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Mr. Wm. H. Brownson, in 1904, upon the evidence of a pair 

 observed breeding at Cape Elizabeth the previous summer, recorded 

 the Red-breasted Nuthatch as "Resident,"^ and the writer recorded 

 the breeding of the Junco, and the probable breeding of the Red 

 Crossbill at Littlejohn's Island. - 



During 1905,'' Mr. Brownson recorded, from information fur- 

 nished by Mr. Ruthven Deane, the breeding of the Yellow-rumped 

 Warbler at Scarborough, and in 1906, * Mr. Deane recorded the 

 breeding of the Olive-sided Flycatcher in the same town. 



In 1907/ Mr. F. S. Collins, in considering the distribution of 

 the Yellow Rattle {Rhinanthus crista-gaUi), called attention to "the 

 Hermit Thrush and some other White Mountain birds which breed 

 at sea level as far to the southwest as Casco Bay." 



Two general papers, while contributing no data, bear upon the 

 subject. One of these papers, by Mr. Ora W. Knight, is the first 

 to formally ascribe the region to the Canadian fauna," and the other, 

 Mr. Ralph Hoffman, is the first to present a map' illustrating the 

 same idea. 



While the earlier special papers bearing upon the subject fur- 

 nished the basis for these generalizations, the several later ones 

 furnish additional data and show the frequency of the observations. 



At this time little is to be added to the subject. Peaks and 

 Long Islands may l)e mentioned as characteristic of the spruce 

 woods. Here the Golden-crowned Kinglet, by its activity and 

 numbers, the White-throated Sparrow and Olive-sided Flycatcher, 

 by their penetrating notes, are conspicuous. 



The Red Crossbill, though not yet found breeding, is too nearly 

 a resident of the region to be believed to do otherwise. 



^Brownson, Portland Daily Advertiser, Jan. 2, 1904. 

 ^Norton, JoUR. Me. Orn. Soc, Vol. VI, pp. 3, 54. 

 ''Brownson, JouR. Me. Orn. Soc, Vol. VII, p. 19. 

 *Deane, JouR. Me. Orn. Soc, Vol. VIII, p. 76. 

 ^Collins, Rhodora, Vol. IX, p. 26. 

 6Knight, Bull. No. 3, Univ. of Me., p. 150. 

 ■'Hoffman, Guide to Bird.s of New England, p. 15. 



