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of finding a Winter Wren's nest of green moss, with at least three 

 young. The nest was placed beneath a large boulder that rested on 

 a smaller one, with a small space, cave like, beneath. The boulder 

 was perhaps twelve feet high. The nest was placed on a small shelf, 

 in a similar position to that of a Barn Swallow's nest on a rafter. 

 He crossed Amajejus Lake and Pemadumcook Lake on a small 

 power boat. They came up to twelve or fifteen Mergansers, and the 

 boat chased them, but they dived and swam and kept out of their 

 way for a distance of about two miles. He saw a large number of 

 Kingfishers on this trip. The natives called them "Lazybirds." 

 On inquiry as to why they were called Lazybirds, they informed 

 Prof. Lee that it was because they would perch on a stub over 

 the water and go to sleep and fall off their perch into the water, and 

 much to the amusement of the professor his informant looked up and 

 saw a Kingfisher about to dive from a stub, so, in proof of this state- 

 ment, he excitedly exclaimed, "See there! There goes one now!" 

 as the Kingfisher dropped from his perch into the water ? During 

 his trip to northern Maine, he climbed Mt. Katahdin. Near the top 

 he saw one Sparrow and one Hawk, but could not get near enough 

 to tell to which species they belonged. 



Mr. Spaulding gave a very interesting talk on Bicknell's Thrush 

 and the Warblers that he had observed near his home in New 

 Hampshire. He was followed by Messrs. David and Phillips with 

 remarks of interest. 



Mr. T. J. Emery mentioned a tent that was erected near Port- 

 land, and a pair of Robins had built a nest therein and reared their 

 young. Also at the same place a pair of Phoebes reared two broods 

 in an ice house where ice was kept and taken each day. Mr. Emery 

 then proceeded to tell the members of a plan he had to index the 

 back numbers of the Journal, and that an index should be pre- 

 pared to be published in the near future. He moved that Mr. 

 Brownson be instructed to attend to the index and to call on others 

 for assistance in the work. The motion was carried, and Mr. 

 Brownson was asked to take the matter in charge. 



The meeting was then adjourned to 9.00 A. M. Saturday. 



