2 THE WREN 
of our members saw a bird on the water which was soon identified 
as a Horned Grebe. Off a stony beach we saw four more Guille- 
mots and a few Old-squaws. When we got to Devereux beach 
we started two shore birds, one a Killdeer and the other a Sander- 
ling. As the Killdeer was the first any of us had ever seen we 
spent some time in watching him. 
We then walked along the shore towards Swampscott, making 
occasional stops to look at various ducks, usually Old-squaws. 
At Beach Bluffs we decided to lunch. While we were thus engaged 
a flock of about twenty Canada Geese flew over and when these 
were gone we spent some time in watching three Loons and a 
Holbeell’s Grebe. 
After finishing our lunch we walked along towards Swampscott, 
seeing very little worth mentioning until we arrived at Nahant. 
In the beach grass along the Boulevard we flushed an Ipswich 
Sparrow and a Lapland Longspur. A few Horned Larks were seen 
along the beach.- Just outside the breakers was a large flock of 
Buffleheads and a few Greater Scaup Ducks. After rounding 
Little Nahant it was decided to return as there was not enough 
light to make it worth while going round Big Nahant. 
Other species seen but not mentioned in this account were, 
Crow, Song Sparrow, Flicker, Tree Sparrow, Chickadee, White- 
breasted Nuthatch, Surf Scoter, and Black-backed Gull. 
NOTES. 
A Pigron Hawk was seen by Jamaica Pond on November 23 
by J. Kittredge. It was seen both by the Pond and in the Fenway 
by other observers for several days after the 23rd. 
An unusually warm fall has kept several species of birds with us 
later than usual. Some of these will probably winter. <A few of 
these late dates are given here. A Hermit ‘Thrush, apparently 
wintering near the east entrance of the Arnold Arboretum was last 
seen January 9th, by R. L. Creesy. A Robin has been frequently 
seen in the same place. A Fox Sparrow was seen by Leverett’s 
Pond December 25, by Joseph Kittredge, Jr. Numbers of White- 
throated Sparrows have been seen in the Fenway and the Arbore- 
tum. ‘They are evidently wintering. 
