JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Voted that a committee consisting of 

 Prof. Powers, Prof. Lee and Prof. 

 Hitcbings be appointed to appear before 

 committees of the Maine Legislature to 

 whom bills are given which are of inter- 

 est to the Society. 



The subject of an official organ foi' the 

 Society was discussed at length. Pres. 

 Knight submitted a proposition for pub- 

 lishing a ten page quarterly journal for 

 the Society. On motion of Prof. Hitch- 

 ings voted to leave the subject in the 

 hands of the Executive Committee with 

 instructions to re[)ort in the afternoon. 



Adjourned to 2.30 P. M. 



After dinner the members availed 

 themselves of the invitation to visit 

 Colby College, and a ver}' pleasant and 

 profitable hour was spent in the library, 

 museum and other departments of the 

 College. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Called to order by Pres. Knight. 



The committee to whom was referred 

 the subject of bird study for the ensuing 

 year reported, advising that the family 

 of Swallows be added to the two already 

 under consideration. 



The report was accepted. 



Our special course of study for the 

 ensuing year will therefore be the Ducks. 

 Geese and Swans, the Swallows, and the 

 Thrushes and Bluebird. 



Members are requested to furnish as 

 complete reports on these species as pos- 

 sible at the next annual meeting. 



The executive committee to whom was 

 referred the subject of an official organ, 

 reported in favor of the proposition of 

 Pres. Knight. The report was accepted. 



On motion of J. C. Mead it was voted 

 that the paper published for the Society 

 be called "The Journal of the Maine 

 Ornithological Society". 



The names of Miss Rose Conroy, Fort 

 Kent, Miss Mary P. Rowland, Fort 

 Kent, and Miss Emma L. Hacker of 

 Westbrook were presented for active 

 membership and they were elected. 



On motion of Prof. Lee voted to ap- 

 point a committee on anatomy who shall 

 study the anatomy of such specimens as 

 may come before them and report at the 

 regular meeting. 



The committee consists of Prof. L. A. 

 Lee, Brunswick, Arthur 11. Norton, 

 Westbrook and Prof. E. F. Hitehings, 

 Waterville. Members having anatomi- 

 cal material which they do not intend to 

 use will confer a favor by foiwarding it 

 to some member of the committee. 



The attention of the Society was next 

 turned to tlie papers prepared to be read 

 at this time, which were as follows : 



Birds as Botanists. Prof. A. L. Lane, 

 Waterville. Bird-nesting with a Cam- 

 era. O. W. Knight, Bangor. Notes on 

 the Pileated Woodpecker. C. H. Morrell, 

 Pittsfield. Pres. Knight exhibited ar- 

 tistic photogi'aphs of nests and eggs, in 

 situ, to illustrate his paper. 



The committee on resolutions reported. 

 It was voted that the report be ac- 

 cepted and that copies of the resolutions 

 be forwarded to the persons mentioned 

 therein. 



Notes on the families studied by the 

 Society were given orally, and were of 

 much interest. Notes on the Thrushes 

 were given by Messrs. Knight, Hiteh- 

 ings, Mead, Lee, Swain and Morrell. 

 The Bluebirds, which were so decimated 

 by the severe winter of '94-'95 were re- 

 ported as increasing in all localities. 

 The Hermit Thrush was reported as 

 becoming less numerous in several lo- 

 calities, its place being taken by Wilson's 

 Thrush which is becoming more abun- 

 dant. Mr. Knight and Mr. Morrell each 



