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the coast region, from Mount Desert to Eastport, together 

 with the islands in the Bay of Fundy, and the southeastern 

 coast of New Brunswick, belong to the Canadian Fauna. 



The central and southern parts of Nova Scotia however, 

 are somewhat more southern in character. 



It will doubtless be found that other animals, and per- 

 haps plants, agree to a certain extent with the birds in their 

 distribution. I have found that forests of Spruce and 

 White Birch, so characteristic of the northern parts of New 

 England, generally commence with the southern limits of 

 the Canadian Fauna, yet most of the birds seem in no way 

 dependent upon such forests, and many do not even frequent 

 them. 



The situation of Norway is about forty miles south of the 

 Umbagog Lakes, and about the same distance north of Port- 

 land, yet the birds agree more nearly with those of Massa- 

 chusetts than with those of the Umbagog region. It may 

 be considered as very near the northern limit of the Alle- 

 ghanian Fauna. 



The notes and specimens that have served for the basis of 

 the following list were obtained during a residence of sev- 

 eral years at the locality, but I have also received much as- 

 sistance and many specimens from my brothers, B. D. Verrill 

 and G. W. Verrill, and from my friend Mr. Sydney I. Smith. 



In this list I have followed the classification adopted by 

 Prof. S. F. Baird in the General Report on the Birds of 

 North America, (Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad 

 Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, 

 vol. ix.) 



FALCO ANATUM, Bon. Duck Haivk. Spring and fall. Rare. 

 I have seen this species only during the migrations of the 

 ducks in spring and fall. I have been informed by 

 George A. Boardman Esq. of Milltown, Maine, that he has 

 known it to breed on a cliff at Grand Men an. 



F. COLUMBARIUS, Linn. Pigeon Hawk. Spring and fall. 

 Rare. I have never succeeded in obtaining a specimen of 

 this hawk at Norway, and have seen it only a few times. 

 The species generally called "Pigeon Hawk " in New 

 England is Accipiter fuscus. 



IT. CANDICANS, Gin. Jer Falcon, " Wldte Hawk" Win- 

 ter. Not uncommon. A white hawk probably of this 



