Vol. XXX 



I Nobton, Birds New or Rare in the Fauna of Maine. o75 



Mr. Thomas James, curator of the state museum, both for the privilege of 

 making a careful examination of the specimen and for permission to record 

 it. Additional specimens are to be expected. 



Clangula islandica. Harrow's Golden-eye. — Barrow's Golden- 

 Eye is well known to occur regularly on the Maine coast westward to upper 

 Penobscot Bay. West of this region there have been no records for the 

 state. It is with considerable interest then that the following records of 

 its occurrence at Scarborough, arc presented. 



Among the heads of a number of Ducks brought me for the preparation 

 of skulls, were a young male and a female of this species. Mr. E. B. Pills- 

 bury who secured the birds was certain that they were taken either Decem- 

 ber 30, or December 31, 1911, but the two were not in each others company. 

 Mr. Pillsbury very kindly offered to aid me in looking for more and in the 

 attempt to secure specimens, with the result that we secured two females 

 Jan. 11, a superb adult male March 26, and an immature male March 

 28, 1912. 



Chen hyperborea hyperborea. Snow Goose. — Through an over- 

 sight, which has passed unchallenged, in recording a specimen of this bird 

 taken in Gorham, Maine, in November, 1908, l the technical name of the 

 next subspecies was used together with the common name of the present 

 form, rendering the record void. 



As the original records of Snow Geese in Maine are scattered, if not 

 somewhat obscured, the following summary is presented: 



C hyperborea hyperborea. — One near Portland, December, 1880. 2 



A male, Toddy Lake, Hancock Co., October, 4, 1893 and a male Lake 

 Umbagog, October 2, 1896. 3 



One at Pushaw [Pond] and one at Nicatous. (Prior to 1897. ] 4 



Two were taken near Merrymeeting Bay, one October 10, the other a 

 short time later in 1897. 5 



Of this total of eight specimens which have been identified, all have beeD 

 autumnal, occurring singly or in pairs. 



The following fall records, and reports of Snow Geese not identified, are 

 presented under this subspecies. 



One at Glenburn, October 18, 1881, and one near Hallowell, November 25, 

 1881. 6 



The late Alphaeus G. Rogers of Portland gave me information of one 

 seen by him at Cape Elizabeth, October 9, 1911. 



Chen hyperborea nivalis. Greater Snow Goose. — On April 4, 

 1913, a flock of upwards of thirty Snow Geese were seen at Pine Point. 

 Scarborough by Mr. I. W. Pillsbury, and others. They alighted and 



1 1909, Norton, Auk. XXVI: 304. 



2 1882, Brown. Abstr. Proc. Portland Soc. N. II., II: 2. 



' 1S97, Brewster, Auk, XIV: 207. 



• 1897, Knight, fide Hardy. Bull. 3, Univ. of Me., 36. 



* 1898, Knight, fide Day. Maim Sportsman, Sept. 1898, p. 14. 

 « 1883, Smith, Forest & Str., XX: 125. 



