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JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



by A. M. Shields. Other interesting 

 articles appear. The Bulletin is very 

 neatly printed and is a credit to the 

 Club. 



HiRD-LoRE, a bi-monihly magazine 

 edited by Frank M. Chapman and pub- 

 lished by the Macmillan Co. is the latest 

 venture in the field of popular ornithol- 

 ogy, the first number appearing in 

 February. Its purpose will be to 

 emphasize the study and protection 

 of birds, also to serve as a medium of 

 communication for the various Audubon 

 Societies of which it is the official 

 organ. The Audubon Department 

 is edited by Mrs. Mabel Osgood 

 Wright. In addition to the general 

 articles there are departments entitled, 

 "For Teachers and Students," "For 

 Young Observers," and "Notes from 

 Field and Study." The first number 

 contains short articles by well known 

 writers, and is illustrated with some ex 

 cellent bird photographs. Typograph- 

 ically, the magazine leaves little to be 

 desired. There is a wide field for a 

 magazine with the purpose of this and 

 we wish it the success it merits. 



The date on which the Prairie Horned 

 Lark reached Pittsfield was Jan. 24th, 

 instead of Jan. 4th as appeared in our 

 last issue. The promise of this early 

 bird has not been fulfilled as no moi'e 

 have been seen to date — Mar. 4th. 



Two small flocks of Horned Larks 

 were seen between Orono and Bangor 

 on March 10th. As no specimens were 

 obtained it would be impossible to say 

 which variety they were referable to, 

 though I am strongly inclined to believe 

 they approached 0. a. praticola in color 

 and markings. O. W. K. 



Linnseus's Earlier Name of the Scarlet 

 Ibis. 



ARTHUR H. NORTON. 



In both editions of the A. O. U. 

 Check-List of North American Birds, 

 GuARA RUBRA (Liun) is cited accord- 

 ing to the name applied in ihe twelfth 

 edition of Syst. Nat., or Tantalus ruber 

 Linn. S.N.ed. 12, I. 1766, 241. As 

 a matter of fact it should stand : 

 GuARA RUBRA (Linn.) 



Scolopax rubra Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 

 I. 1758, 145. 



The diagnosis and the references are 

 nearly identical in both instances. It is 

 also a matter of note that the type of 

 Reicheubach's genus Guara must now 

 stand Scolopax rubra Linn, instead of 

 Tantalus ruber Linn, as cited according 

 to Check-Lists. 



Unusual Nesting Site of the Chimney 

 Swift. 



Before the chimneys of civilized man 

 furnished a safe and convenient nesting 

 site, the Chimney Swift nested in hollow 

 trees and in crevices in cliffs. Now, 

 they have so completely adopted the 

 site which civilization furnished, that it 

 has not only given them their name, but 

 we have become so used to their nesting 

 in chimneys that any other site is regard- 

 ed as unusual. 



Occasionally, however, they depart 

 from the conventional manner of nest- 

 ing. A number of liests have been re- 

 ported that were found in barns, attach- 

 ed to the boards or rafters after the 

 manner of nests of the Barn Swallow. 



