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rare in this guise. It has been reported by Dr. Brewer as being 

 seen on Mt. Desert in summer, July and August, this being the 

 southernmost record for summer. 



County Records. Audroscoggin, "rare winter visitor" (Johnson); 

 Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare winter resident" (Rich- 

 :ti.U -. Hancock, "winter migrant" (March) ; Oxford, "occurs at Upton" 

 (Brewster, Bull. Xutt. Oru. Club, Vol. 3, p. 20); Penobscot, "winter 

 visitor of variable abundance, usually rare" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common winter visitor" (Homer) ; Washington, "not common, a few 

 breed" (Board man). 



Family SYLVIIDJE. Warblers, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers. 



Subfamily REGULIN^E. Kinglets. 



Genus REGULUS Cuvier. 



307. (748). Regulus satrapa Licht. Golden -crowned King- 

 let. 



Of general distribution throughout our limits and resident to a 

 certain extent. While most abundant in fall and spring, these 

 birds are not uncommon in winter, being usually seen in flocks 

 associated with Nuthatches, Chickadees and Creepers. In the 

 summer they resort to the topmost branches of the taller ever- 

 greens, and here the nest is usually situated. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common winter resident" (John- 

 son) ; Cumberland, "properly a summer resident, suspect a few remain 

 through winter, abundant in migrations" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Port- 

 land, p. 5) ; "common winter migrant" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common 

 migrant" (Swain) ; Hancock, "have seen it in summer" (Knight) ; Ken- 

 nebec, "very rare winter resident" (Powers) ; Knox, "resident" (Rack- 

 liff) ; Oxford, "common" (Nash) ; Penobscot. "common in summer, 

 breeds, abundant in migrations, rare in winter" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "resident" (Whitman) ; Sagadahoc, "migrant, common in fall of 1896" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common, a frequent summer resident" (Morrell) ; 

 Waldo, "summer resident" (Spratt) ; Washington, "quite common, a few 

 winter, rarely breeds" (Boardman) ; York, "not common migrant" 

 (Adams). 



308. (749). Regulus calendula (Linn.). Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet. 



Not so common as the preceeding, and more likely to be seen in 

 the migrations, than at any other season. Winters south of the 

 state and in summer the majority pass north of our boundaries. 

 However it is an indisputable fact that a limited number occasionally 



