8 JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Our mailing list now shows an income which, if promptly col- 

 lected, would assure well filled pages and prompt distribution to 

 subscribers. That much effort has been made to collect the arrears, 

 and with what success, will be shown by the treasurer in his report. 

 Some measure should be adopted, so that in the future no arrears 

 ma}^ appear on the mailing list. 



The contributions to the life history of species of the Warblers of 

 our State that have lately appeared in the columns of our Journal 

 with others that are to follow, and the notes on the Finches found in 

 Maine, should elicit the commendation of every ornithologist, and 

 fully recompense every name upon its subscription list. 



The supply of application blanks for membership and copies of 

 our constitution have been exhausted for some time. New ones 

 should l)e prepared in such form as shall be recommended. An 

 effort should also be made to supply the executive committee with 

 society stationery. A design for an emblem to be used on the 

 publications and stationery of the society has been submitted for 

 approval and a change in the design advised. This should also 

 receive attention. 



A very important question to be settled is how shall we publish 

 the new list of the birds of Maine. At a former meeting, held at 

 Portland, authority was given Mr. Ora W. Knight to prepare such 

 a list, the same to be published under conditions specified by the 

 society. The list is now ready for publication, and such action 

 should be taken as will at once enable the author to reap the reward 

 of his well-earned merits. 



An effort should be made at the next legislature to secure pro- 

 tection for the few Eider Ducks that now breed on our coast. The 

 only Ducks of that species now breeding in the United States are 

 limited to a small area in Jericho Bay, and unless the few pairs that 

 are known to breed there are protected we cannot long claim them 

 as breeding on our coast. 



After such laws are secured the question of warden service in 

 many localities is a consideration. While many of the school- 

 teachers of the State are doing much toward bird protection in the 



