THE WREN 3 
A bird supposed to be a Hoary Redpoll was seen in Cambridge 
about December 20 by Mr. H. W. Wright and subsequently by 
other observers. Mr. Wright believes that the bird may be an 
albino Redpoll, but the fact that he is lighter all over, with the 
black throat and red crown standing out conspicuously seems to 
preclude the albino theory. 
On December 24 two Razor-billed Auks, a Briinnichs Murre and 
several Black Guillemots were seen at Nahant by R. M. Marble 
and Barron Brainerd. 
A Razor-billed Auk, five Black Guillemots, a Kittiwake, three 
American Crossbills and about seventy Myrtle Warblers were seen 
at Rockport by Barron Brainerd and J. L. Peters on December 
28, 1908. 
‘The mummified remains of a Warbler which had become en- 
tangled in a burdock were found in the Arnold Arboretum by R. 
L. Creesy on January 9. As the bird is more or less faded 
identification has not yet been made. 
(A paper on the Birds of Jamaica Pond during the fall of 1908 
will appear in the next number, therefore all notes relating to the 
Pond birds have been omitted from this number.) 
HISTORY OF THE NORFOLK BIRD CLUB. 
On the first of December, 1905, several of us fellows, mostly 
students in the Brookline High School gathered at the Morse’s 
home, 76 Cypress Street. Our object was to form a club in which 
we were to have debates and discuss topics of interest. With this 
idea in mind we formed the Brookline Topic Club. We had 
meetings every Friday evening, but owing to lack of enthusiasm 
these meetings were rather unsuccessful. 
Since a majority of the members were interested in birds and 
nature, we decided on December 29, 1905, to change from the 
Brookline Topic Club to the Norfolk Bird Club. For some un- 
known reason the name was kept secret for over a year but at last 
this secrecy was abolished. Our object now was to study the birds 
and flowers of this vicinity. For many weeks we wrote papers, 
which we read at the meetings, on birds and flowers. In connec- 
tion with our interest in nature we kept a flower list, an animal 
