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without further delay. If they really desire a Journal of this kind, 

 now is the time to give a practical indication of their will. vShall 

 we have a goodly list of new members and subscribers at once ? 



The present number of the Journal is somewhat larger than 

 the June number is likely to be, on account of the long and very 

 interesting report of the annual meeting furnished by Mr. Powers. 

 The article on Ducks by Mr. Noble is timely and well written, 

 being the most valuable contribution relating to this family of water 

 birds that has recently appeared in Maine. Mr. Swain's contribu- 

 tion on the Mourning Warbler will be read with pleasure by every 

 member of the society, not less by those who have searched in vain 

 for this species than Vjy those who have been fortunate enough to 

 find it, either as a summer resident or rare migrant. Mr. Clark 

 gives us some idea of the fine additions he has been making of late 

 to a collection that is beginning to be pretty well known all over the 

 State. 



A Sharp-shinned Hawk has been visiting the city limits of 

 Portland tliis winter. He was seen a numl)er of days prior to tlie 

 5th of February, by several trustworthy observers. On that date he 

 was fully identified, as he sat on a low bough of a maple tree on the 

 Brow^n estate, on the Western Promenade. Two weeks later he was 

 still there, and was apparently settled down for the winter. So far as 

 known there is no record of this Hawk wintering in Maine, but it is 

 not uncommon in Massachusetts during cold weather. As a matter 

 of fact, southern New England has for the past two or three years 

 experienced more severe extremes of weather than Maine, which 

 may in a measure account for the frequency of summer birds 

 remaining as far north as this in winter. 



The note of Mr. Powers relative to the Dovekie has l)een read 

 with interest by the editor, from the fact that about the same date a 

 bird of this species was caught on the Cape shore after a great 

 storm and brought to his residence. It was kept alive over night, 



