BULLETIN 
OF THE 
ESSEX COUNTY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 
OF MASSACHUSETTS 
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 
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Issued Annually in December 
Edited by Arthur P. Stubbs 
Albert B. Fowler 
Walter G. Fanning 
Ralph Lawson 
Rodman A. Nichols 
DECEMBER, 1920 
SALEM, MASS. 
VOLUME II, NO. 1 
FOREWORD 
The Club has experienced a year of healthy growth in mem¬ 
bership, in Club spirit and in breadth of ornithological knowledge. 
More attention than in previous years has been given by mem¬ 
bers to preserving and passing in to the Secretary their 
individual field records. He reports the record files to be in 
fine condition and of pleasing volume. Weather conditions 
and seasonal movements of birds have on the whole been un¬ 
favorable for field work but a desire to make good has in many 
instances stimulated to harder work, with valuable records as 
a result. The conditions under which the 1920 Ipswich River 
Bird Trip was made gave the Club a hard task but the en¬ 
thusiasm of the party enabled it to eclipse all previous records. 
Beside the Ipswich River Trip, four field meetings were held 
only one of which had favorable weather. 
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