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to swiin out to us. Aj;:iiii I had dinicully in .j^cttiii^ a picture, as 

 the little thing persisted in coming close to the Ixoat. I managed to 

 get several snap shots. My little girl took this little Loon in her 

 hands and it, too, rested there contentedly. I snapped him in that 

 position. 



Some days later I found no Loons in the cove. A coui>le of 

 weeks or more later I found two old Loons and a good sized young 

 one there. I saw no sign of the other. What had become of it I 

 ilo not know, but I hope it was there somewhere still alive. 



A Noteworthy Addition to the Bird Literature 

 of the State of Maine. 



Hy W. II. Rkownson. 



Thk Birds of Maink. Willi key to and (k-scriptioii of the various species 

 known to occur or to have occurrcil in tlie State, an account of their distribution 

 and migration, showinjj their relative abundance in the various counties of the 

 State, as well as other reji^ions, and contributions to their life histories. By Ora 

 Willis Kni,iiht, M. S., Member of Maine Ornitholosj^ical Society, Member Ameri- 

 Ci\n Chemical Society, Member American Ornitholojifists' Union, etc. Bangor, 

 Me., 1908. 



Mr. Knight's important new book on "The Birds of Maine," 

 which has long been awaited with keen interest, has at last appeared 

 in a bulky, well printed, and well bound octavo volume of nearly 

 seven hundred pages. It has been in preparation so long that the 

 author must feel delighted to see his task brought to a successful 

 close. Since his early boyhood he stated that it has been his hope 

 to some day write a book relating to the life histories of the birds of 

 his native State, Maine. For years he has been collecting data 

 regarding the nesting and food of our native birds with this object 

 in view. Some years ago he published a list of the birds of Maine, 

 largely devoted to county records, and this served as a beginning for 

 the much more ambitious work now completed. 



The book contains about thirty excellent half-tone illustrations. 

 The typography is all that could be desired. The book opens with 



