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: Also in respect to the Hairy Woodpecker, we read in the same work 
(Vol. II, p, 506) : “ It is a resident and not a migratory species, and wher- 
ever found it also breeds/’ 
, Also (in Voh III, p. 46) of Nyctale acadica: Mr. Boardman and Pro- 
- lessor Verrill both give it as resident, and as common in Maine.” 
Other species, namely, the Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus stel- 
laris), the Warbling Vireo {Vireo gilvm), the White-eyed Vireo (V. 
noveboracensis), the Field Sparrow (Spizella pusUla), the Carolina Dove 
(Zencedura carolinensis), and the Quail (Ortyx virginianus), which "were 
given as summer residents, presumably of all New England, I said seldom 
reached Northern New England, With the exception of Ortyx virginianus^ 
I did not make the positive statement that the above-named species never 
did so, knowing that one or two of them had been found sparingly at 
certain localities in that section. Here again, the published record, with 
but slight exceptions, supports me in my assertion. As to Vireo gilvus 
and Spizella pusilla, though given by Mr. Verrill as summer visitants at 
Norway, Me., and by Dr. Coues as summer visitants to all New England, 
the former is rare, and the latter does not occur at all, at Calais, Me., nor 
does C. J. Maynard give either as found in Coos County, N. H., or Oxford 
County, Me. He considers the White Mountain range as forming their 
northern limit of distribution, Mr. William Brewster did not find them 
at Franconia, N. H. 
Respecting V. noveboracensis, I quote the following from the “ History of 
North American Birds” (Vol. II, pp. 385, 386) : “ In the last-named State 
[Massachusetts] it becomes exceedingly rare, and beyond it is apparently 
not found, none having been met with either by Messrs. Verrill or Board- 
man in any part of Maine. Mr. Audubon states that he himself found 
them along the coast in Maine, Nova Scotia, and Labrador. This, how- 
ever, I am inclined to consider a misstatement, as they have not since 
been detected north of the 42d parallel.” 
From the same work (Vol. II, p. 5), respecting S. pusilla, is the follow”- 
ing : “ In the summer it breeds from Virginia to Maine, as far as the 
central and western portions. It is not found near Calais, but occurs and 
breeds near Norway, Oxford County.” 
Again of Z. carolinensis (Vol. Ill, p. 384) : “ It is found in the southern 
part of Maine as far to the eastward as Calais, but was not collected by Mr, 
Verrill at Norway, and is not known to occur in the northern part of that 
State.” I said it was not “rare,” meaning of course in Southern New 
England, and by looking up the matter, such -will be found to be the case. 
Citing again from our standard work on North American birds, we find 
this of Ortyx virginianus : “ This bird is probably found in all the New 
England States, though its presence in Maine is not certain, and if found 
there at all, is only met with in the extreme southwestern portion. It is 
also rare in Vermont and New Hampshire, and only found in the southern 
portions. It is not given by Mr. Boardman, nor by Professor Verrill.” 
