BIRDS OF MAINE. 145 



ACCIDENTAL OR CASUAL VISITANTS AND STRAGGLERS. 



It seems very hard to draw any definite line between birds 

 •^bich are accidental or casual and those which are stragglers. 

 The 65 species given here are either not regular in their occurrence, 

 purely accidental, or, in the case of Wilson's Petrel and one or 

 two others, birds which migrate northwards at the close of the 

 breeding season for some unknown reason. Birds placed here, with 

 the evidence now at hand, may ultimately be proved of regular 

 occurrence, and they can then be assigned to some other group. 



Tufted Pufthi, Herring Gull, Sabine's Gull, Gull-billed Tern, 

 Least Tern, Sooty Tern, Black Tern, Black Skimmer, Pintado 

 Petrel, Wilson's Petrel, American White Pelican, Gadwall, Can- 

 vas-back, Greater Snow Goose, Hutchin's Goose, Wood Ibis, 

 American Egret, Little Blue Heron, King Rail, Clapper Rail, Corn 

 Crake, Purple Gallinule, Wilson's Phalarope, American Avocet, 

 Curlew Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Ruff, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 

 Long-billed Curlew, Belted Piping Plover, Willow Ptarmigan, Tur- 

 key Vulture, Black Vulture, Swaiuson's Hawk, Golden Eagle, 

 White Gyrfalcon, Gray Gyrfalcon, Gyrfalcon, Black Gyrfalcon, 

 Arctic Horned Owl, Dusky Horned Owl, Arkansas Kingbird, 

 Starling, Yellow-headed Blackbird, l)rchard Oriole, Bullock's 

 Oriole, Evening Grosbeak, Amadina rubronigra (escaped cage- 

 bird), Hoary Redpoll, Holboell's Redpoll, Greater Redpoll, Chest- 

 nut-collared Longspur, Grasshopper Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, 

 Cardinal, Dickcissel, Louisiana Tanager, Summer Tanager, Pro- 

 thonotary Warbler, Louisiana Water-Thrush, Connecticut Warbler 

 (probably rare migrant). Yellow-breasted Chat, Mockingbird, 

 Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



SPECIES NOW EXTINCT IN THE STATE. 



The Great Auk formerly occurred as a winter visitant but it is 

 now extinct. The Wild Turkey formerly occurred in the state, 

 probably being a permanent resident. It has not been noted here 

 for many 3'ears. 



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