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A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of Birds 



Vol. XI Published June 1, 1909 No. 2 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: SI. 00 a year; 25 cents a copy 



OFFICERS OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Pres., Dr. Henry H. Brock, Portland W. H. Brownson, Portland 

 Vice-Pres.. J. Merton Swain, Farmington Editor 



Sec.-Treas., Dana W. Sweet, Philips Louis E. Legge, Portland 

 Councillors. Dr. Wm. C. Kendall, Freeport Associate Editor 



Walter H. Rich, Portland 



The Journal prints in this issue the first instalment of an in- 

 teresting series of notes of birds at sea, by Dr. William C. Kendall, 

 Scientific Assistant U. vS. Bureau of Fisheries, gathered in 1S91, 

 1S94 and 1895 on the United States Fish Commission Schooner 

 Grampus, the cruises extending from the coast of Virginia to the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence and even to southern Labrador. The notes 

 for 1 89 1 and 1894 are here printed and those made in 1895 will be 

 published in the September Journal. We are under obligation to 

 Dr. Kendall for this valuable contribution. 



Mr. Dana W. Sweet, the new Secretary and Treasurer of the 

 Maine Ornithological vSociety, has for some years compiled, in an 

 able manner, the migration reports sent to him by members of the 

 vSociety. In addition to his duties as Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. 

 Sweet will continue to edit the migration reports, and this will be 

 eminently satisfactory to all members. 



The attempt to introduce the Hungarian Partridge into Cum- 

 berland County will be watched with considerable interest, to see 

 whether the birds liberated will take kindly to their new habitat. 

 In this issue Mr. Walter H. Rich writes of the circumstances attend- 

 ing the introduction of the bird and contributes an excellent original 

 portrait, drawn from life. 



During the winter of 1908- 1909 the Bohemian Waxwing 

 appears to have been seen by a number of reliable observers, mostly 

 in Eastern Maine. Reports of its occurrence continue to come in, 

 so that it is sure that the region visited by the bird was quite ex- 

 tensive. 



