lO JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Christmas Bird Census. 



Reports of Winter Birds by Members of the .Maine Ornithological Society 

 During the Week, December 23 to January 1, Inclusive. 



During Christmas week in 1905 many members of the Maine 

 ( )rnitholoj<ical Society reported their observations of the winter birds 

 of Maine. The Christmas bird census that year was so successful, 

 and of so much permanent value, that it was deemed wise to repeat 

 it this year. Accordingh , members were requested to keep an ac- 

 curate account of all the l>irds seen, and the approximate number of 

 each species from the morning of December 23, 1906, until the evening 

 of January i . i*/);. While not so majiy sent reports this year as last, 

 yet the record shows much dilijjence and a general effort to make 

 this feature of the society's work successful. I-'or the most part, the 

 species recorded are those of common occurrence in Maine during 

 the winter iiu)nlhs. but here and there a rare sj^ecimen is recorded. 

 I'ine (irosl)eaks seem to Ix; plentiful everywhere; the Lapland Long 

 spur is rei)orted from the Cajx; Elizalx;th coast; Myrtle Warblers are 

 more common than usual this winter at CajK* Lli7.al)eth. Captain 

 S]>inney sends the only re}>ort of Cormorants along the coast, this 

 bird having l)een fairly plentiful around Seguin. Redpolls are re- 

 ported fairly plentiful up the State, and one obser\'er reports seeing 

 a Goshawk. This species of Hawk has been quite plentiful in 

 NLiine all through the late fall and winter. 



The re|X)rts sent by different memlx^rs for the Christmas week, 

 1906, are as follows: 



Prof. Leslie A. Lee, Brunswick. 



List of birds observed in Brunswick and vicinity by L. A. Lee. 



Dec. 24th. Cloudy, with sharp northwest wind. Temperature, 

 23 degrees. 23 Pine Grosbeaks seen in the village, mostly feeding 

 on the seeds of withered crab apples remaining on the trees. In the 

 woods southwest of the village, 4 Chickadees. 2 Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatches, 2 American Goldfinches. 



Dec. 25th. Cloudy, with liigh northwest wind and drifting snow. 

 Temperature, 26 degrees. 1 1 Pine Grosbeaks and i Red-breasted 



