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moil. Saw one at Seal Harbor, Mt. Desert, and 

 another at Boothbay. 



444. Kingbird. A few pairs at Bootlibay 

 and others at Camden. 



456. Pewee. Saw several at Bootlibay. 

 There were other Flycatchers which I was 

 unable to secure. 



477. Blue Jay. Saw two pairs at Bootlibay, 

 in the spruce woods. 



488. American Crow. Common. I ob- 

 tained one abnonnnlly small $, which I 

 took at first to be ('. o.ssij'nujv.s. 



49.0. Cowbird. Shot a young J at 

 Boothbay. 



498. Bed-winged Blackbird. On a farm 

 back of Bootlibay my friend, Mr. Bucknell, 

 saw a flock of eight. 1 shot a young $ near 

 Castine. 



.t17. Purple Finch. Common at Boothl)ay, 

 and at Seal Harlior, Mi. Desert. 



529. American Gohllinch. AbHnd;int at 

 Boothbay. 



540. Vesper Sparrow. ITucommon. I se- 

 cured a $ at Boothbay, and saw two otheis. 



542a. Savaiiiiali Spiiirow. Shot specimens 

 at Boothb.ay, Castine, Bobson's Island, and 

 Green's Landing. The common species of 

 this genus. 



549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Shot seven or 

 eiglit specimens at Castine, and two or three 

 at Bobson's Island. 



55s. U'hilc-tliroau'd Sparrow. Veiy com- 

 mon at Bootlibay. Also obtained specimens on 

 some of the islands. They were siuging 

 tiirougliout .Inly at Boothbay. 



5f)0. (niijiping Si>airow. Bather uncommon; 

 saw this si)ecies at IJootiibay and Caiiidcii. 



5();]. Field S]>andw. rncommou. Ob- 

 tained an adult $ at i'oollib;iy. and saw two 

 !it ('ainden. 



5(i7. Slate-coloicd .Iiinco. Uncommon. 



Saw four or five at Bootlibay; and obtainetl 

 some young si)ecimeiis on a small island in 

 George's Harbor. 



581. Song Sparrow. Aluindant almost 



everywhere. 



58:5. Lincoln's Siiarrow. Shot a young $ 

 .Inly 14th at Boothbay. On August 9t]i, shot 

 (>ney<uing $ , one adult $ , and Uvo otiicr adults. 

 on iiobson's Island, I'cnoliscot Bay. 'J lie 

 island seemed inhabited almost altogether 

 by the genus iiiclitsjiizd, princi])ally M. 

 fasciata. 



587. 'I'owhee. Common at noothbay. I saw 

 a number of young birds here. 



598. Indigo Bunting. Katlicr common at 

 Boothbay. Saw a bciintiful ^ at ('aiiKb'n. 



611. Purple Martin. Saw about a dozen at 

 Camden, Aug. od. 



612. Cliff Swallow. Abundant at Booth- 

 bay. I found several houses, the eaves of 

 which were lined by their mud nests. In the 



I first week of July several of the nests con- 

 tained young, nearly fledged. 



613. Barn Swallow. Bather uncommon at 

 Bootlibay. Abundant at Camden. 



' r)14. Tree Swallow. The most abundant 

 bird at Boothbay during the first two weeks 

 of July, but at the end of the month all ex- 

 cept two or three pairs had left. 



616. Bank Swallow. Shot an adult J, and 

 saw two others at Bobson's Island. 



619. Cedarbird. C'ommon at Bootlibay. 



624. Red-eyed Vireo. Bather common at 

 Boothbay. 



6;^,6. Black and White AVarbler. Abundant 

 at Camden, and common at Boothbay. This 

 is a bird of the woods. 



648. I'arula Warbler. Common at 



Boothbay. 



652. Yellow Warbler. Common at Booth- 

 bay in the ojieii bushes. 



655. Myrtle Warbler. Commoner than tlie 

 preceding species at Boothbay and else- 

 where. 



()57. Magnolia Waililcr. Rather common 

 at Boothbay. 



659. Chestnut-sided AVarbler. The most 

 uncommon S]iecics of the family I met with. 

 Shot a tine $ at Camden, August 4tli, and saw 

 another at tlie same time which I was uiialile 

 to get. 



667. Black-throated (4reen AVarbler. The 

 most abundant warbler at Boothbay, and 

 next to \o. ri]4 lurhaiis die commonest 

 bird. This is also a l)ird of the thick 

 woods. 



(i7l. Pine Waiblei'. Shot a young ^, and 

 saw an adult at Boothbay. 



674. Ovenbird. Common at Boothbay. 



681. Maryland Yellow-throat. Common at 

 Camden and Boothbay. 



6S7. licdstarf. Abundant at Boothbay. I 

 saw two or three at Camden. 



705. Brown Thrasher. 1 saw one at 

 Boothbay. 



7-15. Chickadee. Abundant at Bootlibay 

 and Camden, in the woods. 



7-18. (iolden-crowned Kinglet. Saw four at 

 Boothbay. On an island near Seal Harboj-, 

 Mt. Desert. 1 came across a colony of about 

 tifty of these birds. 



7517). Hermit Thrusji. Shot an adult and 

 a young $ at Roof lilciy. 



