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APPENDIX 



A. Ornithological Calendar for Eastern MassacJiusetts. 



(Notes on the Insessores, or land-birds, only, excluding 

 game-birds, shore-birds, and waders.) 



§ I. January. Visitants and residents (those in brackets 

 being always very rare, those italicized being (rare or) absent 

 during many winters, and those marked with an asterisk (*) 

 spending the winter, for the most part, more to the southward). 

 [Black Hawks], Blue Jays,* ''I3utcher-birds," Cedar-birds,* 

 "Chickadees," Crossbills, Crows, Downy Woodpeckers, Golden- 

 crowned "Wi'cns," Golden-winged Woodpeckers,* Goldfinches, 

 Goshawks,^ [Great Gray Owls], Great Horned Owls, Hairy 

 Woodpeckers, 1 [Hawk Owls], hawks (several, which are sum- 

 mer-residents), [Ipswich Sparrows]; [Jerfalcons], Kingfish- 

 ers,* ? Lapland Longspurs,i Meadow Larks,* nuthatches, 

 owls (several, which are summer-residents). Pine Finches, Pine 

 Grosbeaks, Purple Finches,* ? Red-bellied Nuthatches,* Bed 

 Crossbills, Bed-polls, Red-tailed Hawks, Robins,* [Rough- 

 legged Hawks], Ruby-crowned Wrens,* Shore Larks, (G.N.) 

 Shrikes, Snow-birds, Snow Buntings, Song Sparrows,* [Three- 

 toed Woodpeckers], Tree Sparrows, White-bellied Nuthatches,* 

 White-ioinged Crossbills, Wild Pigeons,* woodpeckers (see 

 above). Winter Wrens,* ? and various sea-birds, etc. 



Note. The Black-throated Blue and Yellow-ruraped War- 

 blers, and also the Red-winged Blackbirds, have been known 

 exceptionally to pass the winter here, and the Blue Birds are 

 said to have been seen here in January. 



§ II. February. The same birds may be found here in Feb- 

 ruary as in January. In the latter part of this month, the 

 Blue Birds, or even the Red-winged Blackbirds, sometimes 

 come ; and the Great Horned Owls sometimes lay their eggs. 



§ III. March. 



lst-15th. The Song Sparrows and Snow-birds sing. The 

 Blue Birds and Blackbirds usually arrive from the South ; the 

 Song Sparrows, and Robins (?), become more abundant. 



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