118 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



occasional high land, and averages half a mile in width, the num- 

 ber of birds breeding there must be considerable. A set of eggs 

 with the parent bird was taken near Pittsfield, on June 13th, 1894, 

 by Mr. H. H. Johnson. (Cf. Johnson, The Nidologist, June, 

 1895, p. 140). The late Mr. Anson Allen of Orono is said to have 

 taken a nest and eggs near that place some years ago, but I am not 

 aware that they were ever recorded. Wherever open juniper bogs 

 occur, within the Canadian fauna, this bird may confidently be 

 expected to occur as a summer resident, although it is not exclu- 

 sively confined to boggy localities. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common migrant" (Johnson) ; Cum- 

 berland, "common migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare migrant" (Rich- 

 ards) ; Hancock, "occurs, status unknown" (Knight) ; Keunebec, "rare 

 migrant" (Powers) ; Knox, "transient" (Norton) ; Oxford, "fairly com- 

 mon migrant" (Johnson) ; Penobscot, "locally common summer resi- 

 dent" (Knight) ; Sagadahoc, (Spratt) ; Somerset, "common migrant, 

 rare summer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "very abundant summer 

 resident" (Boardman) ; York, "vernal migrant" (Adams). 



Genus SEIURUS Swaiuson. 



285. (674). Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). Oven-bird. 



A common summer resident of general occurrence, resorting to 

 the solitudes of the woods. Here its song of "Teacher, teacher, 

 teacher" may be heard during the nesting season. Its roofed, 

 oven-like nest is placed on the ground, usually at the base of 

 some small shrub, and is difficult to find unless the parent bird is 

 flushed from it. 



County Records. Androscoggiu, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "rather common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 110) ; Cumberland, "common summer 

 resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Han- 

 cock, "summer resident" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "quite common summer 

 resident" (Powers); Knox, "summer" (Racklift); Oxford, "common, 

 breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite common summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common 

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

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

 resident" (Boardman) ; York, "quite common summer resident" (Adams). 



286. (675). Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.) . Water-Thrush. 

 Migrant in southern Maine, while in the counties of the Canadian 



fauna it occurs as a summer resident of somewhat local distribu- 

 tion and variable abundance. 



