20 JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



M. Wind northwest, clear. Crow, 7 ; Goldfinch, 9 ; Gull, 25 ; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Chickadee, i. Friday, 8.00 to 9.00 

 A. M. Wind southeast, cloudy. Crow, 3; Gull, 11; Ruffed 

 Grouse, i ; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6 ; English Sparrow, 3. 

 Total, 7 species ; 232 individuals. 



Jas. Carroll Mead, No. Bridgton. 



I was unable to make any bird observations Christmas week, 

 but it so happened that I was working on my wood lot during the 

 week preceding, and I will submit the list of birds I noted during 

 that time : 



Dec. 1 8th, two Blue Jays, a small flock of Chickadees, one 

 Ruffed Grouse. Dec. 19th, as I was walking into the woods before 

 it was fairly light, an Acadian Owl lighted on a limb but a few feet 

 above my. head and courtesied to me in a laughable manner. 

 Scared two Ruffed Grouse from a clump of poplars. Saw four or 

 five Tree Sparrows gathering seeds from weed stalks by the roadside. 

 Dec. 20th, saw one Downy Woodpecker and saw a flock of birds 

 pass over that I thought to be Redpolls. Dec. 21st, saw a few 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets in company with Chickadees in a small 

 swamp. Heard a Pileated Woodpecker on the hill to the westward. 



W. H. Dow, Portland. 

 At Dunstan, Dec. 24th, I saw Blue Jays. There were at least 

 two, and probably more, judging from their calls. 



The Whooping Swan. 



The Journal presents as a frontispiece to this issue a picture of 

 the mounted specimen of Whooping Swan {Olor cygnus) now in the 

 collection of Clarence H. Clark, of I^ubec. The bird is an accidental 

 visitor from Europe and was shot Sept. 10, 1903, in Washington 

 County. The capture and subsequent purchase of the bird were 

 described by Mr. Clark on page 23 of volume VII, Journal of the 



