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Journal ' also. Slowly, but surely, it was enlarged and put on a better pay- 

 ing basis by increasing the advertising and enlarging the subscription list. 

 Mr. Swain was reelected for five consecutive years. At the close of Vol. 

 VI, owing to pressure of business, and the conviction that for that reason he 

 could not do justice to ' The Journal,' and to the fact that he was chosen 

 by Mr. Knight to serve on the committee to assist in writing ' The Revised 

 List of the Birds of Maine', Mr. Swain resigned the office of editor and was 

 elected secretary and treasurer. Mr. W. H. Brownson, of Portland, 

 was then elected editor by the society, and under his management ' The 

 Journal ' has continued to improve and increase in value and popularity. 

 Still greater improvements are in contemplation as fast as a larger list of 

 members and subscribers can be added. Many papers of interest, relative to 

 Maine birds, have been published from time to time. In Vol. V, No. 

 4, a series of papers, ' Notes on the Finches Found in Maine,' by Arthur H. 

 Norton, was begun. It was concluded in Vol. VI, No. 3. In Vol. VI, 

 No. 2, began a series of papers, 'Contributions to the Life Histories of the 

 Warblers Found in Maine," written by Mr. O. W. Knight and Mr. Swain, 

 and these are still being published in the current volume. For several years 

 the members have been making spring and fall migration reports. The 

 results have been tabulated by Mr. Dana W. Sweet, and published from 

 time to time in ' The Journal. ' The society at once became prominent in the 

 work of protecting the breeding colonies of sea-birds when the wave of 

 sentiment swept the whole country to stop the wanton destruction of birds 

 for plumage to adorn millinery. It at once responded to the call to 

 assist the A. O. U. committee on protection and the Audubon society 

 committee, rendering valuable aid. The adoption of the A. O. U. model 

 bird law by our state legislature was effected through the efforts of 

 our society. 



