JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL, SOCIETY. 



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Sept. 5th. — "One hundred birds 

 killed on- light. Mostly Md. yellow- 

 throat, parula and pine warblers, Am. 

 redstart, savanna sparrows and water- 

 thrush. One sora rail. A hock of 

 pigeon hawks followed this flight of 

 birds." 



Sept. 25th. — Brown creeper, white- 

 throated sparrows, yellow-bellied sap- 

 sucker, ruby-crowned kinglet, savanna 

 sparrow and vesper sparrow, bluebird 

 pigeon hawk and Am. bittern. One 

 robin on light, first one noticed on 

 glass by keepers for seven years." 



sept. 27th. — "Myrtle warblers on 

 light." 



May 13, 1895. — Read-headed wood- 

 pecker, male bird. First one I ever 

 saw in flesh." 



31st. — "Large flight of birds on the 

 light." 



July 19. — "Black-billed cuckoo on 

 the light. 



20th. — "Leach petrel on light." 



25th. — "Spotted sand-pipers on light. 

 P^irst ever noticed by keepers." 



Aug. 28th. — "Black and white and 

 Md. yellowthroat warblers, ruby-crown- 

 ed kinglet, linnet and water-thrush, 

 redstart, song sparrows. Young rose- 

 breasted grosbeak killed on light." 



Sept. 6. — "Four red-belied nuthatch 

 on light." 



Sept. 7. — Savanna sparrow, Md. 

 yellowthroat, and water-thrush on 

 light." 



Sept. 11. — "Forty birds on light. 

 Two-thirds of them savanna spar- 

 rows." 



Sept. 13.— "Md. yellowthroat on 

 iight." 



^ept. 22. — "Hermit thrush killed on 

 light. Also white-throated and song 

 sparrows on light." 

 Mch. 30 1896.— Turtle-dove seen." 

 Apr. 8. — Ipswich sparrow, first I ever 

 saw to know." 



May 6, 1896.— Leach petrel on 

 light." 



May 9. — "Two savanna sparrows and 

 Md. yelowthroat on the light." 



May 10. — "Black-throated green 

 warbler on the light." 



May 11.— "Oven-bird, black-throated 



green warbler and goldfinch on light." 



June 16. — "English sparrow. First 



one I ever saw south of Bath. I took 



good care that it did not return.'' 



Mch. 11, 1897.— "English sparrows. 

 They have located at Popham Beach 

 for the first time. Shall make it hot 

 for them.' 



Mch. 23.— 12 P. M— "Four song 

 sparrows on lantern." 



Apr. 7. — "Cloudy and rainy, wind 



northeast. Two fox sparrows, two 



juncos # and one song sparrow on light." 



Apr. 10.— "Saw blue jay, the first I 



ever saw on the island." 



Apr. 11.— 3 A. M— "Dark and rainy, 

 wind east. Three juncos, fox and chip, 

 ping sparrows on lantern. During the 

 day, saw Wilson's snipe and northern 

 shrike." 



Apr. 14.— "First redwing blackbird 

 seen on island by me." 



Apr. 20. — "Wind northwest and very 

 cold. Found a barn swallow nearly 

 frozen. When I tried to catch it, it 

 would let me almost put my hand on it 

 when it would fly a short distance and 

 light on the ground with wings extend- 

 ed in a very exhausted manner." 



Apr. 29. — 2 A. M. — "Four myrtle 

 warblers and three song sparrows on 

 lantern. When I was going from light 

 to my dwelling, a myrtle warbler flew 

 against the lantern I was carrying in 

 my hand. From that it flew against 

 *the side of the woodshed which was 

 painted white, struggling against it as 

 the birds do when on the glass of the 

 light." 



May 1.— 3 A. M— "Wind southeast, 

 cloudy and misty. Black-throated 

 green, yellow palm warblers, rusty 



