BicKNEi.i- on Hylocichla alicicB bicknelli. 



while a sharp wind from the northwest piercing tiie wet woods 

 and sighing among the balsams, blasted and weather beaten, 

 heightened an impression of remoteness and desolation. The 

 evergreens, constituting the principal arboreal growth, extended 

 of!" on all sides, clothing the rocky and moss-grown slopes, and 

 presenting the striking contrast of a young and fragrant second 

 growth clustering about the branchless and spiny trunks of their 

 sires tottering in decay ; or. with tangled and matted branches 



Haliseetus leucocephalus -^awj-- Bald Eaglk.— "Not 



n" at Houlton. 



^ Bctopistes migratorms {Linn.) Svj. Wild Pigeon.— Breeding 

 1 Falls, but not common. 



Cknace canadensis {Linn.) Bp. Spruce Partridge.— At Houl- 

 >stly found in the deep Hr thickets, or in the swamps of firs and 



Not rnet with at Fort Fairfield and Grand Falls, though of c 

 i there. 



gi. Bonasa umbellus {Linn.) Siep/i. Ruffed Grouse.—^ 

 common at Fort Fairfield. , At Grand Falls only a few were : 

 hard woods. 



92. Ardea herodias Linn. Great Blue Heron. — ^ 

 Houlton. 



93. Nyctiardea grisea neevia (iJorfrf.) -^//<;«. Nit 

 common" at Houlton. \ 



94. Botaurus lentiginosus {M>3.ntag.) Stepli/- 

 mon" at Houlton. One seen at Grand\Falls. / 



95. Philohela minor ( Gm.) Gray. \Wop©cocK.— One 

 River Flats near Grand Falls. ,At Fort FMrfield 

 the collection of Mr. Frank P. Orcutt/ whf^^considered 

 neighborhood. '-A few breed in the/\4cinity"&f Houlton. 



96. Rhyacophilus solitarius ^ (' I-F//*-.) C«.w\Solita 

 —At Grand Falls some were seeji'along the river Ji>He9 (J. A. J.). 



97. Tringoides maoulari;iis {Linn.) Gray. SpcvIfted Sandpiper.- 

 At Fort Fairfield it was vei/ numerous along the Arod«rtook River, and 

 was also noticed in one o/two other places. It was abuViant along the 

 rivers at Grand Falls. /<At Houlton too it was very commonN. 



98. Poraana car/lina (Z2ffl;«.) Bd. Carolina Rail. — 0^6 seen at 

 Fort Fairfield, JiKie 20, in a wet meadow partly grown up vj^ alder 

 bushes (J. D.y V , 



99. Anas/ibscura G»i. Black Duck. — ^'Very common, breedbqg" 

 at Houlloi/ \ 



ICO. /ix sponsa {/,/««.) Boie. Wood Duck.— "Ctuite common" at ^ 

 Houltp^C 



i(y{\ Clausula glaucium araericana {Bp.) Ridgw. Golden-eye. — 

 /V^w seen at Grand Falls. 



