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Tlie Mi o[ TliG lie Onilliological Socieiy. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



'^hM protectioBj bird siudy^ the spread of tbeknowMge tbusffainedj these are our objects/' 



Vol. II. 



BANGOR, MAINE, JULY, 1900. 



No. 3 



Cbe maine Ornltbologlcal Society. 



Prof. W. L. Powers, Gardiner, - President 

 Capt. H. L. Spinney. Seguin, Vice-President 

 A. H. Norton, Westbroolv, - - Sec'y— Treas. 

 J. Merton Swain. Portland, - - - - j:ditor 

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

 O. W. IvNiGHT, Bangor, - - - - Councilor 



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The readers of our "Journal" will be 

 pleased to learn of the Suminer School 

 of Ornithology, held at East Parsons- 

 field, during July and August. Classes 

 will be personally conducted by Mr. and 

 Mrs. A. H. Norton of Westbrook. 

 These names are a guarantee of the 

 great pleasure and profit to be obtained 

 by the fortunate ones, who may be able 



to attend this school. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Norton are both very thorough, enthu- 

 siastic students of the birds, and we 

 envy those who may be so fortunate as 

 to spend their time so profitably in their 

 classes. 



It will also be a |)leasure to the mem- 

 bers, to attend tlie summer meeting of 

 the Maine Ornithological Society and 

 the Maine Botanical Society, both held 

 at East Parsonsfield, Maple Crest Hotel 

 for headquarters, on July Srd to 6th 

 included. A very pleasant time is 

 anticipated. 



We had the pleasure of a visit with 

 Brother Morrell at Pittsfield. early in 

 June. The birds received nearly every 

 moment of our time, and very pleasant 

 hours were spent witli the birds about 

 the Lake. We located a nest of Swain- 

 son's Thrush. This was the second 

 nest Mr. Morrell ever observed in his 

 locality. We also found that long- 

 looked-for nest of Dendroica virens. 

 Nests of Northern Parula Warbler were 

 also observed, and many other varieties 

 that were especially interesting to me. 



The "Condor" reaches us, full of 

 bright, breezy matter relating to Cal. 

 Ornithology. It fills a place left va- 

 cant by Taylor's Nidologist- The 

 "Cooper Club" is one of the liveliest, 

 wide-awake societies for the study of 



