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migrant" (Kacklift): Oxford. -Tan'" (Xash > : I'enobscot, "common 

 migrant, rare summer ivsid.'tit"; Knight) ; Piscataquis. common migrant'* 

 (Homer, : Sagadahoe. "rare. one specimen" (Spinney); Somerset, "rare. 

 havt- >iice seen it when I was sure it was breeding" (Morrell) ; Wash- 

 ington. "rare, may breed' 1 (Boardman) ; York, -not common migrant" 

 (Adams). 



Subfamily POLIOPTILINjE. Gnatetitchers. 

 POLIOPTLLA Sclater. 



309. (751). Polioptila ca-rulca (Linn.), Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher. 



An accidental cstray from the south, only two positive instances 

 of its occurrence being known. These both rest on the excellent 

 authority of Mr. Brown. One of these was observed at Cape 

 Elizabeth, Cumberland County, August 21), 1880. (Brown's Cat. 

 Birds of Portland, p. 5). The second example of this species was 

 observed at the same place, April 18, 1896. (Cf. Brown, The 

 Auk, Vol. 13, p. 204). 



Family Tl'RDIlKK. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Blue- 



birds, etc. 



Subfamily 'ITHDIXJ-:. Thrushes. 



Genus TURDUS Limm-us. 

 Subgenus HYLOC1CHLA Baird. 



310. (755). Turdus mustelinus Gmel. Wood Thrush. 



Of rare occurrence as a summer resident, being found only near 

 the southern and southwestern boundaries. 



County Itecords. Franklin, ; *rare summer resident, have taken nest, 



__-and bird" (Swain); Keuuebec, "given in Smith's List as having 



ii.M-n taken at Vassalboro" (Cf. Smith's List of the Birds of Maine, 



-t and Stream); Oxford, "have secured two sets of eggs during 



a period of eight year-" (Nash); York, "taken at Saco" (Goodale, 



The Auk. Vol. -2. p. 215). 



'Ml. (75(5). Turdus fuscesceus Steph. Wilson's Thrush. 



A common summer resident, most abundant in the counties of 

 the Alleghanian fauna, although not uncommon in the extreme 

 northern and eastern counties. 



