CALENDAR OF THE ESSEX COUNTY ORNITHOLOGI¬ 
CAL CLUB OF MASSACHUSETTS 1919 -1920 
Regular Meetings 
September 8, 1919. A regular meeting was scheduled for 
this evening but owing to an unusually severe rain storm only 
6 members appeared at the Museum. No formal meeting was 
held but Mr. Nichols read a paper written by Dr. Charles W. 
Townsend entitled, “The Position of Birds’ Feet in Flight.”* 
October 13, 1919. Prof. E. S. Morse in the Chair. 15 mem¬ 
bers present. Communication: “The Identification of Hawks 
in the Field”, a paper prepared and read by Dr. Charles W. 
Townsend. 
November 10, 1919. President in the Chair. 16 members 
present. Communication: “Thirteen Ipswich River Bird 
Trips”, a paper prepared and read by the Secretary. 
December 8, 1919. President in the Chair. 29 members 
present. This meeting should have been the annual meeting 
but owing to lack of nominations the election of officers was 
postponed until the following meeting. Communication: 
“Work of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission”, 
an illustrated talk given by Chairman W. C. Adams of the 
Commission. 
January 12, 1920. Vice-President in the Chair. 25 mem¬ 
bers present. Officers for 1920 were elected and reports of the 
Secretary and Treasurer read and approved. Communication: 
“The Ipswich River from Howe Station to the Sea,” an in¬ 
formal illustrated talk by Mr. C. A. Spofford. 
* Auk Vol XXVI No. 2, 1909. 
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