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has a specimen, seemiugly a male, which was taken at that city in 

 the spring of '92 or '93. Mr. C. H. Morrell of Pittsfield, Somerset 

 County, has a male taken there March 29th, 1892, one taken March 

 27th, 1893, and a female taken March 22nd, 1894. Mr. C. D. 

 Farrar of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, took a specimen from a 

 flock of 8 or 10, February 26th, 1897. Part of these have been veri- 

 fied by Mr. Brewster, and the identification of the remainder rests upon 

 the author. With the foregoing evidence we may safely say that the 

 Prairie Horned Lark is a regular migrant in many parts of the 

 state, and it is not improbable that it may ultimately be found 

 breeding within our limits. 



Family CORVID^. Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc. 



Subfamily GARRULIN.E. Magpies and Jays. 



Genus CYANOCITTA Strickland. 



199. (477). Cyanocitta cristata (imn.). Blue Jay. 



A tolerably common resident of general distribution, usually 

 frequenting dense woods in this state, and rarely venturing within 

 the limits of our villages and towns. In Illinois, Kansas, and 

 other western states this bird is quite different in its habits, ven- 

 turing freely and boldly into the towns and villages, and construct- 

 ing its nest in trees in the very dooryards. I was much surprised 

 to find our Maine Blue Jays so shy and unsociable, being quite 

 the opposite of the tame, fearless Jays I had known in the west. 



County Records. — Androscoufgiti, "commou resident"' (Johasou) ; 

 Aroostook, "rather common at Fort Fairfield"" (Batchelder, Bull. Xutt . 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "common resident" (Mead) ; 

 Franklin, "common resident"" (Swain) ; Hancock, "common residents 

 (Dorr) ; Keuueb.ec, "quite common resident"" (Sanborn) ; Knox, "sum- 

 mer" (Racklitt) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly"' (Nash) ; Penobscot, "resi- 

 dent, commonest in fall, in summer this species retires to the most iso- 

 lated localities to nest and in such places it is not uncommon" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "common resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common resi- 

 denf (Spinney) ; Somerset, "not very common resident" (Morrell) ; 

 Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "common resident"" (Boardman) ; York, 

 "all too common'" (Adams). 



Genus PERISOREUS Bonaparte. 



200. (484). Perisoreus canadensis (XwJH.). Canada Jay. 



A typical bird of the Canadian fauna and resident within its 

 limits. Elsewhere in the state it occurs only as a straggler. About 



