JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



"Be it resolved by the Maine Ornith- 

 ological Society that thanks are due 

 and are hereby extended to the Maine 

 Central Railroad for the reduction of 

 rates. 



To Col. E. C. Stevens for admission 

 into the State House, and to Hon. L. 

 T. Carleton for the use of the Fish 

 and Game Comissioners room and to 

 these and other officials for the many 

 courtesies extended to the society dur- 

 ing the course of the meetings. 



To Frank T. Noble for his kindness 

 in throwing open his excellent and in- 

 teresting collection to the inspection 

 of the members. 



To Miss Hodgdon for her kindness 

 in taking a stenographic report of 

 Prof. Stanton's lecture so that it may 

 be published in the Journal." 



Voted to adopt the report, place the 

 same upon the records of the society, 

 send a copy to each person named 

 therein, and to the local dailies. 



Voted to commit the matter of an 

 associate editor to the President, Sec- 

 retary and Editor. 



Voted to request the council to con- 

 sider the matter of holding a special 

 meeting in April or in the summer. 



The reading of papers was begun, 

 the first being entitled "One Yellow 

 Warbler Family", by Homer R. Dill, 

 read by Prof. W. L. Powers. The second 

 paper was by Mr. J. Merton Swain, en- 

 titled. "A Ramble in the Woods in 

 May." The next was "A Trip to 

 MuscoDgus Bay, Maine, July 4-5. 1901," 

 by Herbert L. Spinney; in the absence 

 of the author it was read by Arthur 

 H. Norton. 



The committee to consider the pub- 

 lication of the new list of Maine Birds 

 through the chairman, Mr. Knight, 

 read the following report: 



"Committee on Publication of List, 

 recommend that the List include a 

 map showing the faunal areas and 

 also a brief summary of the distribu- 

 tion of each species in the State. 



Recommend that two editions of the 

 'List' be prepared one of which sholl 

 have blank pages bound, interleaved 

 and the price shall be 50 and 75 cents 

 respectively. 



Recommend that advanced subscrip- 

 tions for the "List" shall be secured 

 by advertising in the Journal and by 

 other means, and the publication shall 

 be withheld until sufficient money shall 

 be assured to pay expenses of the 

 same. 



Recommend that Mr. Knight be al- 

 lowed fifty copies of the "List" with- 

 out expense to him, as a recompense 

 for labors of preparation and publica- 

 tion. 



It seems to be unwise to undertake 

 the publication of an "Introduction to 

 Ornithology" in the present financial 

 condition of the Society; but in view 

 of the fact that such a publication 

 would be of inestimable value in advanc- 

 ing the study of Ornithology in the 

 State, it is recommended that Prof. 

 Powers be requested to prepare and 

 print such a work, to be published at 

 his expense, the profits therefrom to 

 be his. 



It is believed that such a work to- 

 gether with our List would form an 

 admirable manual of Maine birds. 



It is recommended that both works 

 be advertised and sold together. Signed 

 by the full committee. 



Voted to adopt the recommendation 

 of the committee. 



Prof. J. Y. Stanton of Bates College 

 was then called to the floor, and he 

 gave a most pleasing talk upon birds 

 which was listened to with great in- 

 terest. The subject was a general one, 

 bearing upon the structure of birds, 

 the beauty of birds, their flight, songs, 

 utility, and intelligence. 



Miss Hodgdon of the Fish and Game 

 office, very kindly took a stenographic 

 copy of the lecture, which, therefrom, 

 will appear in a number of the cur- 

 rent volume of the Journal. 



