Tlie Joonal of Tlie laine Ofnilliolopel Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



^^Bird protectioiij bird study, the spread of the knowledge thus ffSLinedj these are our objects/' 



Vol. I. 



BANGOR, MAINE, APRIL, 1899. 



No. 



Cbe IHalrje Ornithological Society. 



O. W. KxiGHT, M. S.. Bangor, - - President 

 Wm. L. Powers, Gardiner, - Vice-President 

 L. W. RoBBixs, Gardiner, - - Sec'y— Treas. 



C. H. MoRRELL, Pittsfield. Editor 



Prof. A. L. Lane, Waterville. - - Councilor 

 Capt. H. L. Spinney, Seguin, - - Councilor 



All sul)scriptions and business communications 

 should be sent to O. W. Knight. Publisher and 

 Business Manager, Bangor, Maine. 



All articles for publication must be sent to the 

 Editor. 



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SUBSCRIPTION. 



25 Cts. per Year. Single number. 10 Cts. 

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Most of the articles in The Auk, 

 Vol. XVI., No. 1, are somewhat tech- 

 nical, though one, "A Chapter in the 

 Life of the Canada Jay," by Oscar B. 

 Warren, gives a glimpse of the home 

 life of these birds whose nesting habits 

 are still so little known as to possess the 

 charm of rarity. Four photographic 

 plates add to the value of the paper. 

 The colored plate figures two of the 

 Seaside Sparrows • and illustrates an 

 article on the group by F. M. Chapman. 



The report of the 16th Congress of 

 the A. 0. U. is given, also the extensive 



report of the A. O. U. Committee on 

 Bird Protection, a valuable document 

 showing what has been already done 

 and pointing out many things that need 

 to be done for the better protection of 

 our birds, Tli^e report will be printed 

 separately and furnished at cost to be 

 distributed as a tract in the interest of 

 bird protection. 



The Ninth Sui)plement to the A. 0. 

 U. Check-List appears in this numlier. 

 A number of new species and subspecies 

 are added to the Check-List and many 

 changes in nomenclature are made, 

 quite a number of which affect Maine 

 birds. Our Pileated Woodpecker and 

 Flicker become subspecies and appear 

 as the Northern Pileated Woodpecker, 

 Ceophlieus pileatus abieticola Bangs, and 

 the Northern Flicker, Coloptes auratus 

 luteus Bangs. 



The Cooper Ornithological Club of 

 California commences the new year by 

 publishing its own official organ, a six- 

 teen page bi-mouthly Bulletin. C. 

 Barlow is Editor-in-Chief and H. R. 

 Taylor and H. Robertson, Associate 

 Editors. The first number contains a 

 half-tone portrait and sketch of the life 

 of Dr. Jas. G. Cooper in whose honor 

 the Club was named, by W. O. Emerson. 

 An article of very general interest is 

 "Nesting of the Fulvous Tree Duck," 



