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THE WREN : 
Bulletin of the Norfolk Bird Club 
A monthly magazine devoted 
to the interests of the Club 
Vior.: I JANUARY, 1909 No. 1 
Tuis Bulletin is not a new idea with members of the Norfolk 
Bird Club. It is the outgrowth of another crude attempt, a history 
of which will be found elsewhere in this magazine. Ever since 
the other Bulletin was discontinued there has been a faction in 
the club desiring its renewal and it is hoped that this attempt will 
prove more successful than the other. 
There is a great deal of unorganized field work carried on in 
this part of the state by ladies and gentlemen who belong to no 
bird club except the American Ornithologists’ Union. Mr. C. J.” 
Maynard does a great deal to record the results of this unorganized 
observing in his weekly ‘‘record,” but if these bird students could 
get together in some way and record their results it would do a 
great deal towards promoting understanding between them. 
The column devoted to notes will naturally contain only birds 
seen by members, unless some outside notes of importance and 
interest are handed in. 
CLUB WALK. 
On December 5, 1908, the club took a walk to Marblehead. 
Six members left the North Station at nine o’clock and upon ar- 
riving at Marblehead chartered a launch and were carried across to 
the Neck. While going across the harbor we saw several Herring 
Gulls and a Kittiwake. The latter circled about the launch a 
couple of times allowing us a good view of him and showing his 
black feet. 
Almost as soon as we began our walk along the rocks we saw a 
Black Guillemot a little way out. Going along a little farther, one 
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