_ „ , Auk, XIV, Apr. . 1897, p.2/9. 
Two New Birds for Maine. — The United Ornithologists of Maine 
report the occurrence of two birds new to the State. The February num- 
bei the ‘ Maine Sportsman,’ their official organ, published in Bangor, 
leported the taking of a Greater Redpoll, Acanthis linaria rostrata at 
Gardiner, Dec, 30, 1896, by Win. I,. Powers. The bud was shot from a 
flock of Lesser Redpolls, and the skin sent to Mr. Wm. Brewster, Cam- 
bridge, Mass., for identification. 
The March number contains the account of a number of skins collected 
in the winter of 1878-79 by James Carroll Mead of North Bridgton. Mr. 
Mead was with Mr. Powers when the Greater Redpoll was captured, and 
on returning home and inspecting his collection, he deemed it wise to 
submit them to Mr. Brewster, who identified one as the Acanthis linaria 
holhoellii , which decision was afterward ratified by Mr. Robert Ridgway 
of the Smithsonian Institution. — Wm. L. Powers, Gardiner , Me. 
