68 Birds of Lewiston-Auburn 



March it becomes quite abundant and may be observed all 

 summer. My earliest date is February 28 and latest 

 November 17. 



ORDER DIVING BIRDS 

 FAMILY LOONS 



161. (7) LOON; GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 



Fairly common during the vernal and autumnal migra- 

 tions. A few nest in this vicinity. I have seen it as 

 early as April 22. 



WHISTLING SWAN 



The last of October 1917, a daily observer of birds 

 saw a flock of forty-nine Whistling Swans fly over Lake 

 Auburn. Doubtless they alighted in the lake, their "flag- 

 eolet-like" notes being heard for some little time. Octo- 

 ber 27 three appeared at Kezar Pond near Fryeburg, 

 Maine, and the next day twenty-eight were there. Two 

 were captured and sent to the State Museum at Augusta: 

 These birds are very rare in New England. To my 

 knowledge there is no report of any having been pre- 

 viously seen in this vicinity. 



