most of Sunday slowly drifting down to Ipswich, stopping here 
and there along the route where a favorable opportunity.offered. 
It is the writer’s opinion that the large number., of species 
checked is due to the careful covering of the River Valley, 
which perhaps was more thoroughly done than in previous 
years, as birds in song were few, the majority having sought 
shelter from the cold driving storm and waiting to be hunted 
out rather than proclaiming their presence. 
UNDER “THE PINES’’ 
A few of the river party reached Ipswich in time to make a 
hurried trip on foot to Clark’s Pond and return, to these mem¬ 
bers and to the few who journeyed by motor to Ipswich Beach, 
are due the Plover and other shore-bird records. 
The list is as follows: 
American Bittern 
Great Blue Heron 
Green Heron 
Black-crowned Night Heron 
Herring Gull 
Black Duck 
Blue-winged Teal 
Wood Duck 
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