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along toward November before the bulk have withdrawn from the 

 State. I have seen a few near Bangor as late as November 15th, 

 but this is rather exceptional. 



During the fall months they enter city gardens and orchards, 

 climb over the roofs and along the gutters of houses, peering into 

 every nook and cranny. They hover on beating wings about such 

 crannies of the clapboards and finish where they may have spied 

 some delicious, big fat spider, chrysalis or other delectable morsel, 

 and such finds are speedily devoured. Now peering, now hovering, 

 and now springing into the air after some winged insect, they stop 

 about a building for a few hours or days, slowly but surely retreat- 

 ing southward, until at last one day in late October or early Novem- 

 ber they are with us still and the next dawn they are not to be 

 found, nor do we see them until another spring has come. 



Members of the Maine Ornithological Society should know that 

 on account of the non-payment of dues the financial condition of the 

 Society is not by any means satisfactory. If each member would 

 send in his or her dollar, there would be a comfortable balance in 

 the treasury, instead of an embarrassing deficit. The dues are one 

 dollar a year, and the cash should be forwarded to the treasurer, 

 Mr. J. Merton Swain, Skowhegan, Maine. Will not every member 

 make a prompt effort to remit the sum due, and thus put the Society 

 on the desired footing ? Many subscribers to the Journal are also 

 in arrears, and it is desired that they forward their subscriptions at 

 once to the editor, W. H. Brownson, Portland, Maine. The sub- 

 scription is but 50 cents a year. 



