56 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Genus LAGOPUS Brisson. 



136. (301). Lagopus lagopus {Linn.). Willow Ptarmigan. 



Of accidental occurrence at Kenduskeag, Penobscot County, 

 where a specimen was shot on April 23, 1892. (Cf. Merrill, Auk 

 Vol. 9, p. 300). 



Family PHASIANID^. Pheasants, etc. 



Subfamily MELEAGRIN^E. Turkeys. 

 Genus MELEAGRIS Linntmis. 



137. (310). Meleagris gallopavo imw. Wild Turkey. 



This species is recorded as having formerly been found in southern 

 Maine. (Cf. Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 1, p. 55). 

 Evidences of its having formerly occurred on Mount Desert Island, 

 Hancock County, are also given by Mr. Townsend. (Cf. Townsend, 

 ibid. p. 60). There are no records of the occurrence of the Wild 

 Turkey in recent years so we may rate it as long ago extinct 

 within our limits. In some of the southern and western states it 

 still occurs in comparative abundance, but as soon as a given region 

 becomes settled up the Turkeys disappear, owing to the destructive 

 proclivities of man. 



Order COLUMB.E. Pigeons. 



Family COLUMBID^. Pigeons. 



Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson. 



138. (315). Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). Passenger 

 Pigeon. 



Formerly an abundant migrant throughout the state, now nearly 

 extinct. A few straggling individuals are seen semi-occasioually, 

 but the great flights of Pigeons which formerly occurred are now 

 things of the past. Mr. C. M. Hoxie, the well known Foxcroft 

 taxidermist, writes : "Replying to your favor of recent date in 

 regard to the Passenger Pigeon, I will say that one was shot about 

 one-half mile from Dexter by a Mr. Frank Rogers, on August 16th, 

 1896. It was evidently a stray bird." This is the most recent 

 record I have been able to obtain of this species which formerly 

 was abundant and bred in favored localities. 



