Chestnut-collared Longspur

(Calcarius ornatus)

Accepted:

22–28 Jun 2012 Biddeford, York Co. 2012-011 C. S. Brown; m. obs. (photos; see 4th report)


Unaccepted:

None


Not yet reviewed (pending historical records and unsubmitted reports):

13 Aug 1886 Scarborough, Cumberland Co. 1886-xxx Auk 4:77, 1887


Notes:

The first report for Maine has not been reviewed. It is an old account of a specimen (so far not located) from the Little River marshes, a former inlet south of Pine Point, Scarborough. According to the published account, this bird was collected 13 August 1886 by Joseph L. Goodale of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and subsequently said to have been examined by William Brewster.