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season, it is fair to suppose that the Titlark also touches at favorable 
points in Maine while en route to its breeding grounds. Nevertheless 
neither my own observations nor the records of other observers substan- 
tiate this hypothesis. 
The once prized Ipswich Sparrow {Pa sser cuius princeps) must now take 
its place among the common autumnal migrants of southern Maine, though 
restricted, so far as I am aware, to the sea-coast. In spring, however, it is 
uncommon if not rare. Since the capture of the first Maine specimen,* 
March 20, 1875, I have seen but two other spring specimens. These I 
found upon Old Orchard Beach, March 28, 1882, and one of them is now 
in my collection. In their autumnal migration the birds reach Cumberland 
County about Oct. 13, remaining at least until Nov. 6, later than which I 
have never looked for them. Upon almost any day between these dates 
the collector may find a dozen or more individuals along the sandy shore 
between Scarborough Beach and the Saco River. 
In the Proceedings of the Portland Society of Natural History for April, 
1882, I spoke of the Ring-necked Duck {Fulix coll arts) as having but once 
been taken in the vicinity of the city within my experience. On the very 
morning upon which my paper left the press, I found in one of the city 
markets two adult males which were killed in the Presumpscot River, 
March 31, 1882. On April 12 I found another male in the market; the 
next day I purchased a pair from a sportsman in Deering; and on April 
17 detected another male in the market. That the bird’s occurrence in 
such numbers is very unusual there can be no doubt. In fact, so far as I 
have been able to learn, our most experienced hunters of wild fowl either 
knew the species only by tradition, before this year, or else were wholly 
unacquainted with it. 
Mr. Brewster has more than once advanced good evidence to the effect 
that the Short-tailed Tern {Hydrochelidon lariformis) should be considered 
a regular and not uncommon visitor to suitable localities on the New 
England coast. f Specific records for Maine are, notwithstanding, few as 
yet . X Two recent specimens should go on the list. One of these was 
killed in Scarborough, the other at Wells Beach, York County, in 
the autumn of 1881. — Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland , Maine. . 
Maine Notes. — Oporornis agilis ( Wils.) Baird. Connecticut 
Warbler. — Mr. Nathan Clifford Brown, in a paper read before the 
Portland Society of Natural History April 3, 1882, gives this bird for the 
first time a place in the Maine fauna. He met with it Aug. 30, 1878, on 
Cape Elizabeth. I would record a specimen which I took in August. 
1879, at Ebeme Lake. This makes the second record for this State. 
Hylocichla unalascee pallasi {Caban.) Ridgw. Hermit Thrush. — 
These birds breed commonly with us every year (Bangor). Their eggs 
* See Rod and Gun, Vol. VI, p. 65. 
f See especially this Bulletin, Vol. VI, pp. 124-25. 
| See this Bulletin, Vol. IV, p. 108, and Vol. V, p. 63. 
