154 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



1877. * Minot, H. D. The Land-Birds and Game-Birds of New 



England, with Descriptions of the Birds, Their Nests and 

 Eggs, Their Habits and Notes. 



1878. Brewer, Dr. T. M. Notes on Certain Species of New 



England Birds, with additions to his Catalogue of the 

 Birds of New England. Proceedings of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, Vol. 19, pp. 301-309. 



1879. Brown, Nathan C. Notes on a Few Birds Occurring in 



the Vicinity of Portland, Maine. Bulletin of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club, Vol. 4, 1879, p. 106. 



1879. Boardman, Geo. A. Southern Birds Down East. Forest 

 and Stream, Vol. 13, p. 605. Notes the occurrence of 

 the Black Skimmer and Black Vulture in Maine. 



1881. Stearns, W. A. New England Bird Life, a Manual of 



Ornithology. Edited by Dr. Cones. Part 1. Oscines, 

 Singing Birds. Lee and Shephard, Boston. 



1882. Brown, Nathan Clifford. A Catalogue of the Birds Known 



to Occur in the Vicinity of Portland, Me., Especially in 

 the Townships of Falmouth, Deering, Westbrook, Cape 

 Elizabeth and Scarborough, Briefly Annotated. Proceed- 

 ings of the Portland Society of Natural History, Decem- 

 ber 4, 1882. 248 species are given here with more or 

 less complete annotations. 



1882-83. Smith, Everett. The Birds of Maine, with Annotations 

 of Their Comparative Abundance, Dates of Migration, 

 Breeding Habits, etc. Forest and Stream, Vol. 19, 1882, 

 Nos. 22-26, and Vol. 20, 1883, Nos. 1-7 and 10-13. 

 Total number of species given here is 303 but some are 

 included on insufficient evidence. 



1883. Stearns, W. A. New England Bird Life, etc. Part 2, 



Birds of Prey, Game and Water Birds. Lee and Shep- 

 hard, Boston. Many records of birds from Maine are 

 cited here. 



1889. Brown, Nathan Clifford. Supplementary Notes on the 

 Birds of Portland and Vicinity. Proceedings of the Port- 

 land Society of Natural History, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 37. 

 Adds 8 species to his previous list, and gives additional 

 notes on 33 species. 



