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first, then the lower note, G sharp, came after. The volume 

 was light, and the song seemed feeble, considering the size of 

 the singer. During the past winter, I have seen a greater 

 number of winter visitors than ever before. Red Crossbills and 

 Siskins were abundant during the fall, while Redpolls, Pine 

 Grosbeaks and White-winged Crossbills were common during 

 the winter. To these I must add, for this immediate vicinity, 

 a flock of ten Cedarbirds which wintered here and still remain, 

 feeding on juniper berries, which are plentiful. 



Ned Dearborn, Durham, N. H. 



EDITORIAL. 



We are pleased to notice that The Maine Sportsman is 

 awakening interest in bird protection among its readers by 

 vigorous editorials upon that subject. As a magazine in the 

 interest of Maine sportsmen, or anj^ .sportsmen who desire 

 genuine .sport, it is invaluable. Its high standard of excellence 

 is constantly maintained. 



In another place there is a call for notes on migration 

 which it is very important that every reader of this paper 

 should heed and comply with. The time covered by this call 

 has never been carefully worked over for any considerable 

 space of country, but it is the time above all others which is 

 worthy of careful attention. Address all letters to Oberlin, 

 Ohio, as heretofore. 



It has been necessary to cut this issue down to twenty- 

 four pages instead of twenty-eight, as first planned, due 

 largely to the increse in the number of pages of the two 

 preceding numbers — 30 and 81. The time which would nor- 

 mally have been given to the solicitation of copy was largely 

 demanded by the increase of work which fell to the editor's 

 lot on account of sickness in the teaching force of his de- 

 partment. 



Bird-Lore continues to su.stain its high standard, under the 

 editorship of Mr. Frank M. Chapman, as a magazine which 

 not only champions the cause of the birds from a logical and 

 proper view point, but also continues to encourage the u.se of 

 the camera in the .study of the birds by concretely illustrating 



