Gbe 3ournal of 

 Xj/ie TTfaine Ornithological Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



"Bird Protection, Bird Study the Spread of the Knowledge Thus Gained 



These Are Our Objects." 



VOL. V. 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, JANUARY, 1903 



NUMBER 1. 



Uhe /l&aine ©rnitbological 

 Society 



CAPT. HERBERT L. SPINNEY , 



Popham Beach, Me., 

 PROF. LESLIE A. LEE, 



Brunswick, Me., 

 PROF. WM. POWERS. 



Gardiner, Me., 

 J. MERTON SWAIN, 



Augusta, Me., 

 PROF. A.L.LANE, 



Waterville, Me-, 

 ORA W. KNIGHT, M. 8c 



Bangor, Me-, 



President. 



Vic-President. 



Sec'y. and Treas. 



Editor. 



Councellor. 



Counsellor. 



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 sent to J.. Merton Swain, Editor and Pub- 

 lisher, Augusta, Maine. 



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Seventh annual meeting to be held 

 the Friday and Saturday following 

 Thanicsgiving, 1903, at Bangor, Me. 



Entered as second class mail matter 

 at Fairfield, Me. 



Editorial Cbat. 



This issue marks the beginning of 

 Vol. V. We have reasons to feel en- 

 couraged in very many ways. We are 

 gaining in membership, slowly but 

 surely. We are adding new names to 



our subscription list, constantly, and 

 the public are beginning to realize that 

 we stand organized for a purpose, and 

 are accomplishing some of the results 

 to be desired. Our 7th annual meet- 

 ing was much more satisfactory than 

 any held previously. A much deeper 

 interest was shown at this meeting, 

 than heretofore. Already we have 

 some very interesting material for our 

 Journal, that promises to make it an 

 improvement over Vol. IV. We shall 

 strive to give our readers about twen- 

 ty pages of interesting matter in each 

 issue. The migration reports will be 

 continued and promises to be of inter- 

 est. Our exhibition of Lantern slides 

 at the meeting proved a greater suc- 

 cess than ever before. The lecture 

 room was full to overflowing and the 

 public went to their homes well pleas- 

 ed with the exhibition. 



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We were very much pained to learn 

 of the death of Chester Barlow, editor 

 of The Condor. The official organ of 

 the Cooper Ornithlogical Club of Cal. 

 on Nov. 6. His charming letters will 

 be missed by his numerous friends and 

 correspondents. We extend our deep- 

 est sympathy to the Cooper Club boys 

 for this great loss which they have 

 sustained. 



We had the pleasure of Dr. Kendall's 

 of the U. S. Fish Com. at Washington, 

 D. C, attendance at our annual meet- 



