The camp was astir before daylight, and Pine Island was 
searched for the migrant Warblers which, during the past 
years, have been found there in great numbers. Hot coffee 
was kept in readiness and breakfast was eaten as each 
member of the pary found an opportunity, although reports 
of various birds observed in different parts of the Island, 
which were relayed into headquarters, caused many inter¬ 
ruptions. Soon after eight o’clock Sunday morning, canoes 
began leaving “The Pines,” and an hour later camp was 
deserted. Stops on the way down stream were frequent, 
but were made by little groups, and the party did not again 
assemble until one o’clock, when the usual luncheon spot 
was reached at Hemlock Bend, a mile or two above Ipswich. 
Goodhue’s Landing in Ipswich was made an hour later, and 
here the canoes were left, the party walking through the 
town of Ipswich to the steamboat landing, where a large 
motor-boat was boarded and from which point the trip was 
resumed, this time on salt water. The motor-boat landed 
the party at Little Neck, where the river empties into Plum 
Island Sound and Ipswich Bay, and from there the journey 
was continued on foot back to Ipswich, by way of Clark’s 
Pond and Plover Hill. Several members left the main 
party at Goodhue’s Landing in Ipswich, and went by auto¬ 
mobile to Ipswich Beach on the other side of the river and 
thence back to Clark’s Pond. 
The number of species observed, one hundred and eight 
in all, is the largest ever recorded, and in looking over the 
list we find that, although some of the migrant Warblers 
are missing, notably the Parula, which has been found on 
all of the previous trips, their absence is more than made 
up by a variety of shore birds which were evidently migrat¬ 
ing in great numbers. The Red-throated Loon, Double- 
crested Cormorant, Old Squaw, Dowitcher, Knot, Upland 
Plovei and Ruddy Turnstone had never before been recorded 
on these trips, and the Common Tern and Great Crested 
Flycatcher had been noted but once previously. The Old 
Squaw seen was within one day of the latest date that this 
species has evei been found in Essex County. The scarcity 
of Rails and Marsh Wrens may be accounted for by the 
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