104 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Cumberland County, by Mr. Norton. (Cf. Norton, The Auk, Vol. 

 10, p. 302, and also ibid. Vol. 11, pp. 78-79). Mr. Rackliff 

 reports taking a specimen in Knox Count} 7 . A third example has 

 been taken on Job's Island, Penobscot Bay. (Cf. Townsend, The 

 Auk, Vol. 2, p. 106). 



Family TANAGRID^E. Tanagers. 

 Genus PIRANGA Vieillot. 



251. (607). Piranga ludoviciaua ( Wils. ) . Louisiana Tauager. 

 Accidental, a specimen having been taken near Baugor about 



October 1, 1889, and sent to Mr. S. L. Crosby, the well known 

 Bangor taxidermist. Regarding this same bird Mr. Manly Hardy 

 writes: "I saw the remains of that Louisiana Tanager you ask 

 about. It was an adult male and was brought in the flesh but too 

 far gone to mount. It was a Louisiana Tanager without any ques- 

 tion as I compared it with mine." The fact that this was com- 

 pared with named specimens by such a reliable and careful 

 observer as Mr. Hardy is a sufficient voucher for the reliability of 

 this record. 



252. (608). Pirauga erythromelas Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. 



A rare summer resident of quite general distribution within our 

 limits. The handsome scarlet males, with black wings and tail, 

 are easily identified by any persons having the slightest knowledge 

 of Ornithology, but the duller colored females, while easily identi- 

 fied, have not the prominent colors of their mates. 



County Records. Androseoggin, "rare migrant" (Johnson) ; Aroos- 

 took, "rare at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 

 Ill); Cumberland, "rare" (Mead); Franklin, "rare summer resident" 

 (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" (Dorr) ; Keuuebec, "very rare 

 summer resident" (Robbins) ; Knox, "rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds" (Nash) ; Peuobscot, "rare, not seen or reported since 1891" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "rare, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "four 

 specimens in spring" (Spinney) ; Waldo, "rare" (Spratt) ; Washington, 

 "rare summer resident" (Boardmau) ; York, "rare, sometimes breeds'' 

 (Adams). 



253. (610). Piranga rubra (Linn.). Summer Tanager. 

 There is seemingly but one record for the state, this specimen 



being taken at Wiscasset, Lincoln County, and recorded in Smith's 

 List in the Forest and Stream. Mr. Boardman has taken it in 

 New Brunswick. 



