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(Homer); Somerset, "very irregular, sometimes summer r->idMit" 

 Waldo, "rare" (Spratt); Washington, "winter visitant, 

 summer resident" (Boardman). 



Genus PLECTROPHENAX Stejneger. 

 225. (534). Plectropheuax nivalis (Linn.). Snowflake. 



Winter resident, everywhere abundant. These birds may be 

 found in flocks running along the country roads, seeking for the 

 undigested seeds in horse droppings. They also feed on various 

 seeds in the fields and meadows, and are especially likely to be 

 found about manure heaps in the rear of barns, when the snow has 

 covered all other sources of food. 



County Records. Androscoggiu, "common winter visitor" (Johnson) ; 

 < umberland, "common winter visitor" (Mead); Franklin, "winter vis- 

 itor" (Swain) ; Hancock, "winter resident" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "common 

 winter resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "winter" (Rackliff); Oxford, 

 "visitant" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "common November to April and often 

 very abundant" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common winter visitor" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common fall, spring and winter" (Spinney) ; 

 Somerset, "common winter resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Wash- 

 ington, "winter visitant" (Boardman) ; York, "common" (Adams). 



Genus CALCARIUS Bechstein. 



220. (536). Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). Lapland Long- 

 spur. 



An irregular and rare winter visitor from the north. 



County Records. Cumberland, "very rare winter resident" (Brown's 

 Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 13) ; Knox, "I have a specimen taken at St. 

 George" (Norton) ; Oxford, "visitant" (Xash) ; Piscataquis, "rare" 

 (Homer) ; Washington, a ver} r rare" (Boardman). 



227. (538). Calcarius ornatus (Towns.). Chestnut-collared 

 Longspur. 



A straggler from the west and of purely accidental occurrence. 

 specimen was taken at Scarborough. Cumberland County., 

 LUgust 13, 1886. (Cf. Goodale, The Auk, Vol. 4, p. 77). 



Genus POOC^ETES Baird. 



J2.S. (540). Poocsetes gramiueiis (Gmel.). Vesper Sparrow. 



This bird is commonly known to rural observers as Grass Finch. 

 [t is common as a summer resident of fields and grassy meadows 

 :hroughout the state. 



