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friends returning to us in their usual abundance, making the spring- 

 time doubly dear because of their presence, and gladdening our 

 lives by the sweetness of their carols. Our wish for the Journal 

 and its editor is, that the present year may prove to be the best yet 

 along all lines. 



Sanford Ritchie. 

 Foxcroft, March 23, 1908. 



Albino Robin. — April 25, 1908, I had the good luck to see a 

 fine specimen of an albino Robin. The wings were almost wholly 

 white, with a large spot on back of neck. The head and breast were 

 of the usual colors, and as the bird flew from me the white wings 

 showed to a good advantage. I have rarely seen a bird whose 

 colors showed up so well. 



H. W. Jewell. 



Farmington, May i, 1908. 



Woodfords Notes. — I notice in the March number of The 

 Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society, that you 

 ask for "bird notes." I no longer go "afield" looking for birds, 

 but for several winters have had a few birds coming to me. Close 

 to my west window, an apple tree bears a small russet apple that 

 will stick to the limbs all winter, and I leave them there. Also, I 

 decorate the tree in the late autumn with meat and suet. A pair of 

 Downy Woodpeckers have "boarded with me," for four or five win- 

 ters, and Chickadees have been more or less regular visitors through- 

 out the winters. Last fall, the Downies arrived November 9th, and 

 remained until the first of March, feeding daily, except during storms. 

 There were from two to six Chickadees, and they left at the same 

 time as the Downies did. March 23rd, a new (?) Downy ap- 

 peared, and is still here. I noticed that the Downies preferred the 

 fat, while the Chickadees preferred the lean meat. March 26th, a 

 flock of over thirty Cherry Birds arrived in the morning. They fed 

 first on a barberry bush, but soon discovered the apples and made 



