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one new name the desired result would easily be attained. At pres- 

 ent the finances of the society are meager and it is a great effort to 

 get money enough together to pay for printing the Journal. 

 When interest in birds all over the State is so great as it is at pres- 

 ent, this condition ought not to exist. Will, not the members make 

 a special effort in this direction before the next annual meeting, 

 which is to be held in Portland, on the Friday and Saturday follow- 

 ing Thanksgiving Day ? All interested, whether members or not, 

 will be welcome at all the sessions of the society at that time. 



The most of our subscribers have paid for the Journal for the 

 present year, and our thanks are due to them for their promptness. 

 Those who have not already sent their cash should do so at once, as 

 money is needed to pay for printing the Journal. Several sub- 

 scribers are in arrears for two years or more and have not responded 

 to bills sent to them. It is hoped that all such may see their way 

 clear to pay the subscriptions which they owe and continue the 

 Journal on a cash basis. 



The contribution to the Journal, printed in the June number, 

 entitled "Articles Contributing Data Bearing upon the Canadian 

 Fauna in the Vicinity of Portland, Me.," should have been credited 

 to Mr. Arthur H. Norton, of Portland. His name was accidentally 

 omitted from the head of the article. 



The members of the Maine Ornithological Society desire to 

 extend to the President, Prof. Leslie A. I.ee, their heartfelt 

 sympathy on account of the recent loss of his son, who was drowned 

 by the upsetting of his boat near Seguin. The circumstances of the 

 accident were especially painful, and the subsequent quest for the 

 body by the bereaved father, made all who knew him mourn, 

 because so severe an affliction had fallen upon one who, they knew, 

 must feel it with exceptional keenness. 



