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. 



WmSTMNG SWAN 



The last of October 191 7, 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. 



