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JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIE]TY. 



Sparrow in Maine. That it does breed 

 in this locality I havt^ no donbt, for I 

 have seen them in pairs near my home 

 during nearly all the summer months, 

 and while camping at Androscoggin 

 Lake in June, 1898, my companion, Mr. 

 Teague, called my attention to a p.iir 

 of these birds which were near our 

 camp, in a coniferous growth of pine 

 and hemlock. They were a male and 

 female, and seemed to be mated. They 

 were scratching about in the pine 

 needles. Davie says: "They migrate 

 northward in sprLng to their breeding 

 grounds, which ar,' in the higher 

 mountain ranges of Western United 

 States, Sierra Nevada and Rocky 

 Mountains, and eastward north of the 

 Great Lakes to Newfoundland and 

 Labrador." (Nests and Eggs. 4th 

 edition.) If eo, why are they in Maine 

 during the breeding season? I would 

 like to hear from others in regard to 

 the nesting and habits of the White 

 Crowned Sparrow. 



GUY H. ERIGGS, 

 Livermore, Androscoggin Co., M( . 



[Note: — I knew cf a pair of these 

 birds to remain at FarmingLon, Me , 

 late in June, '87, and v/itched them 

 carry nesting material for several 

 days. They, however, left the locality, 

 in a few days, and were seen no more 

 about the place. I did not believe 

 they intended to rear their young in 

 that locality. — Ed.] 



ADDITIONAL LIST OF BIRDS FOR 

 WALDO AND KNOX COUNTIES. 



By Reginald Heber Howe, Jr.* 



Gavia lumme. Red Throated Loon — 

 One seen near Islesboro on Aug. 16, 

 and Sept. 22 1900, by G. C. Shattuck. 



Larus marintis, Black-backed Gull — 

 S-.-er. on Aug. 25, and Sept. 21, 19U0, i\" 

 G, C, Shattuck, near Islesboro 



Sterna dougalli. Roseate Tern - 

 Three seen on Aug. 31, 1900, by G. C. 

 Shattuck near Islesboro. 



Stercorarius (parasiticu.s?), Jaeger — 

 One seen Aug. 25, 1900, by G. C. Shat- 

 tuck, near Islesboro. 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Leach's Pet- 

 n 1 — Abundant on Seal Island, but does 

 not enter the bay apparently even at 

 night. 



Phalacrocorax (dilophus?). Cormor- 

 ant — Not uncommon from July 5,. 

 through September, 1900. Roosts on 

 Robinson's Rock. 



Oidemia deglandi. White - winged 

 Scoter — Two were seen near Islesboro 

 on July 2, 1900, by G. C. Shattuck 



Botaurus lentiginosus, American 

 Bittern— One seen Sept. 16, by G. C. 

 Shattuck, on Seven-hundred Acre Is- 

 land. 



Helcdi'omas solitarius. Sol i t n r y 

 Sandpiper — Seen on Sept. 10, 12, and 

 16, 1900, by G. C. Shattuck on Seven- 

 liundied Acre Island. 



Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian 

 Sandpiper. One heard flying over Is- 

 lesboio on Aug. 13, 1900, by G. G. 

 Searls. 



Numenius hudsonicus, Hudsonian 

 Curlew — One seen flying over Seal Is- 

 land on July 19, 1900 



Myiarchus crinitus, Crestxl Fly- 

 catcher — One seen at Islesboro on 

 July 7 and 11, 1900. 



Sayornis plioebe, Phoebe — A l)ir(l 

 was seen at Camden on July 2, 1900. 



Corvus corax principalis. Nests on 

 Saddle Island. A pair was s.^en at 

 Pulpit Harbor, North Haven, on July 

 2. 1900. 



Clivicola riparia, Bank Swallow — A 

 few were seen off MnrshaH's Point, 

 Long Island, on July 10, 1900. 

 Though omitted from my former list, 

 they were seen in July, 1899, at the 

 sairr place 



Vireo gilvus, Warbling Vireo — A 

 single liird was heard singing at 

 Camden on July 2, 1900. 



