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JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



of especial interest from negatives of 

 previous years. TJie evening's en- 

 tertainment was a grand success and 

 netted the society $16 from admis- 

 sions. 



Saturday Morning. 



Meeting called to order at 10 

 o'clock by Pres. Spinney. 



Prof. Lane of the auditing commit- 

 tee reported that the treasurer's 

 books had been examined and found 

 to be truly and accurately kept. 



The same person on behalf of the 

 committee on nominations stated 

 that the committee had attended to 

 its duty and begged leave to report 

 as follows: Pres., Capt. H. L. Spin- 

 ney, of Seguin; Vice Pres., Prof. L. A. 

 Lee, Brunswick; Sec'y., and Treas,, 

 Wm. L. Powers, Gardiner; councillor, 

 Prof. A. L. Lane, East Fairfield; coun- 

 cillor, Ora W. Knight, M. Sc, Ban- 

 gor; editor, John Merton Swain, 

 Skowhegan. 



On motion of Mr. Norton the report 

 was accepted and Prof. Lane was au- 

 thorized to cast the ballot of the so- 

 ciety for these officers. 



On motion of Mr. Norton, Mr. 

 Noble of Augusta was elected asso- 

 ciate editor. 



Mr. Swain of the committee on res- 

 olutions submitted the following re- 

 port: 



Resolved, That the thanks of the 

 society are due and are hereby ten- 

 dered to Mrs. Powers for her kind- 

 ness to the members while in attend- 

 ance at this meeting; to the M. C. R. 

 R. for granting reduced rates, and to 

 the Gardiner members, and the public 

 who have helped to make our meet- 

 ings a success. 



The society thereupon voted to ac- 

 cept the report and instructed the 

 secretary to send copies to the per- 

 sons named therein. 



Prof. Lane, president of the Maine 

 Audubon Society, reported that there 

 were six local societies now in active 

 operation in the state. 



Mr. Norton on behalf of the com- 

 mittee on Audubon societies report- 

 ed that little had yet been accom- 

 plished in this direction by the Maine 

 Ornithological Society, and Pres. 

 Spinney reappointed the same com- 

 mittee to hold over another year. 



The committee is composed of the 

 following members: Chairman, A. 

 H. Norton, Westbrook; Prof., A. L. 



Lane, East Fairfield; Miss Edith 

 Boardman, Brunswick; Wm. L. Pow- 

 ers, Gardiner; Miss M. O. Barrell, 

 York. 



Mr. Noble, of the committee on 

 special work for the year submitted 

 the following: That a special com- 

 mittee be appointed to make an ex- 

 haustive study of the Maine Warblers 

 and print their report and findings in 

 the Journal, said committee to con- 

 sist of chairman, Ora W. Knight, Ban- 

 gor; J. M. Swain, Skowhegan; H. L. 

 Spinney, Seguin; W. L. Powers, Gar- 

 diner. 



Signed, F. T. Noble, Ch., 

 A. H. Norton, 

 A. L. Lane, 



Committee on Special Work. 



Mr. Norton of the committee on 

 New Draft of Constitution submitted 

 the following report : 



Constitution of the Maine 



Ornithological Society. 



Article I. 



Name and objects. 



Sec. 1. This society shall be called 



the Maine Ornithological Society. 



Sec. 2. The objects of this society 

 shall be, to promote the science of 

 ornithology in Maine, to encourage a 

 love for birds in her citizens, to stand 

 for the passage and enforcement of 

 wise and judicious laws for bird pro- 

 tection. 



Article II. 

 Members. 

 Sec. 1. The membership shall con- 

 sist of active, honorary, associate, 

 and corresponding members. 



See. 2. Active members shall be 

 residents of Maine actively engaged 

 in promoting the objects of the so- 

 ciety. 



hec. 3. Any person of eminence in 

 ornithology may be elected honorary 

 member. 



Sec. 4. Any person outside the 

 state willing to cooperate in the work 

 of the society may be elected corre- 

 sponding member. 



Sec. 5. Any person having a kindly 

 interest in birds may be elected as- 

 sociate member. 



Article III. 

 Officers. 

 Sec. 1. The officers shall be a Pres- 

 ident, Vice President, Sec'y., Treas- 

 urer, Editor, Associate Editor and 

 two Councilors, these officers to con- 



