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any bird he may find in Maine, and ascertain where its home is, 

 how it builds its nest, and what its eggs are Hke, what it eats, etc. 



The preparation of this work will require some time, and the 

 financing of its publication is also a matter of some difficulty. We 

 can only say that the book will be published as soon as possible, 

 and at a cost which will be within the reach of all. 



Mr. A. H. Norton, of Portland, will act jointly with the 

 undersigned in the preparation of this work, and also a third party 

 who has not yet ])een selected. 



Very respectfully, 



O. W. Knight. 



Erroneous Maine Records. 



As many records have l^een made in the past, and still continue 

 to be republished, in which certain extralimital species are accredited 

 to Maine and New England upon the strength of Mr. Geo. A. 

 Boardman's lists, I wish to state that writers should be cautious 

 about quoting such records without verification. The very title of 

 Mr. Boardman's original list, "Catalogue of the Birds found in the 

 vicinity of Calais, Maine, and about the Island of the Bay of 

 Fundy' ' should indicate that it was not limited to a consideration of 

 Maine species. Two or three years after this, when Mr. Verrill 

 published a list of species additional to those given by Mr. Board- 

 man, the same title practically was used. Between Nov. 23, 1899, 

 and Feb. 5, 1900, Mr. Boardman published a revised-to-date list of 

 "St. Croix Birds," and it is well to strongly impress upon future 

 ornithological writers the fact that this last list also was not and 

 never purported to be confined to the enumeration of Maine speci- 

 mens. As a matter of fact, Mr. Boardman, in 1 896-1 897, personally 

 assured me that many of his rarest specimens were taken within 

 British dominions. Many of the ablest ornithologists of the country 

 have seemed bound to uiisquotc Mr. Boardman, and now it seems 

 time to call a halt. 



