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Many of the inhabitants of Androscoggin County are 

 greatly interested in its birds. Probably there are more 

 bird-lovers in it than in any other county of New Eng- 

 land in proportion to the number of inhabitants. For 

 this reason alone it is very desirable that we have a cat- 

 alogue of the birds that may be seen in the county. Since 

 I knew of no one more capable of making such a cata- 

 logue than Miss Carrie E. Miller I suggested the idea to 

 her. In whatever she undertakes Miss Miller is one of 

 the most energetic and persevering persons with whom I 

 am acquainted. She has acquired her remarkable famil- 

 iarity with the birds of this county in the early morning 

 and late afternoon, for while she has been studying the 

 birds she has been employed every day as a clerk in one 

 of our city banks. Miss Miller has been greatly aided in 

 her favorite pursuit in possessing an ability to distinguish 

 the notes and songs of birds such as few possess. I ought 

 to add that there is much more in Miss Miller's pamphlet 

 than a mere catalogue of birds. 



