62 BIKDS OF MAINE. 



uneasy at our presence and flew very near us uttering its shrill cry. 

 The cry was answered from a steep cliff on the side of the moun- 

 tain, so the bird either had a mate or young in the immediate 

 vicinity. While the bird repeatedly approached near enough to us 

 to render us certain in our own minds of its identity, we unfortu- 

 nately had no gun with us, and so could not secure the bird to 

 render its identity absolutely certain, as is demanded by modern 

 science. Again, not seeing the bird which answered its cries we 

 cannot state whether it was a mate to the one we saw or its young. 

 In this connection see Knight, The Auk, Vol. 13, p. 82. 



County Records. Androscoggiu, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "taken at Peak's 

 Island" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 22), "specimens are also 

 recorded by Dr. Brock" (Cf. Brock, Auk, Vol. 13, p. 256) ; Franklin, 

 "rare" (Richards) ; Somerset, "while positive that we saw one at Sandy 

 Bay Mountain, in August, 1895, the specimen was not killed so as to 

 establish a record beyond doubt" (Harvey and Knight); Washington, 

 "very rare, shot in summer" (Boardman). 



Genus HALI^EETUS Savigny. 



152. (352). Haliseetus leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald Eagle. 

 Resident throughout the year along the coast, where it is fairly 



common. It is also quite common as a summer resident through- 

 out the interior, where it frequents the vicinity of ponds and lakes. 

 County Records. Androscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "not common at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "summer resident" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "resi- 

 dent along the coast, often seen about Isle au Haut, breeds" (Knight) ; 

 "Kennebec, very rare" (Powers) ; Knox, "resident" (Rackliif) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds rarely" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "a pair nest near Pushaw Pond 

 every year, and they are of quite common occurrence in the vicinity of 

 ponds and lakes throughout the county" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "not 

 uncommon, breeds" (Homer); Sagadahoc, "common and breeds" (Spin- 

 ney) ; Somerset, "occasional visitant" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "rare" (Spratt ; 

 Washington, "common, breeds" (Boardman). 



Subfamily FALCONING. Falcons. 



Genus FALCO Linnaeus. 

 Subgeuus HIEROFALCO Cuvier. 



153. (353). Falco islandus Briinn. White Gyrfalcon. 



An accidental winter visitor from the north, there is but one state 

 record of its occurrence. This specimen is recorded by Mr. Brew- 



