JOURNAL OF THE Maine Ornithological Society. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGISTS Issued every quarter on the first of March, June, September and December of each year Publication Office: 97 1-2 Exchange St., Portland, Maine. Editor, W. H. BROWNSON, Portland. Associate Editor, LOUIS E. LEGGE, Portland. Price, $1.00 per annum. Single Copies, 25 Cents. Address W. H. Brownson, 85 Market Street, Portland, Me.

The Maine Ornithological Society comprises in its membership the leading ornithologists and bird students of Maine. The membership is constantly increasing and the interest in the society was never greater than now. If you are interested in birds and wish to know more about them you should by all means send in your name for membership in this society. The dues are one dollar a year, and payment of this sum entitles each person elected to membership to the Journal free of charge. Application for membership should be made to the Secretary, Mr. Dana W. Sweet, Phillips, Maine. Mr. Sweet is also the treasurer and the annual dues should be paid to him. All persons, both young and old, are eligible to membership. It is not necessary for one to be versed in bird lore in order to insure his election to this society. The larger the membership the more can be done in the way of improving the Journal and increasing its size. Send in your name without further delay. The society will be glad to welcome you to its meetings, which are held once a year in different cities. The officers of the society are as follows:

President, Dr. H. H. Brock, Portland.

Vice President, J. Merton Swain, Farmington.

Secretary and Treasurer, Dana W. Sweet, Phillips.

Councillors, Walter H. Rich, Portland; Dr. William C. Kendall, Freeport.

Editor, W. H. Brownson, Portland.

Associate Editor, Louis E. Legge, Portland.

Hungarian or Gray Partridge.

(Perdix-cinerea)

From a Drawing by Walter H. Rich, Portland, Maine.