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Christmas, had I wanted it, as it sat on a rock within thirty feet of 

 my door. I went for my camera to photograph it, but before I 

 could get the camera in position, the children came along and made 

 so much noise that the Owl flew away. Of the eleven seasons I 

 have passed on Seguin the past one is the first that hundreds, and I 

 might say thousands, of vShore Larks have not passed over the 

 island, and Snowflakes as well. The past fall I have not seen fifty 

 L,arks, and but one on the ground. I think a hundred would cover 

 all the Snowflakes I have seen. Novemlier 15th I shot a Woodcock 

 on the island, and on the 27th took a Robin at 4 A. M. off the 

 plate glass of the lantern. 



As I have never noticed the Yellow-bellied vSapsucker migrat- 

 ing in numbers during the night until last fall, I will give you the 

 instance as I have it in my note-book. "September 30th, 8 P. M., 

 no wind and very dark, although I can see the Cape Elizabeth lights, 

 twenty-five miles distant, distinctly. There seems to Ije a large 

 flight of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, as seven are on the glass of lan- 

 tern, and a number of others can be seen gyrating around the 

 light." Hundreds of Sparrows were on the island, and Rusty 

 Blackbirds were passing over in flocks, and also numbers of Golden- 

 winged Woodpeckers. A number of Peregrine Falcons are flying 

 about the island. 



I was very much disappointed not to get to Portland to the 

 meeting, but it was impossible for me to leave, had the weather 

 permitted. 



Herbert h. Spinney. 



Seguin, Me. 



From a New Member. — You asked me to let you know how 

 I progressed in ornithology. Considering the many rainy days, 

 and the time at my disposal, perhaps I have done very well. The 

 location of our camp here is ideal for birds — two miles in the 

 woods, on the shore of a lake, at the foot of a mountain, the slope 

 not too thickly covered with both hard and soft growth. Just above 

 us is a large clearing with a southern exposure, a veritable bird 



