Ube Journal ot 



TJhe 9/faine 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. 

 I 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, OCTOBER, 1902 



NUMBER 4. 



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/l&aine * ©rnttbological 

 Society. 



WILLIAM L. POWERS, Gardiner, President. 

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

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

 ,1. MERTON 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 

 be accompanied by stamps for reply. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



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 sertion. 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. 



JBoitorial Cbat. 



With this issue, we are publishing 

 a list oi members of our Society. Our 

 list of active members is quite satis- 

 factory, but the list of associates is 

 not what it ought to be. As our next 

 annual meeting is to be held in Port- 



land, we ought to have a large at- 

 tendance, and ought to add at least 

 one hundred new names to our list 

 of associates. 



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Sec'y Norton writes us that the 

 outlook for the annual meeting in 

 Portland on November next is very 

 promising. We ought to have out a 

 larger attendance than at any previous 

 meeting, and the public attendance 

 will probably be the largest we have 

 ever enjoyed. A very interesting pro- 

 gram is assured. 



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It was a sad surprise to most of our 

 members and friends of our late fellow 

 member, Bro. Clarence H. Morrell of 

 Pittsfield, that his death occurred so 

 soon after his return North. But few 

 realized that his death was so near. 

 While we all realized he was slowly 

 failing, we did not look for the end 

 so early in the summer. Even I, who 

 had seen him for a few moments on 

 nearly every third week after his ar- 

 rival home, could not realize he was 

 to be taken from among us so soon. 

 Three weeks before his death, I called 

 to see him and saw he had failed very 

 fast since the trip before. He talked 

 cheerfully and as I took my leave, he 

 said, "Well. Merton, call to see me on 

 your next trip, I think I shall be here 

 then." How little did I realize that 

 on three weeks from that day he 

 would be no more! Yet, he realized 

 his stay was to be, at the most, but a 



