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87. Hylocichla guttata pallasii : Her- 



mit Thrush, "Common '83, one 

 or or two '85." Not uncommon 

 '99 Islesboro. 



88. Merula migratoria : American 



Robin, "Abundant '82, Apr. and 

 Sept. '83, common '84." Com- 

 mon '94, '99 Islesboro, '99 Fox Is. 

 I saw at Islesboro a stuffed Snowy 

 Owl (Nyctea nyctea) and Bald Eagle 

 (Haliieetus leucocephalus) also a Great 

 Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), a 

 Barred Owl (Syrninm nebulosum) and 

 two Kittiwakes (Larus tridactyla), 

 which were shot on or near the island 

 during the past few years. 



Notes on Birds in Androscoggin Co. 



BY E. E. JOHNSON. 



No. 1. Holboell's Grebe. 



A male specimen was taken on Lake 

 Auburn, Oct. 8, 1899, which I now have 

 mounted. 



No. 84. Green Heron. 



This species is also a rare summer 

 resident. C. D. Fariar has an egg that 

 was taken from a nest in a fir tree beside 

 Sabatis River at Lisbon in 1872, and in 

 1873 another nest with young Avas found 

 near the same place. Two birds were 

 seen at the Androscoggin River near 

 Lewiston in June, 1899, by W. F. 

 Burbank. 

 No. 85. Black-crowned Night Heron. 



This should be changed in the list to 

 not common migrant. I gave it as a 

 summer resident in this county, by mis- 

 take. 



No. 105. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Fairly common fall migrant at the 

 head of Sabatis Pond. Have seen four 

 specimens that was taken there in the 

 fall of 1898. 



No. 108. Least Sandpiper. 

 I reported this bird as a common 

 migrant, but am inclined to think now 

 that all I have seen belonged to the fol- 

 lowing species (Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper) instead. 



No. 111. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Sept. 7, 1899, my brother and I shot 

 five of this species at Sabatis Pond, 

 three of which, tw^o males and one fe- 

 male, I had mounted. I saw about fifty 

 birds I should say, in small fiocks which 

 I think were of this species, but could 

 not be positive. Sept. 2<s, three more 

 were taken from a flock of five near the 

 same place. 



No. 192. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



W. F. Burbank has a specimen taken 

 May 7, 1897 and another May 20, 1898, 

 both in this vicinity. 



No. 202. American Crow. 



A few are seen in this vicinity nearly 

 every winter. 



No. 216. Purple Flinch. 



A few remain here some winters. 



No. 218. White-winged Crossbill. 



A female was taken Sept. 30, 1899, 

 by W. F. Burbank and Oct. 31, they 

 w^ere common and have been very com- 

 mon in the vicinity of Lewiston ever 

 since. 



No. 223. American Goldfinch. 



This species is found here sometimes 

 in winter. Saw some here Jan. 6, 1900. 

 No. 224. Pine Siskin. 



Nov. 30, 1899, I saw two hundred or 

 more and they have been common since. 

 No. 260. Cedar Waxw^ing. 



Rare here in winter. 



Knox County. 



O. G. Douglass of Lewiston, has a 

 specimen taken in Dec. 1899 at Seal 

 Island on the coast of Knox County. 



