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borhood of houses in the settled parts of the state, 3'et in the back- 

 woods I have seen it far from any dwelling, and in as great 

 abundance as it occurs elsewhere. 



Couaty Records. — A.udroscog,^iii, "commou summer resident" (Johu- 

 sou) Aroostook, "commou at Fort Fairfiekr' (Batehelder, Bull. Nutt. 

 Oru. Club, Vol. 7, p. 147) ; Curaberlaud, "common summer resident'' 

 (Mead), "a few of these birds wintered about Westbrook and Gorham 

 through "91-"92" (N'ortou) iFrankliu, "commou summer resident" (Swaiu) ; 

 Hancock, "summer resident" (Murcli) ; Iveuuebec, "rare resident" (Gar- 

 diner Braucli) ; Knox, "summer" (Racklih) ; Oxford, "breeds com- 

 monly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "common summer and rare winter resident'' 

 (Kniglit) ; Piscataquis, "breeds, resident in mild winters" (Homer) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "common except in midwinter"' (Spinney) ; Somerset, "quite 

 common summer resident'' (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, 

 "abundant, breeds'' (Boardman) ; Yorli, "common migrant, may breed'' 

 (Adams). 



Genus LOXIA Liuu;>?us. 



217. (o21). Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). American 

 Crossbill. 



A resident species but not found in any one place in 

 numbers through the season. The Crossbills are among the 

 most irregular and eccentric of birds, breeding at almost 

 any season of the year and in any part of the state where the 

 impulse to do so comes to them. They have been reported breed- 

 ing in February in other states. At Jackmau in the latter part of 

 August, 1895, Prof. F. L. Harvey and myself observed old birds 

 feeding their young, evidently not long from the nest, and also saw 

 paired birds flying about. (Cf. Knight, The Auk, Vol. 12, pp. 

 390-91). Mr. Manly Hardy of Brewer also informs me that his 

 son found a nest in June, some years ago, a short distance back of 

 his residence in the above named city. It was situated in a juniper 

 tree and was taken with the female parent. The eggs were unfort- 

 unately broken. 



County Records.— Androscoggin, "fairlj^ common winter visitor" 

 (Johnson) ; Cumberland, "common winter migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, 

 "common resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "common in winter and I 

 have observed it on Pickering's Island in May and also June" (Knight) ; 

 Kennebec, "very rare resident" (Powers) ; Knox, "winter'' (Rackliif) ; 

 Oxford, "breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "irregularly abundant, I have 

 seen the species every month of the year" (Kniglit) ; Piscataquis, "com- 

 mon in winter" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "irregularly commou winter visi- 



