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OLD YORK HISTORICAL AND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. York, Me. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Miss Florence A. Paul. Publ: Agamenticus, Bristol, Gorgeana, York; an 

 oration delivered by J. P. Baxter on the 2Soth anniversary of the town, together 

 with a brief history of York. York, Me., 1904. 8. 



PEJEPSCOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Brunswick, Me. Secretary: I. P. Booker. Organ- 

 ized 1881; incorporated 1891. Meetings, 2d Thursday in Jan., April, Oct.; 50 

 active members (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i) ; 10 honorary. Publ.: Col- 

 lections ... v. I, pt. I- [2]. Brunswick, Me., 1889. 8. [pt. 2] : Celebration 

 of the isoth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brunswick, June 

 13, 1889. Prices: pt. i, 35c. ; pt. 2, 35c. in paper, 6oc. in cloth. 



YORK INSTITUTE. Saco, Me. Founded 1866; incorporated 1867. Three or four 

 meetings each year. Library, museum and portrait gallery. Publ: Publica- 

 tions ... v. r, no. 1-2. Saco, 1884. 8. 



Maine Ornithological Society. 



Address. No permanent address. Secretary-Treasurer: J. Merton 



Swain, Farmington, Me. 

 History. Organized Jan. i, 1895, as the United Ornithologists of Maine. 



Present name since Dec., 1898. 

 Object. To encourage a systematic study of the avifauna of the State. 



Meetings. Annually, usually on Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, at dif- 

 ferent places in the State. 



Membership. 85 active, 21 associate, and 6 corresponding (annual dues, $i) ; 

 6 honorary. 



Publications. 



The Maine Sportsman, published monthly at Bangor, Me., was the offi- 

 cial organ of the society from Mar. i896-Dec. 1898. 

 JOURNAL . . . v. I-VIII, Jan. i899-Dec. 1906. Bangor, Me. [etc.], 

 1899-1906. 8. q. 



Price: $i per annum; single nos., 2Sc. 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary-Treasurer or by the editor, 

 W. H. Brownson, 97^2 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. 



University of Maine. 



Address. Orono, Me. President : Geo. E. Fellows. 



History. Established in 1865 as the State college of agriculture and 

 mechanic arts, the federal land-grant under the act of Congress of 

 July 2, 1862, having been accepted by the State of Maine in 1863; 

 present name adopted by act of the legislature in 1897. The School 

 of law is located in Exchange Building, Bangor, Me. 



Publications. 



The University of Maine STUDIES, no. 1-7. Orono, Me., 1900-07. 8. 

 Annual reports . . . 1883, has separately paged appendix: The butter- 

 flies of Maine, by C. H. Fernald. Orono, 1884. 8. 



