JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



We have seen several flocks of Gold- 

 finches in Knox, Lincoln and Kenne- 

 bec counties. Large flocks 01 Snow- 

 flakes are also common. A robin was 

 feeding beside the shore of the lake at 

 Liberty on Thanksgiving morning. 

 The night previous was very cold and 

 windy, yet he seemed as bright and 

 cheery as though he had just returned 

 in the spring. An American Creeper 

 was seen creeping on the trunk of a 

 large elm in Waterville on Dec. 30th. 

 I also saw a small flock of Red Cross- 

 bills in Knox Co. late in NovemDer. 

 Mr Briggs reports the Pine Grosbeak 

 quite common in Livermore, in Frank- 

 lin Co., late in November. I saw sev- 

 eral flocks of them while in Farming- 

 ton on December 28th-30th. Also a 

 small flock in Waldo Co. on January 

 2nd. 



From a recent letter from Broth- 

 er Morrill dated at Southern Pines, 

 North Carolina, we are pleased to 

 learn that he is still improving in 

 health and expects to do some work 

 among the birds in the coming spring. 



THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 

 OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGI- 

 CAL SOCIETY. 



The sixth annual meeting of the 

 Maine Ornithological Society was held 

 in the office of the Commissioners of 

 Inland Fisheries and Game, Augusta, 

 Maine, November 29-30, 1901. 



The meeting was called to order at 

 3.30 P. M.. Nov. 29, by the President 

 William L. Powers of Gardiner. 



The president delivered his annual 

 address which appears in full in the 

 "Journal," Vol. 4, No. 1. Jan. 1902. 



The report of the financial officers 

 followed and showed that the cost of 



the work of publication, mailing, and 

 efforts at protection had exceeded the 

 dues and other revenues. 



Messrs. Homer R. Dill and A. P. 

 Larrabee both of Gardiner were ap- 

 pointed auditors. 



The recommendations of the presi- 

 dent were then taken up for consid- 

 eration and were disposed of as fol- 

 lows: 



The matter of a change of name for 

 the "Journal" was discussed and laid 

 upon the table until the next business 

 session of this meeting. 



The matter of increasing the dues of 

 members and price of the Journal was 

 committed to Messrs. A. H. Norton of 

 Westbrook, J. M. Swain, Waterville 

 and C. C. Spratt of North Bridgton. 



The subjects, of associate member- 

 ship and Audubon Society were com- 

 mitted to Messrs O. W. Knight of Ban- 

 gor and C. C. Spratt of North Bridg- 

 ton. 



The matter of publishing the new 

 list of Maine Birds was committed to 

 Messrs. O. W. Knight of Bangor, A. 

 P. Larrabee of Brunswick and Prof. L. 

 A. Lee of Brunswick. 



Nomination of officers for the ensu- 

 ing year was committed to Messrs. O. 

 W. Knight, Bangor, H. R. Dill. Gardi- 

 ner and G. H. Briggs of Livermore. 



Resolutions to Messrs. Larrabee. 

 Brunswick, Dill, Gardiner, and Swain, 

 Waterville. 



After these matters Dr. C. E. Nor- 

 ton of Auburn and John P. Chadwick 

 of Saco were admitted to membership, 

 and the session adjourned until 8 P. 

 M. 



Evening session was held in Repre- 

 sentatives Hall, at 8 P. M. with Presi 

 dent Powers in the chair. 



After a brief introduction by the 

 President. Prof. L. A. Lee of Bowdoin 

 College took the floor and gave an 

 exhibition of about eighty new lan- 

 tern slides of birds, their nests, eggs, 

 young and views illustrating their 



