JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 85 



Several Robins spent the winter at Cape Elizabeth, not far from 

 where the Myrtle Warblers were observed on several occasions. On 

 the 22d of February, during a trip on a motor boat down the bay, 

 a flock of Kittiwakes was seen not far from the inner islands. In 

 the vicinity of Halfway Rock small flocks of Kider Ducks were seen ; 

 also quite a number of Black Guillemots. February 25th, a flock of 

 about fifty Cedar Waxwings was present near the shore at Cape 

 Elizabeth. They stayed in this vicinity for a week or two, then 

 were seen no more until late in the spring. 



March nth, Crows began to go north in large numbers and 

 continued for several days thereafter. At Pine Point many Horned 

 Earks were seen on March nth, and with them there were quite a 

 few Prairie Horned Earks. Several Eapland Eongspurs were with 

 the Earks and were observed feeding in a stubble field near the Pine 

 Point station. Robins and Bluebirds were considerably later than 

 usual in arriving from the south during the spring. Juncos, Fox 

 Sparrows, Rusty Blackbirds, Flickers and Bluel)irds were here in 

 large numbers April ist. A])out this same time all the common 

 species of Hawks were noted in about the usual numbers. 



Red-winged Blackbirds and Bronzed Crackles came in con- 

 siderable numbers April 8th, and Meadowlarks and Phoebes were 

 observed the following day. April 13th, a Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron was shot within Portland city limits, and the specimen was 

 turned over to a local taxidermist. This is a very unusual species 

 for Maine, although it is not tlie first record. April 15th, came a 

 flock of Tree Swallows. April 2 2d, tliere was a Mockingbird at 

 South Portland, which attracted consideralile attention from many 

 observers. Probably this was an escaped cage 1)ird, l)ut there is no 

 evidence one way or the other. Cowbirds, which were plentiful the 

 previous year, were seen only in small numbers during April. May 

 5th and 6tli, there was a great wave of Warblers all through this 

 section of the state. More different species came north on those 

 two early days than I have ever known before, at least a dozen dif- 

 ferent varieties being observed. 



May 6th, came the Blue-headed Vireo, the Whip-poor-will and 



