100 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "abundant summer resident" (John- 

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

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 148) ; Cumberland, "common summer resi- 

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

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

 dent" (Gardiner Branch); Knox, "summer" (Rackliff); Oxford, "com- 

 mon breeder" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "abundant summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "com- 

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

 (Morrell) ; Waldo. (Spratt) ; Washington, "very abundant summer 

 resident" (Boardman) ; York, "abundant" (Adams). 



240. (563) . Spizella pusilla ( Wils.). Field Sparrow. 



Occurs as an uncommon summer resident of the Alleghanian 

 fauna, while in the counties of the Canadian it is very rare or acci- 

 dental. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Call) ; Cumberland, "uncommon summer resident" (Brown's Cat. Birds 

 of Portland, p. 14), "not common" (Mead); Franklin, "rare summer 

 resident" (Swain) ; Kennebec, "summer resident" (Larrabee) ; Knox, 

 "summer" (Norton) ; Oxford, "breeds" (Nash) ; Sagadahoc, "rare" 

 (Spratt) ; York, "not common summer resident" (Adams.) 



Genus JUNCO Wagler. 



241. (567). Junco hyemalis (Linn.). Slate-colored Junco. 

 A common summer resident within the Canadian fauna, while 



elsewhere it is of common occurrence as a migrant, and also to a 

 limited extent as a winter resident. Known to many under the 

 name of Black Snowbird. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "abundant migrant, rare summer 

 resident" (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Fairlield" (Batchel- 

 der, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 148) ; Cumberland, "common sum- 

 mer resident" (Mead), "abundant transient, uncommon summer resident, 

 occasionally found throughout the winter" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Port- 

 land, p. 14) ; Franklin, "common resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer 

 resident" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "abundant" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, 

 "resident" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "common breeder" (Nash); Penobscot, 

 "abundant migrant, not uncommon resident" (Knight); Piscataquis, 

 "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, (Spratt) ; Somerset, "common 

 migrant, possibly summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Spratt) ; Washington, "very abundant summer resident" (Board- 

 man) ; York, "common migrant, a aest found in '82" (Adams). 



