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The Hudsonian Chickadee at Southwest Harbor, 

 Me. — On May i6th, 1909, while I was chasing several .species of 

 Warblex's, trying to find out their identity, I saw four birds in a fir 

 tree that looked strange to me. Upon a close examination, in 

 which their markings were taken down, I could not name them. 

 That night, while I was reading Knight's excellent "Birds of 

 Maine," I happened to turn to Hudsonian Chickadee, and his 

 description was so like my birds that I took the note and compared 

 it with his, and it was so similar that I, without doubt, called them 

 Parus hudsoniLUs. Their caps were greyish, throat black, back 

 black, and the rufus band on the sides. In size and habits they 

 resembled the common Chickadee, but the call note was different. — 

 Sam A. Liirvey, Southivest Harbor, Me. 



The Artic Three-toed Woodpecker on Mt. DEvSERT 

 Island. — When I was passing through a burnt-over pasture, I 

 heard a bird call, new to me. On investigating, saw a dark-colored 

 bird at work on an old stump, picking it to pieces. By walking 

 easy I was able to approach to within twenty feet of it. It proved 

 to be the Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. Its back was black and 

 back to showed no white hardly at all. Its head on top had the 

 yellow patch, and the breast and throat were white. Its call was 

 2vhec or crcc, uttered quite often. The date was Oct. 23, 1909, at 

 about 4 o'clock P. M. — Sam A. Liirvey^ Soiithivest Harbor., Me. 



Note on the Meadowlark in Maine. — The last number 

 of The Journal contained two notes on the Meadowlark in Cum- 

 berland County, one a reprint from the July number of the Aiik, 

 one writ1:en for The Journal, pages 94-95. The subject has 

 received some attention in other sections of the State. Some notes 

 on its status near Bangor are given in the October number of 

 the Auk by Fanny Hardy Eckstroni. In the Portland Evening 

 Express for May 22, 1909, Dr. Frank D. Tubbs, of Bates College, in 

 a special to the Express, among other notes, mentioned the 

 Meadowlark at Auburn. Dr. Tubbs, however, is unfortunate, 

 either in believing the Auburn birds to be the only ones in Maine, 

 or in being made to say that he believes them to be. A note on 

 their occurrence near Fairfield, Maine, is given in one of the sum- 

 mer numbers of the Good Will Record. It is to be hoped that 

 others will furnish notes on its occurrence and status in the State, 

 with a view to showing fully its distribution abundance, and period 

 of appearance, disappearance, and its breeding range. A. H. N. 



