and birds occur elsewhere in the State, but no area is suf- 

 ficiently large to show on a map of the size given. For instance, 

 near Bangor there is a very limited area where grow several typical 

 Alleghanian plants, including at least one typical of the New Jersey 

 sand barrens and not elsewhere recorded in Maine. Carcx bickncllii 

 grows near Bangor, on the banks of the Penobscot, with such com- 

 panions as Ccanothns amcricanus, Corylus arucrkaua^ Anemone vir- 

 giniana, and other more southern plants. The area they occupy is 

 limited and surrounded by typical Canadian plants. lyikewise we 

 have the Short-billed Marsh Wren occupying limited areas in Ban- 

 gor and Glenburn, but such areas are limited, and always surround- 

 ed by vast expanses of Canadian Fauna. Other typical Alleghanian 

 birds are the Least Bittern, Green Heron, Mourning Dove, Meadow 

 Lark, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Field Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 

 Wood Thrush, Towhee, Brown Thrasher, House Wren and Bob- 

 white. 



Migration Notes During the Spring of 1908 at 

 Cape Elizabeth, Maine. 



By W. II. Brownson. 



The editor of the Journal begs to present, as the only ex- 

 cuse for printing matter from his own pen, the fact that members 

 of the vSociety have failed to send contributions sufficient to fill the 

 current issue. The following notes made on consecutive mornings 

 in May, 1908, when the spring migration was at its best, were 

 printed in the Portland Advertiser, on three successive Saturday 



