Zhe journal of 



Z>/ie fTfaine Ornithological Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



"BIRD PROTECTION, BIRD STUDY, THE SPREAD OF THE KNOWLEDGE THUS GAINED, 

 THESE ARE OUR OBJECTS." 



VOL. IV. 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, APRIL, 1902. 



NUMBER 2. 



Ube 



/IDaine * ©rnitbologtcal 

 Society. 



is still working on the 

 Maine birds. 



new list of 



WILLIAM L. POWERS, Gardiner, President. 

 CAPT. H. L. SPINNEY, Seguin, Vice President. 

 A. H. NORTON, Westbrook, Secretary— Treas. 

 .1. JIERTON SWAIN, Fairfield, Editor. 



PROF. A. L. LANE, Waterville, Councillor. 



ORA W. KNIGHT, Bangor, Councillor. 



All subscriptions, business communications and 

 articles for publication should be sent to J. Mer- 

 ton Swain, Editor and Publisher, Fairfield, 

 Me. 



All communications requiring an answer must 

 lie accompanied by stamps for reply. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



50 cts. per year. Single copies 15c. 



Advertising rates, 25 cts. per inch, each in- 

 »crtion. Nothing inserted for less than 25 cts. 



Seventh annual meeting to be held 

 the Friday and Saturday following 

 Thanksgiving, 1902, at Portland, Me. 



Entered as second class mail matter, 

 Fairfield, Me. 



]£ tutorial. 



The April weather we have had in 

 March has brought the birds back to 

 us more than two weeks earlier than 

 usual. 



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We are publishing in this issue, a 

 photo of our ex-President Ora W. 

 Knight M. S. of Bangor. Mr. Knight 



Bro. Norton wishes to conduct a 

 systematic study of the bird migra- 

 tion in the State, under the auspices 

 of the society, the results to be tabu- 

 lated for publication in the Journal. 

 Will all, who are willing to co-operate, 

 send to A. H. Norton, Westbrook, Me. 

 for blanks and thus aid him in a 

 State migration report? 



Guy H. Briggs of Livermore sends 

 the follownig arrivals: Feb. 26, Crows: 

 Feb. 28, Bluebird; March 1, Robins: 

 March 7, Song Sparrows; March 7, Red 

 Shl'd. Hawk; March 11, Fliker; 

 March 1.3, Red-wing Blackbird. These 

 are unusually early arrivals. He also 

 states: "Associate members are not 

 very plenty." 



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We wish to call the attention of our 

 readers to some of our ads. which ap- 

 pear in this Number. You will note 

 some very reasonable prices on bird 

 books and magazines in Benj. Hoag's 

 ad. If you need a Chapman's Hand- 

 book or anything obtainable, we be- 

 lieve he can save you money. Should 

 you send for Lattin's lists, you would 

 be sure to find something you would 

 want. Webb of Rochester lists some 

 rare works on Ornithology and his 

 prices are right. In fact, we know all 

 our advertisers to be thoroughly reli- 

 able. 



