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ing purposes, and was surprised to find, safely enclosed within the 

 white, an intestinal worm three inches long. The worm was alive 

 and is now preserved in formalin for identification. Mr. Henry 

 Bates, of Gardiner, also found one alive in the white of another egg, 

 but unfortunately he did not take pains to preserve it for future 

 reference. 



The worm found by Miss Hunt is a "round worm," belonging 

 to the branch '' Nefiiathclminthes,'' according to the classification of 

 Parker & Haswell. 



Wm. L. Powers, 



Gardiner, May 28. 



Ran gp: LEY Notes. — The Northern Raven recorded in my 

 migration list was caught in a trap near a lumber camp in the woods. 

 Queer noises had been heard about the carcass of a dead horse. 

 The trap was set and was visited in the morning of May 15th, and 

 again at noon, when the bird was found caught in it. It was shot 

 and taken to the camp, where it was identified by some Swedes who 

 were familiar with this species. 



During the winter Redpolls and Pine Grosbeaks were fairly 

 common in this locality. I saw two male Pine Grosbeaks Oct. 31st. 



Birds came in large numbers March 29th and 30th, Juncos 

 being the commonest species. 



April 9th, when the great bird wave reached Boston, snow was 

 eight inches deep in the morning. It continued to snow until noon 

 April loth, when it was two feet deep. 



May 8th, I saw two Tree Sparroftvs singing. 



When the rock maples are in bloom I look for a big bird wave, 

 with large numbers of Warblers, which like to feed among the 

 maple blossoms. This usualh^ occurs about May 8th, but this 5^ear 

 the maples were not in blossom until'May i8th, ten days later than 

 usual. 



A year ago this spring I visited Sweet's pond in New Vineyard 

 and found eight species of water birds, including American Mer- 



