but at irregular intervals, and therefore they do not pro¬ 
vide the statistical information available from other parts 
of the County. 
When a record is followed by no comment, it will be 
understood that the species was present in normal numbers 
with no unusual circumstances worthy of note. 
2. Holboell’s Grebe. Fairly common. April 20; No¬ 
vember 5. 
3. Horned Grebe. Very common; hundreds seen in 
frahant Bay in mid-April. May 3; October 29. 
6. Pied-billed Grebe. September 24 to October 29. 
7. Loon. May 2; September 1. 
11. Red-throated Loon. May 21; November 5. 
27. Black Guillemot. January 18 to March 29. Seen at 
Nahant on the latter date in both summer and 
winter plumages. 
31. Brunnich’s Murre. More common along the shore 
than for at least fifteen years. January 14 to 
April 12. 
32. Razor-billed Auk. One bird was surely picked out 
from the confusing BrunniclTs Murres at Nahant 
on March 29. Emilio and Stubbs. 
34. Dovekie. Fairly common. March 29. 
40. Kittewake. Ipswich Beach. October 29. S. G. Emilio. 
This species, common during the colder months on 
the off-shore fishing grounds, is very uncommon 
along shore. 
42. Glaucous Gull. A few seen. February 8 to May 8. 
43. Iceland Gull. A few at Fisherman's Beach, Swamp- 
scott. Last seen March 19. 
47. Great Black-backed Gull. Common. One summer 
date, Ipswich, July 30. Emilio. 
51. Herring Gull. Always present in very large numbers. 
Locally they do excellent and much needed work as 
scavengers. 
58. Laughing Gull. About Lynn Harbor. May 25 to 
August 17. 
60. Bonaparte Gull. Strangely enough present during 
the breeding season. May 16 to November 12. 
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