THE JOURNAL OF 



T/ze cMaine Ornithological Society* 



a toartcrlv Journal of fIDainc ©rnitboloo^. 



" BIRD PROTECTION, BIRD STUDY, THE SPREAD OF THE KNOWLEDGE THUS 

 GAINED, THESE ARE OUR OBJECTS." 



VOL. YI. 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, JULY, 1904. 



NUMBER 3 



Z\)c riDaine ©rnitbolootcal 

 Socict\). 



Capt. Herbert L. Spinney, 



Popham Beach, Me.' 

 Prof. Leslie A . Lee, 



Brunswick, Me., 

 Prof. Wm. Powers, 



Gardiner, Me., 

 J. Merton Sw.ain, 



Skowhegan, Me. 

 Frank T. Noble, 



Augusta, Me., 

 Prof. a. L. L-4ne, 



Hinckley, Me., 

 Ora \V. Knight, M. Sc, 



Bangor, Me., 



President 



Vice-president 



Sec. and Treas 



Editor 



Asoc. Editor 



Councillor 



Councillor 



All subscriptions, business communications 

 and articles for publication should be sent to 

 J. Merton Swain, Editor and Business Manager, 

 Fairfield, Maine. 



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Ninth annual meeting to be held the Friday 

 and Saturday following Thanksgiving, 1904, at 

 Bangor, Maine. 



Entered as second class mail matter at Fair- 

 field, Me. 



BOitorial Cbat. 



We very much regret that owing to 

 reasons entirely beyond the editor's 

 control, we are late in getting out 

 this issue. 



It is our plan now to publish Mr. 

 Norton's papers on The Finches as a 

 separate, when they are completed. 

 It will be a very desirable and valu- 

 able paper and those wishing a copy 

 when issued, should notify the busi- 

 ness manager early, as the edition 

 will be limited. We shall probably 

 publish the papers on The Warblers, 

 also as a separate, when they are 

 completed, providing our financial 

 support is great enough to warrant 

 such a step. 



NOTES ON THE FINCHES FOUND 

 IN MAINE. 



By Arthur H. Norton. 



[ConcluJed from Vol. VI, p 47.] 

 Zonotrichia leiicophrys (Forst.) White- 



crowned, Sparrow. 



A migrant of irregular abundance 

 in spring and fall. Its route of mi- 

 gration to the Hudsonian province 

 lies to the westward of Maine, and 

 our present information* indicates that 

 it is considerably less common east of 

 the Penobscot Bay and River than in 

 western Maine. In the latter section 

 of the state it is not uncommon, but 

 is irregular in its seasons of abundance 

 or scarcity, and passes almost entirely 

 beyond our borders within the space 

 of a fortnight. While it breeds well 

 to the northward of Maine, there are 

 at least two recorded instances of its 

 occurrence here after the migration 

 has been performed. (Cf. Briggs, 

 Journ. Me. Orn. Soc. Ill, pp. 13-14, 

 and Swain 1. c. p. 14). 



*Cf. Bds.of Me.p. 98. 



