. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . is; com-mon summer resident, (Homer). Sagadahoc; common summer resident,(Spinney). Somerset; not very common summer resident, (Morrell); locallycommon northward, but rare or absent from many densely wooded regionsof the north, (Knight). Waldo; common summer resident, (Knight). Wash-ington ;
. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . is; com-mon summer resident, (Homer). Sagadahoc; common summer resident,(Spinney). Somerset; not very common summer resident, (Morrell); locallycommon northward, but rare or absent from many densely wooded regionsof the north, (Knight). Waldo; common summer resident, (Knight). Wash-ington ; abundant summer resident, (Boardman). York; (Adams). In general this species arrives in Maine about the middle ofApril. I have seen individuals near Bangor as early as Aprilsixth, more often about the middle of the month, and very sel-dom indeed in belated seasons individuals have not arriveduntil even May sixth, while records for other sections of theState show about the same range of variation. In the fall,migration begins in September, lingerers are very frequent upto October thirtieth, and very exceptionally into Brownson records one at Cape Elizabeth, December 25,1904, which might lead to the inference that this species win-ters there along with the Myrtle Warblers and the THRUSHES 631 In migration the Hermit Thrushes may be found in thewoods, wayside thickets, and even in the city gardens, scratch-ing on the ground among the leaves or flying from bush tobush and tree to tree. At such times they utter a chuckand for many years of my early boyhood days the only namewe had for this bird was Woodchuck, a name significant ofits habitat and its call. It was therefore with some little pleas-ure that in southern California I found the boys applying thesame name to the western subspecies of the Hermit Thrush(probably the Dwarf Hermit Thrush) which occurred therecommonly in winter. The chuck is indeed the characteristiccall of the Hermit Thrush and its subspe
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