journal op maine ornithoivogical society. 1 7 



Mrs. Elizabeth H. Marks. 



December found us still at our camp in the woods at Orland, 

 Maine, where there are few birds in winter. 



Dec. 23rd. Snow storm. Drove through the woods three hours. 

 Saw 2 Chickadees, also 2 birds flew across the road some distance 

 ahead, thought to be small Owls. 



Dec. 24th. Cloudy, northeast wind. Started early in the after- 

 noon and drove seven miles. Saw only 5 Chickadees, and one 

 flock of 20 Redpolls. 



Dec. 25th. Went out two hours in the forenoon. Saw 4 Chick- 

 adees and I Downy Woodpecker. 



Dec. 26th. Drove six miles. Saw i Junco, 4 Chickadees, one 

 flock of 20 Redpolls and another flock estimated at 50. 



Dec. 27th. Did not have time to go out for the day. Saw i 

 Downy Woodpecker and i Brown Creeper. 



Dec. 28th. Drove all the afternoon. Saw 2 Downy Wood- 

 peckers, I Blue Jay, 8 Pine Grosbeaks, i Junco, 12 Chickadees, 2 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets and three flocks of Redpolls, estimated 40 

 in all. 



Dec. 29th. 2 Downy Woodpeckers, i Ruffed Grouse, budding 

 at twilight. 



In addition to the above were the birds which fed daily at the 

 door: i Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Blue Jays and about 30 Chicka- 

 dees. 



Recent Occurrences of the Lapland Longspur 

 at Scarborough, Me. 



By Arthur H. Norton, Portland. 



While at Pine Point, Scarborough, Me., on March 10, 1906, 



I saw four lyongspurs. None were taken. Several were reported by 



Mr. Wm. H. Brownson, March 11, 1906.^ While at the same place 



on December 28, 1906, with Mr. Wm. H. Brownson, we detected the 



IJOUR. Me. Orn. Soc, Vol. VIII, p. 85. 



