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Published by the Society on the first of March, June, September and December 

 Vol. VII MARCH, 1905 No. 1 



Journal of the NihtK Annual Meeting of the Maine Ornithological Society. 



The ninth annual meeting of the Maine Ornithological Society 

 convened at Bangor, November 25-26, 1904, with headquartens at 

 the Penobscot Exchange. Friday afternoon, at 1.30, the members 

 repaired to the residence of Ex-President Ora W. Knight, and 

 spent the time until 3.30 in looking over his extensive collections. 

 Mr. Knight has, among other rarities, the first recorded specimen of 

 Holboell's Redpoll from the State, the first specimen taken and 

 known to be in existence in Maine of the Short-billed Marsh Wren, 

 the specimen of Cardinal which gives us the record for Maine, it 

 being the individual taken from a flock of three in Gardiner, 

 December 19, 1895, and the only specimen from the State which 

 does not seem to be an escaped cage bird. Mr. Knight also has a 

 very complete collection of eggs in sets of North American birds, 

 including a very full list of the Anatidae, with nests of down, and 

 skins of the Warbler and Sparrow families, with nests and eggs. 

 Among these the rarest find was the first recorded set of Yellow 

 Palm Warbler taken in the United States. Mr. Knight has devoted 

 much time to the study of Maine birds, and the nests and eggs 

 were gathered to aid in this work. A very complete collection of 

 Eepidoptera, including Hybrids reared by Mr. Knight, and many 

 minerals and botanical specimens, were also seen there. 



At 4.00 o'clock the members asseml)led at the rooms of Harry 

 Merrill to inspect his well preserved and neatly arranged collection 



