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TLhe Zixnbevbooble. 



Vol. 1 1910 No. 1 



TPHE Timberdoodle is the official organ of the pro- 

 ceedings of the midnight smoker session of the 

 Gander Section of the Maine Ornithological Society. 

 It will be published from time to time as accumulated 

 manuscript will warrant. , All manuscript submitted 

 must first have been presented before the Gander Sec- 

 tion for their approval. All articles submitted must 

 be strictly anonymous. Copies may be obtained gratis 

 from any of the Ganders who were present. 



REMINISCENCES OF DR. ALLEN. 



(Scene: — Dr. Joel Asaph Allen sitting by his door looking into his 

 study fire at 10 P. M. and reflecting.) 



Dr. Joel Asaph Allen was sitting by his door, 

 Thinking of New England books he had reviewed 



of yore. 

 "If there was anything I liked, thought he, 

 It was to get a crack 

 At the young Maine Ornithologists 

 Who did not dare hit back. 



