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Notes and observations upon bird life within our State are earnestly desired from all our readers 

 for publication in this column, and should be sent to Louis E. Legge, 22 Dow street, Portland, Maine. 



We note with much satisfaction the increasing frequency with 

 which the members of our society report to this Journal their 

 ornithological observations. This is an important part of our duties, 

 one to another, and should be shared in by all interested in bird 

 life. The Journal's columns are always open to contributors of 

 items of general interest relating to Maine birds, and we trust our 

 members will, through this medium, disseminate such knowledge as 

 they personally possess. 



Myrtle Warblers at Cape Elizabeth. — For the sixth 

 consecutive winter a small flock of Myrtle Warblers has wintered in 

 the vicinity of Delano Park, on the shore of Casco Bay in Cape 

 Elizabeth. During Christmas week there were fifteen or twenty of 

 these birds in this locality. This is a larger number than has ever 

 been observed before at the corresponding time of year. January 

 3, 1909, about the same number were observed. February 7th, a 

 dozen or more Myrtle Warblers were observed at this point, and up 

 to this date the birds have been constantly seen by several other 

 observers. On this day the birds were very nervous, scarcely com- 

 ing down at all into the bayberry bushes, but flying more or less 

 compactly from one tree top to another. The previous week there 

 had been a big storm of more than fifteen inches of snow, accompan- 

 ied by severe weather, yet the birds appeared to have survived with- 

 out any inconvenience. February 14th, no Myrtle Warblers were 

 seen, in fact, not a bird of any kind was in sight, even a Chickadee, 

 although the day was fine and warm. A careful inspection of the 

 bayberry bushes on the two slopes where the birds had usually been 

 seen during the winter disclosed the fact that the bushes had been 

 almost completely stripped of the waxy berries, which had formed 

 the principal food supply of the Warblers through the fall and win- 

 ter. Hence I conclude that the birds at this date were seeking a 

 new food supply, though probably less than half a mile away, but it 



