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from Farmington to New Vineyard, for several trips as I drive be- 

 tween the two towns. Blue Jays are seen every day or two. On 

 the whole, I have seen fewer winter birds than any previous winter 



for a long time. 



J. Merton Swain. 

 Farmington, Feb. 22, 1908. 



IvATE Savanna vSpakrows Near Portl.vnd, Maine. — On 

 Feb. 9, 1908, Mr. P. H. Timberlake, zoological assistant at Bowdoin 

 College, and the writer observed a Savanna Sparrow on Old Orchard 

 Beach, and about two miles away another, on Pine Point Beach, 

 Scarboro, Maine. The mercury stood near 10" Fah., yet the 

 birds suffered no appreciable inconvenience. Both were tame and 

 were carefully and satisfactorily observed. Their small size, dark 

 backs, heavily marked breasts and bright yellow superciliary stripes 

 left no question as to their identity. 



I am well acquainted with the Ipswich Sparrow, both in life and 

 in the cabinet, and gave due attention to the distinctions between 

 the two species. 



The occurrence of the Savanna Sparrow at Seguin on Jan. 24, 



1897, has been recorded, as well as Penobscot Bay, Nov. 2S, 1898. 



The latter was deformed and probably could not migrate. 



Portland, Feb. 20, 1908. 



Arthur H. Norton. 



Winter Myrtle Warblers. — Although I have been out as 

 much as usual, and visited places where I have never failed to find 

 winter birds plentiful, have often returned without recording a 

 single specimen. The winter birds have been unusually scarce. 



Feb. i6th, at Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth, saw to-day two 



Myrtle Warblers and fifteen Chickadees. This was the greatest 



number of Chickadees I have seen this winter at any one time. The 



Myrtle Warblers I have noted at this place in different sized flocks 



all through the fall and winter months, excepting January, when I 



did not go in this direction. 



Louis E. Leoge. 

 Portland, Feb. 17, 1908. 



^Journ. Me. Orn. vSoc, VI, p. 45. 



