JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 5 



to report as follows : For President, Prof. L. A. Lee, of Brunswick ; 

 Vice-President, Dr. H. H. Brock, of Portland ; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, John Merton Swain, of Skowhegan ; Editor, Frank T. 

 Noble, of Augusta; Councillors, Capt. H. L. Spinney, of Seguin ; 

 Ora W. Knight, of Bangor." 



On motion of Mr. Powers, voted to accept the report. 



On motion of Mr. Norton, voted to instruct Mr. Knight to cast 

 the ballot of the society for these officers. He did so, and the per- 

 sons named in the report were declared by the chair elected. 



Mr. Ellis, of the committee on resolutions, reported as follows : 



Be it Resolved, That the thanks of the society are due and 

 are hereb}- tendered to Mrs. Ora W. Knight for her hospitality to 

 members in attendance on this meeting ; to the Maine Central and 

 Bangor & Aroostook Railroads for reduced rates ; to the School 

 Board of Bangor for the tender of the audience room of the High 

 vSchool for our afternoon meeting ; to Professor Drew, of the Uni- 

 versity of Maine, for the use of his lantern and his services in run- 

 ning it ; to Mr. Knight, Manly Hardy and Harry Merrill for the 

 opportunities to examine their extensive collections. 



And be it further Resolved, That these resolutions be spread 



on the records of the society, and a copy sent to the persons named 



therein. 



Hiram Ellis, 



J. Merton Swain, 

 Wm. L. Powers. 

 On motion of Mr. Swain the report was adopted and the reso- 

 lutions accepted. 



Professor Lee, of the auditing committee, reported that they 

 had examined the accounts of the treasurer and editor, and found 



them correct. 



Prof. L. A. Lee, 



Miss M. P. Ridley. 



On motion of Mr. l^llis, voted to accept the report. 



The matter of the emblem for the society was then brought up 



by Mr. Powers, who exhibited specimens of the design submitted by 



