April 1901 Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society,

April 1901 issue of The Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society, a quarterly journal published at Fairfield, Maine.  Approximately 9" x ", with pages running from 17 to 28.

See the July 1901 issue here.

The journal contains interesting articles about Maine bird watching and a few advertisements from Maine and beyond.  

Officers of the Maine Ornithological Society
William L. Powers, Gardiner, President
Capt. H. L. Spinney, Seguin, Vice President
A. H. Norton, Westbrook, Secretary-Treasurer
J. Merton Swain, Waterville, Editor
Prof. A. L. Lane, Waterville, Councillor
Ora W. Knight, Bangor, Councillor

Other names mentioned on the page above:
Mr. Dutcher
Dr. Palmer
Mr. Carleton
Mr. Mead
Prof. Lee
Prof. Powers
A. H. Norton

Place names mentioned on the page above:
Liberty, Maine
Alna, Maine

Names, places and species mentioned on the page above:

• Capt. Spinney of Seguin Island, "The most lonesome, dreary winter he has ever spent on the island"; Snowflakes, Horned Grebes, Pintails, Baldpates at Popham Beach, Song Sparrow
• Mr. Ruthven Deane of Chicago, president of the Illinois Audobon Society
• Bar Harbor, Maine (where a brown pelican was discovered) and Castine, Maine (where the pelican had escaped from a ship from South America)
• [Mrs. W. H.] Augusta Gardiner of Bucksport, Maine; Philadelphia Vireo, Crested Flycatcher, Mourning Dove, Cape May Warbler, Solitary Vireo; Bobolink
• North Bridgton, Maine

Names, places and species mentioned on the page above:

• Mrs. Mead of North Bridgton, Maine: Bob White
• N. C. Brown
• Bro. Spinney
• James Carroll Mead of North Bridgton, Maine
• Androscoggin County: multi-page article about various Warbler species; Black and White Warbler

• Black and White Warbler
• F. A. Garcelon of Lewiston, Maine: Nashville Warbler
• Buckfield, Maine: Nashville Warbler
• Lisbon, Maine: Nashville Warbler
• C. D. Farrar; found Tennessee Warbler at South Lewiston, Maine
• C. D. Farrar; found Northern Parula Warbler at Wales bog at head 
• of Sabattus Pond
• Green Bog at head of Sabattus Pond: Northern Parula Warbler

• W. F. Burbank; found a Cape May Warbler at Lewiston, Maine
• Lisbon Centre; Yellow Warbler nest
• C. D. Farrar; found a Black-Throated Blue Warbler nest near Lewiston, Maine
• Lewiston, Maine; Myrtle Warbler
• Lewiston, Maine; Magnolia Warbler
• Lisbon Centre; Chestnut-Sided Warbler

• W. F. Burbank at Lewiston, Maine; Bay-breasted Warbler
• C. D. Farrar at Lewiston, Maine; Bay-breasted Warbler
• Lewiston, Maine; Blackburnian Warbler
• Lewiston, Maine; Black-throated Green Warbler
• Lewiston, Maine; Pine Warbler

• Sabattus Pond, Sabattus, Maine; Ovenbird
• Lewiston, Maine, Ovenbird
• Sabattus, Maine; Maryland Yellowthroat
• Greene, Maine; Canadian Warbler
• Lisbon Centre, Maine; American Redstart
• F. A. Garcelon, near Lewiston, Maine; American Pipit
• W. F. Burbank, at Sabattus Pond: American pipit
• Everett E. Johnson of Lewiston, Maine

• Chimney Swift
• Eave Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Bobolink
• Grackles
• Swallows
• Scarlet Tanager
• Red-shouldered Hawks
• Hermit Thrush
• Wilson's Thrush
• White-crowned Sparrows
• Mr. Briggs
• C. H. Morrill of Pittsfield, Maine
• J. M. Swain; text of a talk on the American Bittern [fascinating!]

• H. P. White; his book "Our Birds, Their Nests and Eggs"
• Crested Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Wood Pewee
• American Bittern

• American Bittern
• Westbrook, Maine; American Woodcock

• Woodfords [Portland], Maine; American Woodcock; Loggerhead Shrike; Duck Hawk at Presumpscot River
• J. Merton Swain; text of a talk on Woodpeckers read before the Summer meeting at East Parsonsfield, Maine
• Farmington, Maine
• Wilson Stream
• Cape May Warblers; Bay-breasted Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Winter Wren, Solitary Vireo, Pine Siskins; Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers; Hairy Woodpecker; Downy Woodpeckers

• J. Merton Swain of Woodfords, Maine, on his outing near Farmington, Maine; Flickers, White Breasted Nuthatch; Red Breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jays, Red Shouldered Hawks
• Farmington, Maine; Loggerhead Shrike
• Manly Hardy; Black Gyrfalcon

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• Benjamin Hoag, books
• James P. Babbitt of Taunton, Massachusetts: supplies for the Naturalist and Taxidermist; 
• J. Merton Swain at Waterville, Maine: back issues of The Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society
• American Ornithology
• Homer R. Dill, State Taxidermist, Gardiner, Maine