54 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



rear of my house and near the lake, and calls by the hour. Mrs. 

 Mead and I had an excellent opportunity to watch it through the 

 "glasses" at short range for a long time." This is the most recent 

 record for the state. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "rare" (Johnson) ; Cumberland, 

 "occasional" (Brock), "within past few years sportsmen have attempted 

 to add it to our local game birds" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 38) ; 

 Franklin, "very rare, not seen since 1890, and then only two seen" 

 (Swain) ; Penobscot, "introduced to the county, some birds were let 

 loose near Hermon, in 1894, by George Abbott, and these are reported to 

 have bred in 1895 and 1896" (Knight). 



Subfamily TETRAONIN^. Grouse. 



Genus DENDRAGAPUS Elliot. 

 Subgenus CANACHITES Stejneger. 



134. (298). Dendragapus canadensis (Linn.). Canada 

 Grouse. 



This species is a very rare resident of the counties included in 

 the Canadian fauna and probably breeds wherever found. In hab- 

 its it is a tame and unsuspecting bird and can be easily shot or 

 even knocked on the head with a club. 



County Records. Aroostook, "found at Houlton" (Batchelder in Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Franklin, "rare resident" (Richards) ; 

 Hancock, "rare" (Dorr) ; Knox, "rare" (Racklift) ; Oxford, '^breeds 

 rarely" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "very rare resident" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "resident, not common" (Homer) ; Somerset, "resident in northern part 

 of county" (Morrell) ; Washington, "common resident" (Boardmau). 



Genus BONASA Stephens. 



135. (300 a). Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.). Canadian 

 Ruffed Grouse. 



While all the general and county lists of this state which 

 have been published unite in calling our bird bonasa 

 umbellus (Linn.), there seems to be much doubt that the typical 

 Ruffed Grouse has ever been taken in the state. (Cf. Norton, 

 Maine Sportsman, Vol. 4, No. 38, p. 6). Nevertheless Mr. 

 Norton thinks that birds referable to umbellus will ultimately be 

 taken in our southern counties. During the fall of 1896, hundreds 

 of Grouse were examined in the Bangor markets by the editor, and 

 specimens approaching umbellus were purchased and preserved for 



