Vlll THE BIRDS OF MAINE 



including the breeding and winter range defined in general 

 terms, and mention of a few instances where a species has 

 straggled to places far beyond the usual range. 



Next come the county records, under which heading we find 

 given in a few words the general manner of occurrence of each 

 species in each county of Maine as understood by the person 

 responsible for such statements as precede his name under the 

 county cited. These records are for the most part taken from 

 A List of the Birds of Maine, but many new records are also 

 included. My thanks are due to the persons named below, as 

 well as to all others cited in the text of this work, for their 

 kindness in submitting data regarding bird distribution in 

 Maine, such notes being generally from the county under which 

 their names are given. 



Androscoggin: E. E. Johnson, A. R. Pike, A. B. Call, J. 

 Y. Stanton. 



Aroostook: O. W. Knight, and also from published notes 

 by C. F. Batchelder, properly credited in the text. 



Cumberland: J. C. Mead, A. H. Norton, Dr. H. H. Brock, 

 W. H, Brownson, John A. Lord, and extracts from Brown's 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Portland. 



Franklin: J. Merton Swain, E. M. Richards, W. A. Lee, 

 W. E. McLain, Elmer F. Cobb. 



Hancock: E. F. Murch, Alvah G. Dorr, Mrs. W. H. 

 Gardner, O, W. Knight. 



Kennebec: The Gardiner Branch, including as members 

 W. L. Powers, Miss C. M. Burleigh, Miss S. M. Jewett, Miss 

 L. Holmes, Miss M. Webster, Miss L. Church, M. Reed, A. 

 P. Larrabee, Homer Dill, Maurice Royal, F. Dill, R. Hunt, G. 

 Royal, H. Peacock, L. Harlow, H. Giddings, R. Harden, C. 

 Austin, G. Dow, E. Welch, E. Haley, L. M. Sanborn and L, 

 W. Robbins, supplemented by a few records from Hamlin's 

 Birds of Waterville. 



Knox: Fred RacklifF, A. H. Norton. 



