110 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



County Records. Franklin, "rare migrant" (Richards) ; Keuuebec, 

 "occurs at Waterville" (Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 1, p. 74) 

 Oxford, "at the 1896 Congress of the A. O. U. Mr. Brewster spoke of 

 this bird being observed at Upton in the breeding season and that it was 

 fairly common"; Washington, "rare"' (Boardman). 



265. (627). Vireo gilvus (VieilL). Warbling Vireo. 



A fairly common summer resident of many favored localities 

 within the state, and seemingly showing a marked partiality for 

 the various shade trees which line the streets of our cities and 

 towns. It is rightly named Warbling Vireo as its rolling warbling 

 song may be heard wherever it occurs during the breeding season. 



County Records. Audroscoggiu, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resi- 

 dent" (Swain); Hancock, "summer resident" (Dorr); Kenuebec, "com- 

 mon summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Oxford, "occurs at Norway" 

 (Purdie, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 2, p. 15); Penobscot, "rare 

 summer resident within City of Bangor along the shaded streets" 

 (Knight) ; Somerset, "not common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Wash- 

 ington, "not plenty, summer resident" (Boardman). 



Subgenus LANIVIREO Baird. 



266. (628). Vireo flavifrons Vieill. Yellow-throated Vireo. 

 This is seemingly the rarest of our Vireos, with the possible 



exception of V. philadelphicus, and like the rest of its family it is 

 a summer resident within our boundaries. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "rare summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Cumberland, "rare, two specimens, taken in May and on July 31, 1878, 

 near Bridgton" (Mead), "I know of but one specimen which was taken 

 May 21, 1881" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 10) ; Franklin, "rare 

 summer resident" (Swain) ; Kennebec, (Robbins) ; Sagadahoc, "rare'' 

 (Spratt). 



267. (629). Vireo solitarius ( Wils.). Blue-headed Vireo. 



Of quite rare and somewhat local distribution during the breed- 

 ing season, while in some places it is of fairly common occurrence 

 as a migrant. It is to be looked for in the depths of the woods, 

 hence the name Solitary Vireo which is often applied to it. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "rare summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "common at Houlton, not common at Fort Fairfleld" 

 (Batchelder). (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. Ill); Cumberland, 

 "common migrant" (Mead) ; "rather rare summer resident" (Brown's 

 Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 10); Franklin, "rare summer resident" 

 (Swain) ; Keunebec, "very rare" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer 





