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Also in respect to the Hairj Woodpecker, we read in the same wort 

 (Vol. II, p, 506) ; " It is a resident and not a migratory species, and wher- 

 ever found it alco breeds." 



Also (in Vol III, p. 46) of Nyctale acadica: "Mr. Boardman and Pro- 

 fessor Verrill both give it as resident, and as common in Maine." 



Other Rpecies, namely, the Short-billed Marsh "Wren {Cistothorus stel- 

 laris), the Warbling Vireo {Vireo gilvus), the White-eyed Vireo {V. 

 noveboracensis), the Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), the Carolina Dove 

 {Zerurdura carolinensis), and the Quail (Ortyx viryinianus), which were 

 given as summer residents, presumably of all New England, I said seldom 

 reached Northern New England. With the exception of Orlyx virginianus, 

 I did not make the positive statement that the above-named species never 

 did so, knowing that one or two of them had been found sparingly at 

 certain localities in that section. Here again, the published record, with 

 but slight exceptions, supports me in my assertion. As to Vireo gilvus 

 and Spizella pusilla, though given by Mr. Verrill as summer visitants at 

 Norway, Me., and by Dr. Coues as summer visitants to all New England, 

 the former is rare, and the latter does not occur at all, at Calais, Me., nor 

 does C. J. Maynard give either a-s found in Coos County, N. H., or Oxford 

 County, Me. He considers the White Mountain range as forming their 

 northern limit of distribution. Mr. William Brewster did not find them 

 at Fran con ia, N. H. 



~ Respecting V. noveboracensis, I quote the following from the " History of 

 North American Birds " (Vol II, pp. 385, 386) : " In the last-named State 

 [MassachusettsJ it becomes exceedingly rare, and beyond it is apparently 

 not found, none having been met with either by Messrs. Verrill or Board- 

 man in any part of Maine. Mr. Audubon states that he himself found 

 them^long the coast in Maine, Nova Scotia, and Labrador. This, how- 

 ever, I am inclined to consider a misstatement, as they have not since 

 been detected north of the 42d paralleL" 



From the same work (Vol II, p. 5), respecting S. pusilla, is the follow- 

 ing : " In the summer it breeds from Virginia to Maine, as far as the 

 central and western portions. It is not found near Calais, but occurs and 

 breeds near Norway, Oxford County." 



Again of Z. carolinensis (Vol. Ill, p. 384) : " It is found in the southern 

 part of Maine as far to the eastward as Calais, but was not collected by Mr. 

 Verrill at Norway, and is not known to occur in the northern part of that 

 State." I said it was not "rare," meaning of course in Southern New 

 England, and by looking up the matter, such ■« ill be found to be the case. 

 Citing again from our standard work on North American birds, we find 

 this of Ortyx virginianusr: '• This bird in probably found in all the Ne-.-. 

 England States, though its presence in Maine is not certain, and if found 

 there at all, is only met with in the extreme southwestern portion. It \a 

 also rare in Vermont and New Hampshire, and ooly found in the southern 

 portions. It Ls not given by Mr. Boardman, nor by Prr.feaior VerrilL" 



