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positively states that the specimen showed no signs of having been 

 a caged bird. Smith's List also gives this species a place as a 

 straggler or escaped cage bird. Whatever the manner of its occur- 

 rence, it must rank as an accidental visitor to the state, being 

 purely a bird of the Carolinian fauna. 



Genus ZAMELODIA Cones. 



248. (595). Zamelodia ludoviciana (iyt/u(,.). Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak. 



A rare summer resident of the eastern parts of the state, while 

 elsewhere it is common, or even quite abundant in some localities. 



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

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "rather common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 148) ; Cumberland, "commou summer 

 resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Richards) ; 

 Hancock, "rare" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "common summer resident'' (Gar- 

 diner Branch) ; Knox, "rare migrant" (Racklift) ; Oxford, "common 

 breeder'' (Nash) ; Penobscot, "regular but rare summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "not uncommon, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, 

 "five specimens" (SpinuejO ;* Somerset, "not common summer resident" 

 (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "rare summer resident" 

 (Boardman) ; York, "quite abundant" (Adams). 



Genus PASSERINA Vieillot. 



249. (598). Passerina cyanea (imn.). Indigo Bunting. 



A not uncommon summer resident of quite general distribution 

 within our limits. 



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

 (Johnson) ; Cumberland, "common summer resident" (Mead) ; Frank- 

 lin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" 

 (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "common summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; 

 Knox, "rare migrant" (Racklift') ; Oxford, "fairly common summer resi- 

 dent" (Johnson) ; Penobscot, "not very common summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "summer resident, not common" (Homer) ; Sag- 

 adahoc, "not common, seen in June" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare sum- 

 mer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "not uncommon summer resident" 

 (Boardman); Tork, "quite abundant, breeds" (Adams). 



Genus SPIZA Bonaparte. 



250. (604). Spiza americana (Gmel.). Dickcissel. 



Of purely accidental occurrence as a straggler from the south. 

 A specimen taken October 10, 1888, is recorded from Westbrook, 



