Qhc Journal ot 



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, JANUARY, 1902. 



NUMBER 1. 



ahe * flDairte ■«• ©rnitbological 



Societp. 



WILLIAM L. POWERS, Gardiner, President. 

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

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

 J. MERTON SWAIN, Fairfield, Editor. 



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



OEA W. KNIGHT, Bangor, Councillor. 



future issues and we feel certain our 

 readers will be anxious to have Vol. 

 IV complete. Capt. Spinney's paper, 

 treating on recent observations among 

 certain of our rarer sea birds will soon 

 appear. We feel positive our old sub- 

 scribers will await its appearence with 

 much anticipation. There are many, 

 not now subscribers, who certainly 

 ought to have this valuable contribu- 

 tion. 



All subscriptions, business communications and 

 articles for publication should be sent to .T. Mer- 

 ton Swain, Editor and Publisher, Fairfield, 

 Me. 



All communications requiring an answer must 

 be accompanied by stamps for reply. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



50 cts. per year. Single copies 15c. 



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

 sertion. Nothing inserted for less than 25 cts. 



Seventh annual meeting to be held 

 the Friday and Saturday following 

 Thanksgiving, 1902, at Portland, Me. 



We are enclosing in this issue a re- 

 newal blank, showing each subscriber 

 when his subscription expires. We 

 hope to receive your renewal promptly 

 and that you may be able to send us a 

 new subscriber. With a little effort 

 on your part you can aid us in enlarg- 

 ing our paper to a bi-monthly, with 

 illustrations. By so doing you will 

 confer a favor upon your friends, as 

 well as upon our society, and thus 

 aid us in a good and just cause. Let 

 us hear from you. 



JEoitorial. 



With Vol. IV, the society votes to 

 raise the subscription price to 50 cts. 

 The Journal will be issued quarterly, 

 and we shall endeavor to give our 

 readers their money's worth in valuable 

 contributions to Maine Ornithology. 

 Several papers, which were read at 

 the annual meeting will appear in the 



We are enclosing, also, a subscrip- 

 tion blank to Mr. Knights new list, 

 (see ad in this issue.) All those hav- 

 ing the old list will be very anxious 

 to obtain this new list. It will be a 

 work, complete in itself, of much value 

 to all who are interested in the birds 

 of the extreme northwest. The sooner 

 the required subscriptions come in, 

 the sooner this list will be ready for 

 distribution 



