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A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of Birds 



Vol. XII Published June 1, 1910 No. 2 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 a year; 25 cents a copy 



The Maine Ornithological Society comprises in its membership the leading 

 ornithologists and bird students of Maine. The membership is constantly in- 

 creasing and the interest in the Society was never greater than now. If you are 

 interested in birds and wish to know more about them you should by all means 

 send in your name for membership in this Society. The dues are one dollar a 

 year, and payment of this sum entitles each person elected to membership to the 

 JouRNAi, free of charge. Application for membership should be made to the 

 Secretary, Mr. Dana W. Sweet, Phillips, Maine. Mr. Sweet is also the Treas- 

 urer and the annual dues should be paid to him. All persons, both young and 

 old, are eligible to membership. It is not necessary for one to be versed in bird 

 lore in order to insure his election to this Society. The larger the membership 

 the more can be done in the way of improving the Journ.\l and increasing its 

 size. Send in your name without further delay. The Society will be glad to 

 welcome you to its meetings, which are held once a year in different cities. 



On the twenty-first of June, 1910, Hon. J. W. Brackett, of 

 Phillips, Maine, was promoted by Governor Bert M. Fernald to 

 the position of chairman of the State Commi.ssion of Inland Fish- 

 eries and Game. 



While a Commission of Fisheries and Game had existed in 

 Maine between the years 1867 to 1895 (as appears by the reports of 

 the office), in 1895 two commissions were created, one of Sea and 

 Shore Fisheries, and that of Inland Fisheries and Game. 



Of the latter commission, Mr. Brackett will on the first of July, 

 1 9 10, become the third chairman, succeeding Hon. I^eroy T. 

 Carleton, of Winthrop. Mr. Brackett became a member of the com- 

 mission by the appointment of Governor William T. Cobb, in 1904, 



