Zbc journal ot 



TJhe 9/faine Ornithological Societi/. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



•BIRD PROTECTION, BIRD STUDY, THE SPREAD OF THE KNOWLEDGE THUS GAINED. 

 THESE ARE OUR OBJECTS." 



VOL. III. 



FAIRFIELD MAINE, OCTOBER, 1901. 



NUMBER 4. 



ITbe 



/IC>aiue ^ ©rnitholoiiical 

 Society. 



WILLIAM L. POWERkS, Gardiner, President. 

 OAPT. H. L. SPINNEY, Seguin, Vice President. 

 .\. n. NORTON, Westbrooli, Secretary— Treas. 

 .1. MEHTON SWAIN, Fairfleld, Editor. 



I'KOF. A. L. LANE, Watefville, Councillor. 



OKA W. KNIGHT, Bangor, Councillor. 



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 ton Swain, Editor and Publisher, Fairfield, 

 .Me. 



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.Sixth annual meeting to bo held the Friday 

 and .Saturday following Thanksgiving, 1901, at 

 State House, Augusta. 



Complaint is sometimes made by 

 our members and i-eaders that they 

 have not received their copy of the 

 Journal. Parties not receiving their 

 copy would do the Business Manager a 

 favor by writing to him, stating that 

 he has not received his copy, and an- 

 other copy will be gladly forwarded. 



As the date of our next Annual 

 Meeting has been a fixed certainty, 

 during the entire year, it is to be hoped 

 that each and every member will lay 

 his plans to be in attendance. We 

 need the combined efforts of the so- 

 ciety. We hope to see a large number 

 of our members and greater enthu- 

 siasm than at any of our previous 

 meetings. 



JEMtorials. 



The journal goes to press late this 

 issue, on account of a delay in getting 

 the program for the annual meeting 

 to be held Friday and Saturday follow- 

 ing Thanksgiving. And also has the 

 issue been delayed waiting for manu- 

 script needed for this issue. Every ef- 

 fort will be made to have the Janu- 

 ary uumber out in good season. 



Mr. Carleton called my attention to 

 a newspaper article stating that the 

 fishermen were claiming that the gulls 

 were destroying quantities of the 

 young lobsters, which come to the sur- 

 face while changing their shell. There 

 is absolutely nothing in this claim, 

 and Mr. Dutcher, writing on this sub- 

 ject says he has considerable evidence 

 to submit to the next meeting of the 

 A. O' U., that the gulls are insectivor- 

 ous to a certain extent. This claim, 



