62 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



uneasy at our presence and flew very near us uttering its shrill cry. 

 The cry was answered from a steep cliff on the side of the moun- 

 tain, so the bird either had a mate or young in the immediate 

 vicinity. While the bird repeatedly approached near enough to us 

 to render us certain in our own minds of its identity, we unfortu- 

 nately had no gun with us, and so could not secure the bird to 

 render its identity absolutel}^ certain, as is demanded by modern 

 science. Again, not seeing the bird which answered its cries we 

 cannot state whether it was a mate to the one we saw or its young. 

 In this connection see Knight, The Auk, Vol. 13, p. 82. 



County Records. — Androscoggiu, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "taken at Peak's 

 Inland" (Brown's Cat. Bh'ds of Portland, p. •22), "specimens are also 

 recorded by Dr. Brock" (Cf. Brock, Auk, Vol. 13, p. 2.5G) ; Franklin, 

 "rare" (Richards) ; Somerset, "while positive that we saw one at Sandy 

 Bay Mountain, in August, 1895, the specimen was not killed so as to 

 establish a record beyond doubt" (Harvey and Kuight) ; Washington, 

 "very rare, shot iu summer" (Boardman). 



Genus HALI^.ETUS Savigny. 



152. (352). Haliffietus leucocephalus (iv^'Hu.). Bald Eagle. 

 Resident throughout the year along the coast, where it is fairly 



common. It is also quite common as a summer resident through- 

 out the interior, where it frequents the vicinity of ponds and lakes . 

 County Records. — Androscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "not common at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 1.51) ; Cumberland, "summer resident" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "resi- 

 dent along the coast, often seen about Isle au Haut, breeds" (Knight) ; 

 "Kennebec, very rare" (Powers) ; Knox, "resident" (Kackliff) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds rarely" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "a pair nest near Pushaw Pond 

 every j'ear, and they are of quite common occurrence in the vicinity of 

 ponds and lakes throughout the county" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "not 

 uncommon, breeds" (Homer); Sagadahoc, "common and breeds"' (Spin- 

 ney) ; Somerset, "occasional visitant" (Moi'rell) ; Waldo, "rare" (Spratt ; 

 Washington, "common, breeds" (Boardman). 



Subfamily FALCONINvE. Falcons. 



Genus FALCO Linnwus. 



Subgenus HIEROFALCO Cuvier. 



153. (353). Falco islandus 5/'M;ui. White Gyrfalcon. 



An accidental winter visitor from the north, there is but one state 

 record of its occurrence. This specimen is recorded by Mr. Brew- 



