JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



TiniU' with our present method, every 

 effort should be put forth to so en- 

 large and popularize our papc^r that 

 the public will demand a share of our 

 blessings. If possible, a monthly 

 edition should be published, for the 

 lukewarm member will certainly lose 

 interest if our paper reaches him but 

 four times in the year. An added cir- 

 culation and monthly publication 

 would enable us to persuade adver- 

 tisers that its pages offered an effective 

 medium for reaching their patrons. 



Whatever we decide, however, in this 

 respect must not detract us from the 

 consideration of increasing our mem- 

 bership list for its own sake. I have 

 already suggested what seems to me 

 a possible way of doing this. If it 

 meet with your approval, you will take 

 such action as you deem expedient. 



Another matter that should be at- 

 tended to at this meeting is the con- 

 sideration of another "List of Maine 

 Birds," that shall embody all our 

 present knowledge of the subject. 

 Much has bean learned in the three 

 years that have elapsed since Mr. 

 Knight's book was published, and were 

 this not so, the fact that the first 

 edition has been exhausted, is suffi- 

 cient reason for another edition and 

 consequent revision. I hope to see a 

 committee to take this matter in 

 charge. 



I think much benefit would result to 

 all, if we should decide also on the 

 date of our next annual meeting. 

 When the appointmc nt is left to the 

 council, they, in trying to suit all, find 

 that different interests clash. The lo- 

 cation may well be left to their dis- 

 cretion. We can not tell where any 

 of us will be one year from today, but 

 those who are alive and well on that 

 date, if they have decided to attend at 

 all, can go to Bangor or Augusta as 

 well as to Lewiston or Portland. 



With confidence in our integrity, and 

 with an appreciation of the importance 



of our mission, I welcome you one and 

 all to this, our fifth annual meeting. 

 And to you, citizens of Lewiston, who 

 have come tonight to learn what our 

 society has been doing the past year, I 

 extend a hearty welcome. I sincerely 

 hope that some of you may see fit to 

 become members of the Maine Ornith- 

 ological Society, and cast your influ- 

 ence with us in the matter of better 

 Bird Protection. 



WM. L. POWERS, 



NOTES FROM CARBIOU, MAINE. 



The writer spent the first two weeks 

 of August, 1898, at Caribou in North- 

 ern Aroostook County. Caribou is 

 about on a parallel with Quebec, Can., 

 and its fauna seems to be almost 

 wholly Canadian, with a slight tinge 

 of the Hudsonian. 



The birds observed were as follows: 



1. Totanus solitarius. Solitary Sand- 

 piper — A few of these birds were seen 

 between the 8th and the 12th of Au- 

 gust, flying past overhead. They ap- 

 peared to be migrating in a south- 

 westerly direction. 



2. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sand- 

 piper — A few of these birds were seen 

 along some of the small pebbly 

 streams. Most of those seen were sin- 

 gle birds, but occasonally a pair was 

 found. 



3. Accipiter atricapillus, American 

 Goshawk — On the 6th of August, 

 some wet woods, an immature bird of 

 while watching for a chipmunk in 

 this species flew past me with a loud 

 scream and alit on a small tree, about 

 six feet from the ground. The bird 

 was secured, and seemed to be qui to 

 young, as, though full grown, its feath- 

 ers still retained a few downy tips. 



