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All of Mr. Boardinan's rare and accidental takes up to the date 

 of publication of "A List of the Birds of Maine," in 1S97, were care- 

 fully looked up by Mr. Boardman, and I hold his written statement 

 to the effect that his records as given there are correct and complete, 

 and that all records of specimens not actually taken in Maine have 

 been correctly and properly eliminated and the reason therefor set 

 forth. All authors are therefore cautioned not to quote any records 

 from Washington county and the adjoining portions of British terri- 

 tory and waters which have been made previous to 1.S97 without 

 first ascertaining whether or not they are made on the authority of 

 Mr. Boardman, and if so and of specimens which are rightly entitled 

 to record as birds of Maine they wall be found by reference to "A 

 lyist of the Birds of Maine." 



O. W. Knight. 



TKe Spirit of tKe Woods. 



The spirit of the woods shuts down 



Upon the heart of man, 

 Spellbinding with its solitudes 



That deeper mysteries span. 

 Spellbinding by its whispering trees, 



Their wavering interludes 

 Ajoining with the singing stars 



In mystic solitudes. 



Ajoining with the singing stars 



That shine above its breast. 

 While deep within its underworld 



A spirit sits possessed, 

 Possessed by daydream glories, 



And loving the solitudes, 

 And knowing no other spirit 



But the spirit of the woods. 



-C. R. W. 



