JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 55 



The week of Jul}' 8th to 15th, Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 

 of the National Association of Audubon Societies, was in Maine, 

 making a tour of inspection of the colonies of birds which the Asso- 

 ciation has been guarding by wardens. Mr. Pearson was accompan- 

 ied by Mr. Arthur H. Norton, of Portland. With a week of excellent 

 weather, the trip was pushed without interruption, and all of the 

 important colonies were visited. In general, the condition of the 

 colonies was found to be excellent. Mr. Pearson's report, together 

 with his impressions of Maine bird life, which will appear in the 

 annual report of the Audubon Society in Bird-Lore for November- 

 December, will be of much interest to all, and especially to New 

 England readers. 



The autumn meeting of the New England Federation of Nat- 

 ural History Societies will be held at Lawrence, Mass. (R. R. 

 station, North Lawrence), Friday and Saturday, September 29 and 

 30, in connection with the societies of Lawrence and Andover. A 

 Natural History exhibition, to which all persons interested are 

 invited to contribute, will be open all day Friday and until noon on 

 Saturday, at the vestry of the Unitarian Church, corner of Jackson 

 and Haverhill Streets. The collections of the Lawrence Natural 

 History Society will also be open to visitors at their rooms in the 

 Central Building. 



Friday evening at 8 o'clock there will be a public meeting of 

 the Federation at which the natural history of the water and sewage 

 of Lawrence and Andover will be discussed. 



Saturday afternoon the meeting will be in Andover. Visits 

 will be made to the "Indian Ridge," a gravel hill near the town, 

 and to the Archaeological Museum of Phillips Academy. 



Circulars are to be had of J. H. Emerton, Secretary, 194 Clar- 

 endon St., Boston. 



