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Notes kkom Dover. — My opportunities for bird observation 

 have been limited this winter, but we have enjoyed the Pine Gros- 

 beaks, which liave been very abundant about our streets for the last 

 month, and, in fact, since about Dec. 12th. I see them mainly in 

 small flocks of from three to seven or eight, l)Ut one morning sixteen 

 individuals, all females or young, were .seen feeding in a single large 

 maple at the corner of Pleasant and Court Sts. I have observed 

 very few males. 



We had at least two Snowy Owls about town for a few days, 

 and one of them attracted a crowd of observers one afternoon as it 

 perched on the weather-vane of the Congregational Church spire, 

 but on the following day it lost its life as a reward for its confidence 

 in its old enemy, man. What a pity that the average young man 

 can see nothing in our larger birds but a target for his gun, and es- 

 teem a stuffed specimen of more esthetic value than the living, active 

 bird, fulfilling its natural mission in life. 



A few Goshawks, Barred and Horned Owls have come in to our 

 local taxidermist, and a few flocks of Snow Buntings have been seen, 

 but no Larks as yet. We usually have a small flock in our vicinity 

 all winter, as they breed only a few miles out, but the severity of the 

 season, coupled with the heavy snowfall in this part of the State, 

 may have affected their food supply. Sanford Ritchie. 



Dover, Me., P'eb. i. 



Myr'tle Warblers at Cape Elizabeth. — For the fourth 

 winter Myrtle Warblers have been observed around Delano Park 

 and' Pond Cove at Cape Elizabeth. During, the three winters before 

 this, not more than six or eight of these birds have been observed to 

 winter in that locality. During the past winter, however, at least 

 twenty have stayed there. I have no doubt that the luimber has 

 been somewhat lessened toward the latter part of the winter by the 

 depredation of the Northern Shrikes which have been observed in 

 that vicinity. It seems to me that four successive winters, during 

 which Myrtle Warblers have been observed at the Cape during the 

 months of December, January and February, form a basis on which 

 it may be asserted that the Myrtle Warbler is a permanent resident 

 in southern Maine. W. H. Brownson. 



Portland, Feb. 15, 1907. 



