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occurrence and status of the Meadowlark in Maine, I venture to 

 submit the following dates: 



The first time I observed the Meadowlark was in the spring of 

 1898, at Manchester, Maine. Apparently it was then a new bird to 

 the locality, though it appeared in some numbers that season, and 

 evidently bred there. Since then it has been a regular summer 

 resident in that part of Kennebec County, and, though not abundant, 

 would certainly be called a common bird in our meadows. The only 

 nest I have seen was in a slight depression in ground in the open 

 mowing field, and when I found it, about July loth, contained five 

 eggs. The young birds leave the nest during the later part of hay- 

 ing, and from that time till their migration in October old and young 

 usually feed about the fields in groups of one brood each, though 

 during the last month of their stay several broods frequently join 

 forces, making small flocks of a dozen or fifteen birds each. 1 have 

 the following dates for its appearance and dissappearance: 

 First Seen. Last Seen. 



March 19, 1903, 



March 30, 1905, 



March 15, 1908, 



March 19, 1909, October 12, 1909. 



I have never seen the Meadowlark in or around Brunswick, 

 though I have looked for it the past two seasons. — Alton S. Popt\ 

 Brunsicick^ A/c. 



Meadowlark at Farmington, Me. — I have seen the 

 Meadowlark here quite frequently during the past three or four 

 years. I saw eight in one flock and five in another. This was after 

 the young were large enough to fly. This spring I saw my first 

 Meadowlark the nth of April. — H. W. Jewell, Farmingto7i, Me. 



Baltimore Oriole uses Same Nest Year after Year. — 

 I have read in some bird book that this bird makes a new nest every 

 year, never using the same nest but once, but to my certain knowl- 

 edge a pair used a nest three years that I know of and perhaps 



