1891
April 2
Mass.
Ipswich  - Early morning cloudy with patches of blue skp
  showing every now and then. Forenoon clear. Afternoon
  cloudy with rain in the evening. A piercing E.[east] wind all day.
    To Ipswitch with Spelman by 7.30 train, returning
  by 6 p.m. train. S[Spelman] took his camera, I my 20 gauge
  gun. On reaching Ipswich we got a dory of St[??]
  and were soon on our way down river with a fair
  tide but a strong and exceedingly raw E.[east] wind blowing
  directly against us.
    Several Bluebirds were singing on the outskirts of the
  town and Song Sparrows were very numerous in the
  bushes along the banks as well as in bushy hollows
  on the edges of the sand-hills. There were a few 
  crows scattered about in pairs on the marshes and
  flats but they were all apparently local birds there
  being no indications of a flight at any time
  during the day.  Herring Gulls were sprinkled along
  the river and a flock of about fifty, nearly all
  old birds, rose from a crack and mounted to an
  immense height where they soared in circles
  like Bussards, rising higher and higher until
  they looked no larger than Swallows, all this
  while drifting before the wind. At length, one by
  one, they turned back towards the starting point
  scaling on gentle inclines with set wings.
[margin]Bluebirds [/margin]
    As we rowing [?rowed] in to our usual landing place
  at the mouth of the rim I saw a Crow
  standing one the shore pecking at something.
  He was about 60 yds.[yards] away but I at once
  shot at him killing him instantly. On
  going to the spot I found that he had
[margin]Crows[/margin]
[margin]Herring Gulls[/margin]
