Ube journal ot 



uhe j//aine Ornithological Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



"Bird Protection, Bird Study the Spr ead of the Knowledge Thus Gained, 



These Are Our Objects." 



VOL. V. 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, OCT. 1903. 



NUMBER 4. 



Hbe /iDatne ©rnitbolooical 

 Society 



CAPT. HERBERT L. SPINNEY, 



Popham Beach, Me., 

 PROF. LESLIE A LEE, 



Brunswick, Me., 

 PROF. WW. POWERS. 



Gardiner, Me., 

 J MERTON SWAIN, 



Skowhegan,, Me., 

 PROF. A. L. LANE, 



Waterville, Me, 

 OR A W. KNIGHT, M. Sc. 



Bangor, Me-, 



President. 



Vice-President. 



Sec'y- and Treas. 



Editor. 



Councillor. 



Councillor. 



All subscriptions, business communica- 

 tions and articles for publication should be 

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

 lisher, Fairfield, Maine. 



All communications requiring an answer 

 roust be accompanied by stamps for reply. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



50 cts. per year. Single copies 15c. 



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Eighth annual meeting to be held 

 the Friday and Saturday following 

 Thanksgiving, 1903, at Gardiner, Me. 



Entered as second class mail matter 

 at Fairfield, Me. 



Eoitorial Cbat. 



Owing to a typographical error, in 

 the article on "The Capture of a Gold- 

 en Eagle," in the July number, the 

 weight of Mr. Nash's eagle was given 

 as 52% pounds. This would be a very 



large eagle. I at once wrote Mr. Nash 

 for the exact weight of the bird, but 

 owing to an extended trip South, I was 

 not able to get the exact weight. 

 Twelve to fifteen pounds would, we 

 believe, be a heavy eagle. 



We are pleased to announce that we 

 are beginning a paper on the finches, 

 by Mr. Arthur H. Norton, in this issue. 



Mr. Norton, it is well known is an 

 authority on this interesting family, 

 having devoted a great deal of time to 

 the study of these birds. We feel cer- 

 tain that our readers will hail this first 

 paper with pleasure, and be anxious to 

 have the succeeding papers which will 

 be continued in Vol. VI. 



Bro. Mead reports, under date, Oct. 

 18. — "Large flocks of pine siskins here 

 at No. Bridgton. The first I have seen 

 since 1878." 



NOTICE. 



The eight annual meeting of the 

 Maine Ornithological Society will be 

 held in Gardiner, (not Bangor as previ- 

 ously arranged) on Friday and Satur- 

 day following Thanksgiving. The 

 meeting will be called to order in room 

 1 of the High School, at l.bO. The Fri- 

 day afternoon meeting will be devoted 

 to the business of the society. Friday 

 evening, there will be a lecture to 

 which the public is cordially invited. 

 Saturday forenoon will be devoted to 



