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On January 3rd, 1908, the Kennebec River was only partly 

 frozen over. Between Augusta and Waterville the channel was 

 open for fully half the distance. While on the train I noticed two 

 ducks, probably Black Ducks, flying over the water. P'or more than 

 two and a half minutes they kept up with the train, or ahead of it, 

 while it was moving not less than thirty-five miles an hour. 



D. W. Sweet. 



Obser\^ations at Avon, Franklin County : 



Dec. 22nd, 3 Blue Jays, 5 Chickadees; Dec. 23rd, i Chickadee; 

 Dec. 24th, I Chickadee; Dec. 25th, 5 Chickadees, i Brown Creeper, 

 I White-breasted Nuthatch; Dec, 26th, 2 Blue Jays, 2 Chickadees; 

 Dec. 28th, 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 3 Chickadees, i White- breasted 

 Nuthatch, i Brown Creeper, 2 Redpolls, 4 Blue Jays; Dec. 29th, 4 

 Blue Jays, 3 Chickadees, 2 Redpolls; Dec. 30th, a small flock of 

 Redpolls, 2 Chickadees; Dec. 31, 4 Chickadees. 



Louis E. Legge and Danforth S. Hersey. 

 Observations in Cape Elizabeth and Old Orchard: 

 Dec. 22nd, 14 Chickadees, i Myrtle Warbler, 3 Robins, i 

 Dovekie, 2 Horned Grebes, 2 Crows, 2 Loons, 15 Red-legged Black 

 Ducks, 200 Herring Gulls; Dec. 25th, several hundred Herring 

 Gulls, 7 Crows, 7 Myrtle Warblers, 15 Chickadees, i Black-backed 

 Gull, I Horned Grebe, 2 Black Guillemots; Dec. 29th, several hun- 

 dred Herring Gulls, 5 Crows, 9 Chickadees, i Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, 3 Loons, about 100 White-wings and Surf Scoters, about 75 

 Old Squaws, 10 Horned Grebes, 2 Northern Shrikes. 



W. H. Brownson. 

 Observations at Pine Point and Cape Elizabeth: 

 Dec. 22nd, 500 Gulls, I Black-backed Gull, 6 Horned Grebes, 

 5 Scoters, 100 Old Squaws, 50 Whistlers, 8 Snow Buntings, 14 

 Horned Larks, 15 Crows; Dec. 28th, 2 Myrtle Warblers, i Robin, 

 4 Chickadees, 50 Gulls, 2 Loons, i Black Guillemot; Dec. 29th, 

 I White-breasted Nuthatch, i Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



