124 BIRDS OF IMAIXE. 



way, Me., writes me that be has seen two of these birds there, but 

 unfortunatel}' he did not procure either of them so as to positively 

 verify the record. 



Geuus TROGLODYTES Vieillot. 

 Subgenus TROGLODYTES. 



300. (721). Troglodytes aedon Vieill. House Wreu. 

 Formerly quite common iu many places where it does not now 



occur. Being a t3'pical bird of the Alleghauian fauna, we need 

 only look for it within these limits, and here it was formerly locally 

 abundant. It was formerly common iu Penobscot County, near 

 Bangor, but has not been observed there for ten years. In other 

 portions of the state this species seems likewise to be con- 

 tracting its northern range. 



Couuty Records. — Androscoggin, "tolerably common summer resident" 

 (Call) ; Cumberland, "not seen iu many years, formerly occurred"' 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "rai-e summer resident*' (Richards) ; Hancock, "some 

 years ago a pair built iu a bird house in my yard" (Dorr) ; Kennebec 

 (Giveu in Hamlin's liist of the Birds of Waterville, Report of Maine 

 Board of Agricultui-e, 1865, pp. 168-173) ; Knox, "formerly occasional 

 visitant*' (Norton) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly*' (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "formerly nested in Bangor, not reported for ten years" (Knight) ; Som- 

 erset "rare summer resideuf (Morrell). 



Subgenus ANORTHURA Rennie. 



301. (722). Troglodytes hiemalis F/e///. Winter Wren. 



A good test species of the Canadian fauna, and quite a common 

 summer resident within its limits, while elsewhere it is a common 

 migrant. A few individuals may remain through winter in the 

 southern counties. 



Countj' Records.— Androscoggin, "fairly common migrant"' (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "breeds at Houlton"' (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 

 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "rare migrant"" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare sum- 

 mer resident"" (Richards) ; Hancock, "«nmmer resident"" (Knight) ; 

 Kennebec, "rare migrant" (Larrabee) ; Knox, "winter" (Racklift ) ; 

 Oxford, "breeds commonly"" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite common summer 

 resident"' (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; 

 Somerset, "quite connnou summer resident"" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "sum- 

 mer resident"" (Spratt) ; Washington, "summer resident, not abundant"* 

 (Boardmau) ; York, "migrant"' (Adams). 



