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Bangor thers 9th, 1897. 
“Mr. Wm. Brewster, 
Dear Sire 
I have just been through your edition of Minot and wish now to 
obtain a little additional information from you regarding certain points 
if you will be so kind as to answer the questions regarding them for me- 
I notice that you refer our Maine Shrikes of ludovicianus stock 
to the form excubitorides.Now the A.0.U.Check List, 2nd Bd. p.262 gives 
ludovicianus as our New England bird.This is I believe the later 
publication of the two and accordingly I must either a that the 
majority of the A.O.U.Committee on Nomenclature do not agree with your 
opinion as expressed in Minot or élse vresume that they have not taken 
antl on on TLIALUROUeH (TE knows Pu webb uthat one Maine birds are 
intermediate between the two still I wish to be absolutely sure that 2 
Can. refer Lhem to .excubitorides without criticism, 
Secondly I notice that in your notes on the Chestnut- 
collared Longspur you mention only one N.E.record,Magnolia,;Mass.wWhat is 
wrong with the Scarborough specimen?(Cf. Goodale, Auk4,p. 77 )and in same 
connection (Cf. Brown,Catalogue of Birds of Portland,p.38).Of course 
you, must have known of this specimen and so I am led to presume that 
there is some error regarding ihe identity, of=tieaenshgesen. 
Friend Dorr of Bucksport. informs me that ite time ago he 
sold you a svecimen of Snow Goose.Is it Chen hyverborea or nivalis? 
T have through correspondence with Mr.Mead got on the track 
of an unrecorded specimen of Gyrfalcon. From the information at my 
disposal fF believe it is obse@letus,but in order to be gure of it If 
inclose his letter describing the bird and containing a few feathers 
From it.Will you please determine its identity if possible from the 
meager evidence submitted and then return the letter and feathers to. me: 
Do you believe that Acanthis hornemanni exilives is gamect~ 
éfted from eastern Maine in BrewerS and Verrill’s lists upon the 
direct evidence of specimens taken or only on vresumotive evidence? . 
de cakes | cantbya car bg believe the form occurs with us I have wrt been able 
to obtain any exact record of the capture of any specimens. fi 
Trusting you wil] kindly nardon my. bothering eou,t 
remain iy Y 
Yours truly 
oe os A 38Y Sean Lind OH 
Banger, hairs 

