I20 JOURNAI, OF MAINE ORNlTHOIvOGICAIv SOCIETY. 



SouLE, Miss Marion D., 64 Highland Ave., Gardiner 



Spinney, Capt. H. I^., 476 Middle St., Bath 



Stanwood, Miss Cordelia, Ellsworth 



Swain, J. M., ' Farmington 



Sweet, Dana W., Phillips 



Tufts, I^eRoy M., Farmington 



TwiTCHELL, Mrs. H. F., 10 Pine St., Portland 



Walton, Everett, New Vineyard 



Weeks, Mrs. Gertrude, 46 Eastern Promenade, Portland 



Wentworth, Mrs. E. P., 264 Westbrook St., Portland 



Whipple, Wm. H., 5 Treniont St., Portland 



Williams, E. C, Athens 



Woods, Wm. C, Orono 



Alien's List of New England Birds. 



An important recent work on the birds of New England bears 

 the title, "Fauna of New England, 11. 'List of the Aves. By 

 Glover M. Allen." This is one of the parts of Volume VII of the 

 "Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History," and 

 is identical in plan with the lists of other groups of animals which 

 have appeared in this volume. The work may be said to consist of 

 two very unequal parts: First, a list of indigenous American spe- 

 cies, including stragglers, and, second, "Species Introduced or 

 Erroneously Accredited." 



The treatment of the species consists of the scientific name, 

 with authorities, accepted to the fourteenth supplement of the Amer- 

 ican Ornithologist's Union Check List, issued July, igo8 ; the com- 

 mon name, and often one or several provincial names; "reference 

 to the original description with record of locality; reference to an 

 authentic description and illustration ; and habitat and occurrence." 

 The latter conveys a statement of its status for each State of every 

 bird treated, Maine standing first in order of citation. Hence it will 

 be readily understood that the work serves as an excellent, concise 

 Hst of Maine birds, and it iS in this capacity that it is here con- 

 sidered. 



In his treatment of Maine birds it would appear that the author 

 has relied very largely upon the somewhat extensive literature, with 



