Ipswich Mass. [Ipswich, Massachusetts] - Passerculus princeps
1874. Nov 20th 1874 [November 20, 1874]
Nov. 20 Rose at 5.30 and met Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] at
the Eastern R.R. station for a trip together
to Ipswich. Arrived at the town we took
a boat and pulled down river for 
the sand hills some 3 miles as the water
flows. The morning was cloudy & cold
with that gray look in the sky peculiar
to Nov. days. A little below the village saw
a Buteo borealis and an Archibuteo lagopus
and opposite Greenwoods a Colymbus
septentrionalis which was very shy diving
at our approach. Gulls also became
very numerous here and three species 
were noted L. marinus [Larus marinus], argentatus [Larus argentatus] and
leucopterus [Larus leucopterus]. The marinus were all immature
and were readily distinguished by their larger
size and the black bar on the tail which
was quite conspicuous. They uttered a
scream which bore a faint resemblance
to the cry of Buteo lineatus and chased
the herring gulls wherever the latter were
so fortunate as to pick up any food.
We approached within at least 80 yards 
of a large bed of gulls sitting on the 
sand nearer than I ever got to so
many before. As we neared the mouth
of the river Eremophila cornuta became very
abundant. They were in flocks of 20 or 30 
and fed both on the marsh and along 
the beach where the tide had receded. But
few lit on the sand hills. In general
appearance habits and motions they
strikingly resemble the sandpipers. Their
notes are very like those of Anthus Ludovi [Anthus ludovicianus]