124 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



way, Me., writes me that he has seen two of these birds there, but 

 unfortunately he did not procure either of them so as to positively 

 verify the record. 



Genus TROGLODYTES Vieillot. 

 Subgenus TROGLODYTES. 



300. (721). Troglodytes aedon Vieill. House Wren. 

 Formerly quite common in many places where it does not now 



occur. Being a typical bird of the Alleghauian fauna, we need 

 only look for it within these limits, and here it was formerly locally 

 abundant. It was formerly common in Penobscot County, near 

 Bangor, but has not been observed there for ten years. In other 

 portions of the state this species seems likewise to be con- 

 tracting its northern range. 



County Records. Audroscoggiu, "tolerably common summer resident'' 

 (Call) ; Cumberland, "not seen in many years, formerly occurred'' 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "some 

 years ago a pair built in a bird house in my yard" (Dorr) ; Kennebec 

 (Given in Hamlin's List of the Birds of Waterville, Report of Maine 

 Board of Agriculture, 1865, pp. 168-173) ; Knox, "formerly occasional 

 visitant" (Norton) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "formerly nested in Bangor, not reported for ten years" (Knight) ; Som- 

 erset "rare summer resident" (Morrell). 



Subgeuus ANORTHURA Rennie. 



301. (722). Troglodytes hiemalis Vieill. Winter Wren. 



A good test species of the Canadian fauna, and quite a common 

 summer resident within its limits, while elsewhere it is a common 

 migrant. A few individuals may remain through winter in the 

 southern counties. 



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

 Aroostook, "breeds at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 

 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "rare migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare sum- 

 mer resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 Kenuebec, "rare migrant" (Larrabee) ; Knox, "winter" (Rackliff ) ; 

 Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite common summer 

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

 Somerset, "quite common summer Tesident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "sum- 

 mer resident" (Spratt) ; Washington, "summer resident, not abundant' 

 (Boardmau) ; York, "migrant" (Adams). 



