JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 27 



Notes and observations upon bird life within our State are earnestly desired from all our readers 

 for publication in this column, and should be sent to the Associate Editor, Frank T. Noble, Augusta, 

 Maine. 



The Hooded Warl)ler, taken for the first time in Maine by Mr. 

 Samuel T. Dana, of Portland, and reported by Mr. Brownson in the 

 October Journal and the January Auk, has been placed in the 

 Bowdoin Colle.t^e collection. 



A REDHEADED WOODPECKER IN ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. 



The Redheaded Woodpecker {inclancrpcs cryfluoccplhilus) is 

 such a rare bird in Maine that its occurrence here seems worthy of 

 note. To W. R. Ivane, of Mechanic Falls, we are indebted for 

 particulars concerning one observed by him July lytli last, and on 

 subsequent days for nearly two weeks, during which the bird was 

 frequently seen near his residence, on Kim Street. 



The bird apparently had no mate, and after finisliing his visit 

 disappeared as mysteriously as he came. 



THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK AS A DESTROYER OF POTATO BUGS. 



Mr. E. K. Johnson, of Hast Hebron, writes interestingly to the 

 Journal concerning the avidity with which the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak {zanielodia eudovicia?ia) devoured the larvae of the Colo- 

 rado potato beetle on his premises last summer. 



Two pairs of these beautiful birds made themselves decidedly 

 busy day after day gleaning these noxious slugs from his own and 

 a neighbor's potato vines, doing immeasurable good. 



Surely on such evidence we must vote them not only orna- 

 mental but extremely useful, and the utmost protection must be 

 afforded these charming choristers. 



MYRTLE WARBLER (DENDROICA CORONATA) NOW A WINTER RESIDENT OF MAINE 



Myrtle Warblers spent the winter at Cape Elizabeth in 1903-4, 

 that being the first record of these birds actually staying so far north 

 all winter. This winter I have been keeping close watch of the 



