76 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Knox, "migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; 

 Penobseot, "common near the Maine State College, where on calm 

 June evenings I have heard six or eight of these birds calling as I sat 

 studying, and I have often been awakened during the night by one hold- 

 ing forth on the roof of the house over my head" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "very rare" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "not 

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

 "not uncommon summer resident" (Boardman) ; York, "common sum- 

 mer resident" (Adams). 



Genus CHORDEILES Swainson. 



185. (420). Chordeiles virginianus ( Gmel. ) . Nighthawk. 



A common summer resident, breeding throughout the entire state. 

 It arrives from the south about the middle or last of May and 

 departs in late August, usually migrating in large bands. A few 

 stragglers are found up to the middle of September. 



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

 son) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Fail-field" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 150) ; Cumberland, "common summer resident" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, 

 "summer resident" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "quite common summer resi- 

 dent" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer resident" (Racklift) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobseot, "common summer resident, 

 I have found it breeding on flat gravelled roofs of buildings in the 

 heart of the city of Bangor" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common" (Homer) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "common summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common 

 summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "abundant 

 summer resident" (Boardmau) ; York, "common summer resident" 

 (Adams). 



Suborder CYPSELI. Swifts. 



Family MICROPODID7E. Swifts. 



Subfamily CH^ETURINJE. Spine-tailed Swifts. 



Genus CHJETURA Stephens. 



186. (423). Chaetura pelagica (Linn.). Chimney Swift. 



A common summer resident throughout the state, usually plac- 

 ing its nests in the disused chimneys of some house. Near Bucks- 

 port there is a large, disused chimney of a storehouse where fully 

 100 of these birds make their home in summer, as I am informed 

 by Mr. Dorr of that town. Usually only one or two pair of birds 

 are found inhabiting a single chimney, but I have personally seen 

 one containing ten nests with eggs, and see no reason why they 



