I06 JOURNAL OF MAINK ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Birds from a Car Window Again, bj^ Lynds Jones, with editorials 

 and field notes. 



Bulletin No. 2 of the Vermont Bird Club. — The annual 

 Bulletin of the Vermont Bird Club, issued July, 1907, gives a com- 

 prehensive account of the ornithological work in that state during 

 the past year. There are general articles on Birds of Windham and 

 Bennington Counties, by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport; Problems 

 of the Vermont Bird Club, by Carleton D. Howe; Nesting of the 

 Winter Wren, by G. H. Ross; Our Thrushes and Their Songs, by 

 Miss Isabel Paddock; Notes from a Bird Table, \>y Miss Marion 

 Dole; A Warbler (Uiest, by Emily L. and Susan E. Clark; Some 

 Bird Acquaintances, by Emma E^. Drew; Report of the New Eng- 

 land Federation, by Miss Delia I. Grifhn. 



Portland Birds. — During November and December, 1906, 

 there was an unusual number of Red-breasted Nuthatches in the 

 woods around Portland. Tliis year tlie bird is no more plentiful 

 than usual. September 22nd, three individuals of the American 

 Pipit were observed near Grand Beach. The same day a Jaeger, 

 probably Pomarine, was seen chasing Gulls near Pine Point. On 

 the same day also, on a sand bar in the same locality, a flock of about 

 two thousand Terns had gathered to rest during their migration 

 journey. Myrtle Warblers are common all through the latter days of 

 November. A small number of these birds have wintered at Cape 

 PUizabeth for the past four years, and the same section of country 

 will be carefully watched the coming winter. Great flocks of Red- 

 breasted Mergansers have been in the bay at Pine Point at different 

 times this fall. The gunners report an abundance of game birds 

 along the shores and marshes. November 17th, among the Snow 

 Buntings and Horned Larks at Pine Point, several birds were seen 

 which were doubtless Lapland Longspurs, though they were not 

 fully identified, since they were seen only on the wing. This 

 locality will be searched later for the purpose of making sure of the 

 presence of this bird. November 17th, a Greater »Scaup Duck was 

 seen to fly from the bay to a fresh water pond half a mile from the 

 shore. Twice it tried to alight, but was prevented by thick ice; 

 later, in disgust, it returned to the salt water. 



Portland, Nov. 22, 1907. W. H. Brownson. 



Errata. — Vol. IX, The Journal, page 81, sixteenth line, 

 for India read Indian; seventeenth line, for astern read eastward; 

 twenty-first line, for Cabscook read Cobscook. 



