ANNOTATED LIST 1920-1921. 
Arthur P. Stubbs, Recorder. 
For comparison with our field work in the future, it has 
been thought desirable to begin publication of an annual list 
of birds observed in the county, with such brief notes as 
may be of interest. As our Club activities come to a pause 
at the June meeting and as at that time the migratory move¬ 
ments of birds are at a zero point, it has been thought best 
to begin and end the listing year July first. 
The following list combines the observations of all of 
our members and while open to criticism, as all lists are, 
is given as the careful, sincere work of the membership. 
We aspire to better the list each year, hoping in time to 
make it a fair index of bird life and movements in Essex 
County. At present most of our members reside in the 
southern and eastern parts of the county so that most of 
our records are from these sections. 
We would call attention to the fact that residents and 
common migrants which have been present in usual num¬ 
bers have been entered in the list without comment. 
2. HolboelFs Grebe. November 7 to April 20. Birds 
in summer plumage were noted in April. 
3. Horned Grebe. September 4 to May 29. In summer 
plumage after mid-April. 
6. Pied-billed Grebe. October 2 to November 4. 
7. Common Loon. September 4 to June 17. 
11. Red-throated Loon. November 7 to May 8. Ip¬ 
swich Beach, May 8, 1921, Dr. C. W. Townsend. 
31. Brunnich’s Murre. Winter Island, Salem, April 18, 
S. G. Emilio; Danvers River, Peabody, May 6, R. B. 
Mackintosh. The latter was a disabled bird which 
afterward died. It was then mounted and pre¬ 
sented to the Peabody Museum. 
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