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that our observers along the coast will keep a sharp lookout for oiir 

 friends from the north, and report anything unusual in their flight. 



The White-throated Sparrows have been abundant and un- 

 usually fearless this fall. 



Two of Principal Powers' vSaturday Nature Club, Elizabeth 

 Powers and John Heselton, each aged five years, were playing in 

 the dooryard at No. 26 Lincoln street, Gardiner, Me., when one of 

 them ran into the house, crying, "Come out quick and see the 

 skunk." The skunk proved to be a mink, and he was soon 

 captured alive, but died during the night. Later investigation 

 developed the fact that Frank Libby, another of the club, had seen 

 the same, or another, mink, earlier in the day in Mr. Libby's yard 

 on Dresden street. William L. Powers. 



Gardiner, Nov. 19. 



Another Red Phalarope {Crymophilus fulicarius) Near 

 Portland. — On October 17, 1906, I had the privilege of examining 

 a Red Phalarope in the flesh. According to Mr. Blanchard Pills- 

 bury, who had it, it had been shot October i6th, at Scarboro, Me., 

 in "Atlantic House Pond." It was in wanter plumage. Other 

 local records are H. H. Brock, Aiik, Vol. XII, p. 173, 1896 ; A. H. 

 Norton, this Journal, Vol. VII, p. 47, 1905. 



Arthur H. Norton. 

 Portland, Nov. 19. 



The Towhee in Gardiner. — Mr. Homer Dill reports seeing 

 a Towhee in his dooryard, Wednesday morning, November 21st. 

 This bird has been reported from Togus, six miles distant, but 

 though it has been watched for in Gardiner for years, no specimen 

 has ever been seen before. 



W. L. Powers. 

 Gardiner, Nov. 21. 



