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migrauf ' (Racklift) ; Oxford, "rare"' (Nash) ; Penobscot, "commoa 

 migrant, rare summer resident'"(Ktiis'^t) ; Piscataquis,"commou migrant" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "rare, one specimen'" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare, 

 have once seen it when I was sure it was breeding'' (Morrell) ; Wash- 

 ington, "rare, ma^' breed" (Boardman) ; York, "not common migrant" 

 (Adams). 



Subfamily POLIOPTILIN.E. Guatcatchers. 

 Genus POLIOPTILA Sclater. 



309. (751). Polioptila ca?rulea (Linn.). Bine-gray Gnat- 

 catcher. 



An accidental estray from the south, only two positive instances 

 of its occurrence being known. These both rest on the excellent 

 authority of Mr. Brown. One of these was observed at Cape 

 Elizabeth, Cumberland County, August 29, 1880. (Brown's Cat. 

 Birds of Portland, p. 5). The second example of this species was 

 observed at the same place, April 18, 1896. (Cf. Brown, The 

 Auk, Vol. 13, p. 2CA). 



Family TURDIDyE. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Blue- 

 birds, etc. 



Subfamily TURDIN.E. Thrushes. 



Genus TURDUS Linnaeus. 



Subgenus HYLOCICHLA Baird. 



310. (Too). Turdus mustelinus Gmel. AYood Thrush. 



Of rare occurrence as a summer resident, being found only near 

 the southern and southwestern boundaries. 



County Kecords. — Franklin, "rare summer resident, liave taken nest, 

 eggs and bird" (Swain) ; Kennebec, "given in Smitli's List as having 

 been taken at Yassalboro" (Cf. Smitli's List of the Birds of Maine, 

 Forest and Stream) ; Oxford, "liave secured two sets of eggs during 

 a period of eight years" (Nash) ; York, "taken at Saco" (Goodale, 

 The Auk, Vol. 2, p. 215). 



311. (756). Turdus fuscescens *S'te7:>7i. Wilson's Thrush. 



A common summer resident, most abundant in the counties of 

 the Alleghaniau fauna, although not uncommon in the extreme 

 northern and eastern counties. 



