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and Stream, 20, p. 125). This specimen was not preserved and there seems 

 considerable doubt as to the identity, though probably it is as above, but still 

 lack of certainty makes it seem desirable to treat the species as a possibility 



181. Olor by£cinator (Rich.). Trumpeter Swan. 



The specimen recorded so doubtfully under this name (Journal Maine 

 Ornithological Society, 1904, p. \), proves to be Olor cygnus instead, accord- 

 ing to a more recent record, so the present species is not entitled to rank as 

 a bird of the State. 



Family ARDEID.E. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 

 Genus ARDETTA. Gray. 

 191.1. Ardetta neoxena Cory. Cory's Least Bittern. 



A bare possibility in southwestern Maine, though perhaps rather too 

 vaguely apprehended. 



Genus EGRETTA Forster. 

 197. Egretta candidissima (Gmel.). Snowy Heron. 



Taken by Mr. Boardman at Grand Menan, New Brunswick, and erroneously 

 cited by subsequent writers as a bird of Maine. A specimen of the Little 

 Blue Heron in immature plumage from Washington County was erroneously 

 cited as a Snowy Heron by the press of the State in 1906. 



Family RALLID^E. Rails, Gallinules and Coots. 

 Genus PORZANA Vieillot. 



Subgenus CRECISCUS Cabanis. 

 216. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). Black Rail. 



A specimen which probably belonged to this species was shot at Scarboro, 

 October 4, 1881, but unfortunately was not preserved, (Smith, Forest and 

 Stream, 20, p. 124). This bird should occur along our coast and probably 

 will ultimately be satisfactorily established as entitled to a place in our list. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 

 Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. 

 232. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed 

 Dowitcher. 



Mr. Brown states in his Catalogue of the Birds of Portland, p. 26, " I am 

 confident that the western race, scolopaceus, visits us occasionally, although 



