JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



committ.Jc on legislation to ^et a new 

 law enacted at the present session oi' 

 the legislature. No pains will be 

 spared to get this change, which the 

 committee has recommended. Mr. 

 Wm. Butcher of New York, and Dr. 

 Palmer of the Biological Survey, at 

 Washington, have very kindly volun- 

 teered to come to Augusta to meet the 

 legislative committee and make a plea 

 for the enactment of the changes 

 needed. 



It is with the deepest regret that we 

 learn of the death of one of our old- 

 est and best knowa members, Hon. 

 C^oige A. Boardman of Cilais, in his 

 eighty-third year.. Mr. Boardman was 

 a life long naturalist, and has contrib- 

 uted much to Ornithological lore. He 

 WaS an honorary member of our So- 

 ciety and contributed a very interest- 

 ing pap 'r, "How I Became a Natural- 

 ist," which was read at one of our 

 annual meetings. His collection of 

 birds and animals numbered nearly six 

 tliousand specimens. These were of- 

 fered to his native city, if they would 

 build a suitable building for thi m. 

 His offer was not accepted, and his 

 collection was sold to the government 

 of New Brunswick. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING OF THE MAINE ORNITHO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The fifth annual meeting of the 

 Maine Ornithological Society was held 

 in the Dingley Training School Oak 

 street, Lewiston, Maine, Dec. 21 and 

 22, 1900. 



The first session, a public one, was 

 called to order Dec. 21, 1900, at 8 P. 



M., with President William L. Powers 

 or Gai diner in the chair. 



After the meeting was called to or- 

 dDr, Professor Powers gave liis presi- 

 denti:I addrtss. 



Piofctscr Leslie A. Lee was then in- 

 troduced, who gave an exhibition of 

 about eighty lantern slides illu- 

 strating birds and their nests. These 

 had been chiefly made by Professor 

 Lee from negatives furnished him by 

 members of the Society. 



The following members gave re- 

 maks as their slides were shown: A. 

 H. Norton, J. M. Swain, Messrs. Swain 

 and Knight for C. H. Morrell; Mr. 0. 

 W. Knight, Professor Le;^ for Capt. 

 Spinney, and Mr. Everett E. Johnson. 



In the abcence of the author. Homer 

 R. Dill, riofessor William L. Powers 

 read a paper entitled "A Brown Peli- 

 c:in in Captivity." 



The bird had been captured alive in 

 a weir at Mt. Desert and forwarded 

 loi- the State Museum. 



The business session was called to 

 order Dec. 22, at 9 A. M., with Presi- 

 dent Powers in thi' chair, and all 

 members of the council, with the ex- 

 ception of Vice-President Spinney, 

 present. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows' 



Nominating Committee — Professors 

 Lane, Lee and Stanton. 



Resolutions — Messrs. Knight, Swain 

 and Jolinson. 



On motion of Mr. Knight, the Soci- 

 ety voted to continue the study of the 

 Warblers another year. 



On the recommendation of Mr. 

 Johnson, William F. Burbank was ad- 

 mitted to membership; and on the re- 

 commendation of President Powers, 

 Hon. Leroy T. Carelton was admitted. 



The majority of the members of the 

 Council present urged the Society to 

 determine the tim.e and place for the 

 next annual meeting. 



