specific clip 68 is shown and described it is of course possible that some other retaining means can be employed to prevent the gutter cover from becoming dislodged from the gutter another fastening means preferably employed in assembling the gutter cover is a connector 78 the function of which is to maintain the butting ends of adjacent gutter cover sections in alignment also the connectors 78 cover the crevices between the ends of adjacent cover sections 46 represented by line 90 of fig7 to prevent water from entering the gutter through such crevices as in the case of the clip 68 the connector may be formed in any desired manner such as from molded plastic or rubber or the like also as stated previously the gutter cover 46 like the gutters 22 may be formed in relatively long sections and cut to size at the building site as shown in fig6 and 7 the connector 78 may comprise a sheet of relatively thin sheet metal bent in opposite directions along parallel lines to provide upper intermediate and lower portions 80 82 and 84 respectively connected in a manner to provide oppositely opening recesses 86 and 88 as shown in fig4 and 7 each of the recesses 86 and 88 is adapted to receive one end of a gutter cover section 46 in abutting relation at a vertical plane through the centerline 90 it is thus apparent that the connector covers the.