BIKDS OF MAINE. Ill 



resideut" (Xorton) ; Oxford, "occurs at Upton" (Brewster Bull. Z*vutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 3, p. 116) ; Penobscot, "rare summer resident"* (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "rare" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, (Spratt) ; Somerset, "not 

 common migrant" (Morrell) ; \Valdo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "not com- 

 mon summer resident" (Boardman.) 



Family MNIOTILTID^. ^Yooc\ AYarblers. 

 Geuus MNIOTILTA Vieillot. 

 268. (636). Muiotilta varia (Linn.). Black and White 

 Warbler. 



Of quite geoeral occiirreuce as a summer resident and common 

 during the migrations. This bird much resembles the Creepers in 

 habits, creeping up and down tree trunks in search of food, hang- 

 ing head down or in other seemingly impossible positions, and 

 acting entirely different from the other Warblers. 



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

 (Johnson); Aroostook, "observed at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Han- 

 cock, "quite common summer resident" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "quite 

 common summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer resident" 

 (Norton); Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash); Penobscot, "common 

 migrant and fairly common summer resident" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common summer resident" (Whitman) ; Sagadahoc, "common migrant" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, 

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

 "verj' common summer resident" (Adams). 



Genus PROTONOTARIA Baird. 



26'J. (637). Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). Prothonotary 

 Warbler. 



Accidental, a single individual having been taken at Calais, 

 Washington Count}', October 30th, 1862, by Mr. Boardman. 

 (Cf. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 3, p. 153). 



Geuus HELMINTHOPHILA Ridgway. 



270. (645). Helmiuthophila rubricapilla ( TFi7s.). Nashville 

 Warbler. 



A very common migrant and fairly common summer resident of 

 most portions of the state. 



