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trunk, but sometimes is placed out on the branches, so well 

 concealed among the branches, that one has to part them to 

 see the nest. I believe it is a more common breeder through- 

 out our State than is sometimes supposed, but by reason of its 

 nest being so well concealed, and the time it usually takes to 

 locate it, it is easily overlooked." 



671. Dendroica vigvrsti (Aud.). Pine Warbler; Pine- 

 creeping Warbler. 



Plumage of adult male : above bright olive green, with ashy edgings to 

 feathers sometimes ; wings and tail dusky grayish or blackish, edged nar- 

 rowly with yellowish or whitish ; wing coverts tipped with whitish or yellow- 

 ish, forming two white wing bars ; outer tail feathers with white patches on 

 inner webs near tip ; below bright yellow, washed with ashy, sometimes 

 streaked with dusky on breast or sides ; belly and lower tail coverts white 

 or whitish. Plumage of adult female : more brownish above and whitish 

 below, only slightly tinged with yellowish on breast and never (?) streaked 

 on breast or sides ; otherwise very similar to male. Immature plumage : 

 above olive green, often streaked with dusky or blackish on the back ; wing 

 bands more yellowish tinged ; below yellowish or whitish, fading to white 

 on belly and under tail coverts ; sides merely washed.with dusky ; otherwise 

 very similar to adults. Wing 2.85 ; tail 2.20. 



Geog. Dist — Eastern North America, west to the Plains, breeding from 

 Florida and the Gulf States northward to New Brunswick, Ontario and 

 Manitoba ; wintering from North Carolina, southern Illinois and eastern 

 Texas through the South Atlantic and Gulf States ; occasionally wintering 

 north even to Massachusetts ; once seen at Matamoras, Mexico, the first 

 record outside of the United States except casually in the Bermudas. 



County Records. — Androscoggin ; fairly common summer resident, 

 (Johnson). Cumberland; common summer resident, one nest, (Mead). 

 Franklin ; rare migrant, (Richards) ; common summer resident in Eustis, 

 (Sweet). Hancock ; at least a common migrant, (Knight) ; a pair discovered 

 breeding near Bucksport in 1900, (Mrs. W. H. Gardner). Kennebec; 

 very rare summer resident, (Powers) . Knox ; have seen evidences of nest- 

 ing, (Swain). Lincoln; have seen evidence of nesting, (Swain). Oxford; 

 breeds rarely, (Nash). Penobscot; common spring and fall migrant, 

 rare summer resident, (Knight). Piscataquis; I have a specimen from 

 near Dover, (Ritchie). Sagadahoc ; common migrant, (Spinney). Somerset ; 

 observed here, (Swain). Waldo; common migrant, very rare summer 

 resident, (Knight). Washington; very rare, one specimen, (Boardman). 

 York ; common migrant, (Adams) . 



