JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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This was the hist seen in the Spring. 

 October 22, I saw a young female that 

 was shot at Lake Auburn and Novem- 

 ber 5 they were common. 



BLACK DUCK. 



Common migrant and a few i-emain to 

 breed. Have seen this species at the 

 head of Sabatis Pond several times in 

 summer. July 2, 1886, I saw a family 

 of young beside a stream that empties 

 into the Sabatis River. They hurried 

 off through the alder bushes and hid. 

 The female flew around overhead quack- 

 ing and calling them and aftei' a while 

 they would answer, but I could not find 

 them. April 10, this year, I saw two in 

 the Sabatis River and April 22 they 

 were common at Sabatis Pond. There 

 were large flocks seen at Sabatis Pond 

 this fall and a number shot. 



WOOD DUCK. 



I'aiily common summer resident. 

 Have seen them in summer at the head 

 of Sabatis Pond. October 22. a male 

 was shot at Lake Anburn. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE. 



Common migrant. Two were seen at 

 Sabatis Pond April 22 and October 30 ; 

 two were shot there. 



BUFFLE-HEAD. 



Common migrant. October 22 a fe- 

 male was shot at Lake Auburn. Oct. 

 31, three were seen at Sabatis Pond. 



AMERICAN SCOTER. 



Fairly common migrant. A flock of 

 about one hundred were seen at Lake 

 Auburn October 15 and a male secured. 

 October 31, I saw about twenty at 

 Sebatis Pond. 



WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. 



Fairly common migrant. October 31, 

 I saw a flock of seven at Sabatis Pond. 



RUDDY DUCK. 



Fairly common migrant. A few small 

 flocks were seen at the head of Sebatis 

 Pond in the falls of 1898-99, by W. F. 

 Burbauk and several specimens secured, 

 one of which is now in my collection. 



THE SWALLOW FAMILY. 



PURPLE MARTIN. 



Common summer resident in the mar- 

 tin houses about the city. I have the 

 following dates of their arrival : — 1893, 

 April 29 ; 1894, April 27 ; 1895, May 9 ; 

 1897. May 9 ; 1898, May 7; 1899, April 

 30. Six were seen, common May 6. 

 Last seen August 10, 1899; 1898, Au- 

 gust 1<S and 1897, August 21. 



CLIFF SWALLOW. 



Common summer resident. This 

 species build under the eaves of buildings 

 in the country but I have seen none in 

 the city. The earliest date I have seen 

 them is May 1, 1894. When first seen 

 this year. May 27, there were about ten 

 pairs building. June 20, 1890, I found 

 twelve nests at Lewiston Junction. 

 The nests were built of mud, retort- 

 shaped, lined with straw, situated against 

 a beam inside a barn and about fifteen 

 feet high. Some were built on the 

 underside of beams with the nest against 

 the hay, that serving as the back of the 

 nest. There w^ere eggs or young in 

 most of these. The season was a very 

 wet, rainy one, which accounts for the 

 change from eaves outside, where they 

 usually built, to the inside. A set of 

 five eggs measure, .78 x .54, .77 x .54, 

 .76 X .53, .76 X 53, .74 x .53 in. 



BARN SWALLOW. 



Very common summer resident. I 

 have the following dates of their arrival. 

 1893, April 30; 1894, April 23 ; 1895, 



