J O U RIN A L 



OF THE 



Maine Ornithological Society. 



OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGISTS. 



Issued every quarter on the first of March, June, September and December of each year. 



Publication Office: 97 1-2 Exchange St., Portland, Maine. 



Send renewals and matter for publication to the Journal of the Maine Ornith- 

 ological Society, 22 Elm St., Portland, Me. 



Price, $1.00 per annum. Single Copies, 25 Cents. 



OFFICERS 



President, J. Merton Swain, Farmington. 

 Vice-President, Dr. William C. Kendall, Freeport. 

 Secretary and Treasurer, Dana W. Sweet, Phillips. 

 Councillors, Jed F. Fanning, Portland; Dr. A. h. Chase, 

 Bangor. 



CONTENTS. 



A Study of Two Chickadee Families, 



Fifteenth Annual Meeting', 



Henry A. Purdie, 



Mark Young, 



Editorials, 



Recent Publications, 



Bird Notes, 



Pape 



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