JOURNAL OI'^ MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 23 



Additions to an Eastern Maine Collechoh. 



By Clarknck H. Clark, Lubec, Mc. 



Ca/har/s/a At rata (Black Vulture). — I have in my collec- 

 tion one of this species captured in this town Aug. 25, 1904. It 

 is an adult male, and the dimensions agree with Chapman's descrip- 

 tion. Although Knight in his Birds of Maine reports for Washing- 

 ton County, "not uncommon some seasons," I do not know of a 

 record or report of this occurrence as far east for a period of twenty 

 years. 



Stiirnella Magna (Meadowlark) . — The occurrence of this 

 bird in Washington County is of rare instance. Boardman reported 

 "accidental," which is no doubt correct. Oct. loth, 1904, an adult 

 male was shot in this town. It was solitary and feeding on a heath 

 known as The Lowlands. This is the only record for this county 

 for a long time. The bird is now in my collection. 



Olor Cygnus (Whooping Swan). — Sept. loth, 1903, one of 

 these Arctic residents was captured near Poke-a-moon-shine lake, in 

 Washington County, and sold to a taxerdermist in New Brunswick. 

 After carefully securing all facts and data concerning the bird and 

 its capture, and being unable to find another record of its capture in 

 the States, I considered that such a rare specimen should be in some 

 Maine collection, and finding no one else "rising to the occasion," 

 I purchased it for my own collection, where it is at present. Its 

 length is 3 feet 11 3-4 inches; wing, 17 3-4 inches; extent of wings, 

 5 feet 9 inches. It is well fitted for its northern clime, having a 

 compact covering of down and fine feathers one and three-quarters 

 inches thick. It is easily distinguished by the yellow covering of 

 the lores, and extending over the larger portion of the upper mandi- 

 ble, while its near relative columbianus has the yellow only on the 

 lores, and buccinator having no yellow. Most authorities give the 

 cygnus as a resident of northern Europe and Asia, with occasional 

 occurrence in Greenland. I have a report of their appearance near 

 Dawson City, Alaska, in 1902, but do not have any proof of the fact. 



Rcgulus Salrapa (Golden-crowned Kinglet). — This is one 



