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whitish, sepia bordered spots; below white, mottled on throat, breast and 

 sides with sepia ; otherwise very much like adults. Wing 3.90 ; tail 2.65 ; 

 culraen 0.62. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains ; breeding from the Gulf States to Manitoba, Ontario, New Bruns- 

 wick and Nova Scotia ; wintering from southern Illinois and southern New 

 York southward. 



County Records. — Androscoggin; common summer resident, (Johnson). 

 Aroostook ; locally common summer resident, commoner in the southern 

 sections, seemingly rare in the Woslastook Valley, (Knight). Cumberland; 

 common (?) summer resident, (Mead) ; common in migration as I have 

 never failed to observe them in numbers when I was passing through vari- 

 ous sections of the county in spring and fall, (Knight). Franklin ; summer 

 resident, not common at present, (Swain). Hancock ; local summer resident, 

 common migrant, (Knight). Kennebec; very rare summer resident, (Pow- 

 ers) ; very common spring migrant in 1906 at least, (Knight). Knox; sum- 

 mer, (Rackliff). Oxford; breeds, (Nash). Penobscot; after a period of 

 scarcity the species has become common again and in 1905 and 1906 was a 

 common spring and fall migrant and a not rare local summer resident, 

 (Knight). Piscataquis; common summer resident, (Homer). Sagadahoc; 

 common summer resident, (Spinney). Somerset; formerly a common sum- 

 mer resident, for the past two years (1895-1896) a rare migrant, (Morrell); 

 common summer resident in 1906, (Knight). Waldo; in 1906 common 

 migrant and fairly common summer resident, (Knight). Washington; not 

 common summer resident, (Boardman) ; common summer resident, (Clark). 

 York ; rare visitant, formerly common, (Adams) ; common along line of 

 Boston and Maine R. R. in 1906, (Knight). 



Mr. Brown gives the date of arrival in his Catalogue as 

 sometimes the first week in March, usually March seventeenth 

 to the twenty-fifth, while November fourteenth is his latest date 

 seen in fall. Near Bangor the date of arrival is normally the 

 last week of March or the first week of April and the majority 

 have gone in fall by the last week of October. As a migrating 

 bird the species is common throughout the State, more especially 

 in spring but also very common in fall. At these seasons 

 they occur most commonly along the line of railroads, perched 

 on the telegraph wires and poles, as well as on the trees and 

 bushes lining the right of way, and along country highways 

 they also occur in similar situations. Of course considerable 

 numbers migrate across country and in the more open woods, 

 but as a rule the Bluebird is to be found along some line of 



