THE 



Maine Naturalist, Journal of the 



Knox Academy of Arts and Sciences 



Vol. I , No. 1. $1.00 a year, 50 cents a copy 



Published by the Academy at Thomaston, Maine, April 1 st and October 1 st. 



MANAGING EDITOR 



Norman Wallace Lermond 



DEPARTMENT EDITORS: 



Arthur H. Norton, Portland 

 Prof. Alfred O. Gross, Brunswick 

 Alton H. Pope, Waterville 

 Edith M. Patch, Orono 

 Prof. C. H. Batchelder, Orono 

 Edwin W. Gould, M. D., Rockland 

 Louise H. Cobum, Skowhegan 

 Prof. John M. Briscoe, Orono 

 Prof. Edward H. Perkins, Waterville 

 Prof. Wm, L. Powers, Machias 



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