54 JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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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. 



Latest Authentic Record of the Passenger Pigeon 

 in Maine. — Mr. Harry Merrill, of Bangor, recently informed me 

 that in the early summer of 1904 he saw a female Passenger Pigeon 

 at Baxter's taxidermist shop in Bangor. The bird had recently 

 been mounted and had the wrappings still on it when first seen by 

 Mr. Merrill. Mr. Baxter stated that it had been sent liim from Bar 

 Harbor in the flesh. The condition of the bird when seen by Mr. 

 Merrill was such as to make certain that it had been recently killed. 



Ora W. Knight. 



Bangor, May 13, 1908. 



Song Sparrows Wintering in Maine. — While driving 

 from Livermore Falls to I{ast L,ivermore every other Tuesday morn- 

 ing all the past winter, on nearly every trip I saw a Sparrow feed- 

 ing on a bare bank beside the road, near a spring that did not freeze 

 over for the winter. For .several trips I did not get near enough to 

 it to make out which one of the Sparrows it was. In January I took 

 my large field glass along and looked the bird over closely as it flew 

 from the side hill beside the road, where it was feeding on grass and 

 weed seeds, to an apple tree. It proved to he a Song Sparrow. I 

 saw it every trip afterwards, near this spring, as long as the snow 

 staid on the ground. The past winter we have not had as much 

 snow as is usual in this locality, and not the usual extreme cold 



