24 JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL vSOCIETY. 



lirii NntM. 



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 the Editor, W. H. Brownson, 85 Market 

 street, Portland, Maine. 



We note with much satisfaction the increasing frequenc}- 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. 



Florida (tAllinule, Stilt and Bukk-breasted Sand- 

 pipp:r. — Arthur H. Norton contributes to the Auk for January, 

 1908, the following note: "On October 15th, a female Florida Galli- 

 niile {Gallinula galea fa) was shot at Atlantic House Pond, Scar- 

 boro, Maine. It passed into my collection. Its gullet contained 

 three specimens of Plaiiorbis campanulatus^ and its stomach another. 

 In the gizzard were a number of seeds. I am not aware of the pre- 

 vious capture of the bird at Scarboro, though two are recorded from 

 Falmouth in 1894 (cf. Brock, Atik^ XIII, p. 255). 



The only Stilt Sandpiper {^Micropalama hiniantopiis) that I have 

 heard of in this vicinity this fall was taken near Pine Point, Scar- 

 boro, a day or two previous to September 26th. It passed into the 

 collection of Bowdoin College. 



On September 5th, a beautiful male. Buff-l)reasted Sandpiper 

 {Tryngitcs subriificollis) was taken in Scarboro, near Pine Point. It 

 is now in my collection. Mr. Blanchard Pillsbury, who brought it to 

 my attention, informs me that it is the only specimen that has come 

 to his notice for at least three years." 



A Correction. — In my article on the Yellow Warbler, which 

 appeared in the March, 1907, issue of the JoI'RNAl, page 8, I note a 

 serious mistake regarding the time given for the young remaining 

 in the nest. As a matter of fact, the real figures regarding the time 



