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Tlie \mA ol Tlie laine Onilliological Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



^'&rc? protectioiij bird study^ the spread of the knowledge thus gsLinedj these are our objects/^ 



Vol. I. 



BANGOR, MAINE, OCTOBER, 1899. 



No. 



Cbe niaine Ornitbolosical Society. 



- - President 

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

 L. ^Y. KOBBixs, Gardiner, - - Sec'y— Treas. 



<J. H. MoRUELL, Pittsfield, Editor 



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

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



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

 Business Manager, Bangor, Maine. 



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 Editor. 



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(SSitoriat. 



The mouth of August was of especial 

 importance to some prominent members 

 of our Society. 



On the fifth, at Westbrook, occurred 

 tlie marriage of Mr. A. H. Norton and 

 Miss Emma L. Hacker, both members 

 of the Society. 



In Bangor, on the 14th. Mr. O. VV. 

 Knight and Miss Minnie G. McDonald 

 were united in marriage. 



To both couples we extend congratu- 

 lations and best wishes. 



The Next Annual Meeting. 



The next annual meeting of the Maine 

 Ornithological Society will be held in 

 the Searles Biological Laboratory, Bow- 

 doin College, Brunswick, on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, Dec. 26 and 27, 1899. 

 The railroads will doubtless grant a 

 special rate to those wishing to attend 

 the meeting. Arrangement for this will 

 be made later and members will receive 

 due notice. 



Prof. Lee, in behalf of Bowdoin Col- 

 lege, extends a cordial welcome to all, 

 and it is hoped every member will en- 

 deavor to be present, and all are invited 

 to prepare a paper to be read at that 

 time. 



Reports on the Anatida?, Hiruudini- 

 dae and Turdidse, the families selected 

 for special study, will be read. 



These are common species and each 

 member should have some note to con- 

 tribute to the common fund. Every 

 note, however small, is of value, and 

 lack of extensive notes should not pre- 

 vent members from contributing what 

 they have. These notes should be 

 written so that they can be brought to- 

 gether and arranged for publication. 

 Especial attention might be profitably 

 given to the Wilson's and Hermit 

 Thrushes. The former is rapidly dis- 

 placing the latter in many places with- 

 out apparent reason. 



