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County Records. Androscoggin, ''fairly common migrant" (Johnson) ; 

 Cumberland, "migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare sunmn'r iv>i<lent, speci- 

 mens shot late in June" (Swain) ; Kennebec, (Larrabee) ; Kuox, 

 'migrant' 1 (Racklift); Oxford, (Xash) ; Peuobseot, "common migrant" 

 (Knight); Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; Sagada- 

 hoc, "common migrant" (Spinney); Somerset, "common migrant'' 

 (Monvll : Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "common migrant and rare 

 summer resident" (Boardmau). 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot. 

 Subgenus QUISCALUS. 



213. (51 Ib). Quiscalus quiscula ameus (Ridgw.). Bronzed 

 Grackle. 



This is the Purple Grackle of previous lists, although it is well 

 to emphasize the point that the true Purple Grackle has never been 

 taken in the state. Previous to the pointing out of the distinctive 

 characteristics of the Bronzed Grackle, all these birds were included 

 under the above named species, and for this reason it has been 

 given in previous lists as Purple Grackle. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149); Cumberland, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Han- 

 cock, "summer resident" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "rare summer resident" 

 (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds 

 rarely" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "common summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "rare, 

 three specimens" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common summer resident*' 

 (Morrell) ; Washington, "very abundant summer resident" (Boardman) ; 

 York, (Adams). 



Family FRINGILLID^E. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson. 

 Subgenus HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte. 



214. (514). Coccothraustes vespertinus (Coop.). Evening 

 Grosbeak. 



A casual visitor from the west which was recorded from a 

 number of the eastern states during the winter of 1889-90, when 

 an extensive eastern movement of these birds took place. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "a male taken on the Bates College 

 campus, January 10th, 1890" (Walter, The Birds of Androscoggin County, 

 p. 14); Oxford, "I mounted one taken at Fryeburg" (Xash); 



