JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 21 



Slif Journal 

 Mm\i y ©rnttluiUuural iwtrtit 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of Birds 



Vol. XIII Published March, 1911 No. 1 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: SI. 00 a year; 25 cents a copy 



The Maine Ornithological Society comprises in its membership the leading 

 ornithologists and bird students of Maine. The membership is constantly in- 

 creasing and the interest in the Society was never greater than now . If you are 

 interested in birds and wish to know more about them you should by all means 

 send in your name for membership in this Society. The dues are one dollar a 

 \ ear, and payment of this sum entitles each person elected to membership to the 

 JOURNAL free of charge. Application for membership should he made to the 

 Secretary, Mr. Dana W. Sweet, Phillips, Maine. Mr. Sweet is also the Treas- 

 urer and the annual dues should be paid to him. All persons, both young and 

 old, are eligible to membership. It is not necessary for one to be versed in bird 

 lore in order to insure his election to this Society. The larger the membership 

 the more can be done in the way of improving the JOURNAL and increasing its 

 size. Send in your name without further delay. The Society will be glad to 

 welcome you to its meetings, which are held once a year in different cities. 



It has been found necessary to hold the report of the proceed- 

 ings of the November meeting- of the society until a later issue of 

 the Journal. 



The indexing- of the first twelve volumes of the Journal has 

 been carried out, and is now about ready to he put in form of manu- 

 script, therefore the completion of the work is practically assured. 



A considerable number of ornithological publications and 

 nature magazines have been received, but mention must he deferred 

 to a later time. 



During the current session of the legislature, upwards of one 

 hundred and twenty-three bills, petitions and other matters have 

 been referred to the committee on Inland Fisheries and Game. 

 Of these about a dozen relate in one way or another to birds. 

 .Space for a discussion of these is not now available, but it is gratify- 

 ing to note that the greater part of these are progressive. On the 

 other side we are reminded, by inquiring into the cases, that those 

 persons asking for the passage of retrogressive measures are insist- 

 ent to the last degree. It is pleasant to remark that the committee 

 is one from which excellent results on the side of progress are to be 

 expected. 



