38 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Order HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 

 Suborder CICONI^E. Storks, etc. 



Family CICONIID^E. Storks and Wood Ibises. 

 Subfamily TANTALIN.E. Wood Ibises. 

 Genus TANTALUS Linnams. 



78. 1 (188). Tantalus loculator Linn. Wood Ibis. 



Rut one specimen is known to have been taken in New England. 

 This was shot in Berwick, York County, Maine, July 16th, 1896, 

 by H. M. Brackett, and is now in the collection of Prof. J. Y. 

 Stanton of Lewiston. 



Suborder HERODII. Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc. 



Family ARDEID^E. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 



Subfamily BOTAURIN^E. Bitterns. 



Genus BOTAURUS Hermann. 



79. (190). Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). American Bit- 

 tern. 



A common summer resident, breeds in the vicinity of ponds, 

 meadows along streams, and cat-tail swamps, throughout the 

 state. It is known to the average individual under the elegant 

 names of Shite-poke, Stake Driver, Bog Hen, Thunder Pump and 

 Indian Hen. Usually only one pair of birds will be found in a given 

 locality, while perhaps half or quarter of a mile away another pair 

 will likewise lay claim to that territory. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "common" (Batchelder iu Bull. Nutt. Oru. Club, Vol. 

 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "common summer resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, 

 "common summer resident" (Lee & McLain) ; Hancock, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Murch) ; Kennebec, (given in Hamliu's List of the Birds of 

 Waterville, Rep. Sec'y Me. Bd. Agr., 1865, p. 172) ; Knox. "sum- 

 mer" (Rackliff(; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash); Penobscot, 

 "breeds in suitable localities throughout the county" (Knight) ; Piscata- 

 quis, "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common" (Spinney) ; 

 Somerset, "common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; 

 Washington, "very common in summer" (Boardmpn) ; York, "breeds" 

 (Adams). 



Genus ARDETTA Gray. 



80. (191). Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Least Bittern. 



Formerly quite a common summer resident of those parts of the 

 state belonging to the Alleghaniau fauna, but of late years it has 

 been rare. 



