SummerBesidents on Southwest 
Ooast of Maine. T. B, Montgomery, Jr,, 
549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Sliot seven or 
eight specimens at Castine, and two or tliree 
at Hobson’s Island. 
Q a m&Q, 15* Nov a l390, p,102 
The Sharp-tailed Finch ( Ammodramus caudacutus) in Maine. — 
Dr. Brewer strangely misquotes me on page 48 of the present volume of 
the “ Bulletin,” in reference to the Sharp-tailed Finch ( Ammodramus cau- 
dacutus). In my note to which he refers, no mention is made of the cap- 
ture of a “ single ” specimen in Scarhoro’, Me., nor indeed of the capture 
of any specimen at all. What I did say (see Bulletin, Yol. II, p. 27) 
was that I had found the species a rare inhabitant of a part of Scarboro’ 
Marsh. 
Late in October, 1876, I observed a few individuals of this species on 
Pine Point, — a sandy strip of land which forms the seaward extremity of 
the great Scarboro’ Marshes. Aside from the fact that this was consider- 
ably to the east of their previously known range, I was surprised to find 
them here, for I had carefully examined the Point and its vicinity, at 
other seasons of the year, without detecting a single specimen. Accord- 
ingly, during the season of 1877, I made the Sharp-tailed Finch the ob- 
ject of almost daily expeditions, from early spring until late autumn ; 
but, in confirmation of my suspicions, not a bird was to be found until 
about October 1. At that date great numbers appeared on the marshes 
and sea beaches adjacent to Pine Point, and for a couple of "weeks they 
fairly swarmed in their favorite haunts. They were noticeably less 
numerous during the latter part of the month, and by November 1, only 
stragglers remained. I captured the last of the season on November 15. 
To the best of my knowledge, then, although abundant during the 
autumnal migration, the Sharp-tailed Finch is not to be found in this 
vicinity during the spring and summer months. — Nathan Clifford 
Brown, Portland, Me. PaU.N.O.0. 3, April, 1878, P. . 
Ammodromus caudacutus a Summer Resident in Southern 
Maine. — Although it rather reflects upon my previous thoroughness as a 
field observer,* I suppose the ornithological public ought to be informed 
that Ammodromus caudacutus remains to breed in the Scarboro’ marshes, 
after all. I say to breed, and the presence there of some half-dozen 
pairs during the past summer (1879), will probably be accepted as good 
evidence of nidification, though I have not actually seen any nests. °The 
bird is so shy and lurking in habit that a few scattered pairs would hardly 
be detected amongst the rank grass and weeds of the marshes, during 
summer, were the faint song of the male not heard ; and I am forced to 
believe, in spite of my previous negative evidence to the contrary, that the 
species ought to be included among the regular summer residents of this 
locality.— Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 
* See note on this species, in this Bulletin, Yol. Ill, pp. 98, 99. 
Buli. N.O.O. 5. Jan., 1880, p, S2 , 
Notes on Birds new to the Fauna of Maine, etc. — Of the follow- 
ing five species, three are here for the first time recorded as birds of Maine, 
another as found for the first time so far in the interior, and another as 
found for the first time breeding on the New England coast. 
1. Ammodromus caudacutus Swain. Sharp-tailed Finch. I 
have found this species, now, I believe, for the first time recorded as a 
bird of Maine, a rare inhabitant of a certain part of the great marsh in 
Scarborough. 
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BulLN.O.C. 2, Jan., 1877. p, *7- 
