112 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



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

 Aroostook, "observed at Fort Fail-field" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 7, p. 110) ; Cumberland, "common migrant" (Mead), "com- 

 mon summer resident" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 6) ; Franklin, 

 "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Kennebec, "common summer resident" (Larrabee) ; Knox, 

 "summer" (Racklift) ; Oxford, "breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite com- 

 mon summer resident, abundant in migrations" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "not common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, (Spratt) ; Somerset, "quite 

 common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "common summer 

 resident" (Boardman). 



271. (647). Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). Tennessee 

 Warbler. 



A qnite rare summer resident within the Canadian fauna and of 

 occurrence elsewhere chiefly as a migrant. Owing to its close 

 resemblance to the Nashville Warbler, this bird has probably been 

 overlooked by many observers. 



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

 Franklin, "rare migrant" (Richards) ; Kenuebec, (Larrabee) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds at Upton" (Mayard's List of Birds of Coos Co., N. H., and 

 Oxford Co., Maine, p. 7) ; Penobscot, "very rare summer resident" 

 (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "rare summer resident" (Whitman) ; Somerset, 

 "one shot out of a flock of six or eight, May 15, 1896" (Morrell) ; 

 Washington, "common summer resident" (Boardmau). 



Genus COMPSOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



272. (648a). Compsothlypis americana usneai Brewster. 

 Northern Parula Warbler. 



This new described subspecies of the Parula or Blue-Yellow- 

 backed Warbler is a fairly common summer resident of many por- 

 tions of the state. The nest is seemingly always placed in a clus- 

 ter of the tisnea lichen, ( Usnea longissima) and usually at no 

 great distance from the ground. 



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

 Cumberland, "common summer resident" (Mead); Franklin, "rare sum- 

 mer resident" (Swain) ; Kennebec, "common summer resident" (Gar- 

 diner Branch) ; Knox, "summer resident" (Norton) ; Oxford, "Breeds at 

 Upton" (Mayard's List of Birds of Coos Co., N. H., and Oxford, Co., 

 Maine, p. 6) ; Penobscot, "quite common summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis. "common" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common summer resi- 

 *dent" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common migrant, apparently not a sum- 

 mer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "not uncommon summer resident' 

 (Boardman). 



