416 APPENDIX. 



Barn Swallows, Brown Thrushes, Chickadees, Cliff Swallows, 

 Crow Blackbirds, Meadow Larks, Pine Warblers, Towhee 

 Buntings, and White-breasted Swallows la}' their eggs. 



§ VI. June. Abo2it the 



1st, the last migrants are seen, such as the "Black-polls" 

 and Canada "Flycatchers ;" and at this time (or later, particu- 

 larly in the case of the flycatchers, except the Pewee, the Hum- 

 mingbirds, vireos, Bank Swallows, and many warblers), the 

 Baltimore Orioles, Black-billed Cuckoos, Fiobolinks, Cat-birds, 

 Chimney Swifts, Chipping Sparrows, Golden-crowned "Thrush- 

 es" (or "Oven-birds"), Indigo Birds, (Marsh Wrens ?), iSight 

 " Hawks," Purple Finches, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Whippoor- 

 wills, Wilson's Thrushes, Wood Thrushes, Yellow-billed Cuck- 

 oos, Yellow-winged Sparrows, the flycatchers (except the 

 Common Pewee), the vireos, Tanagers, Hummingbirds, and 

 most of the warblers, lay their eggs. The Cedar-birds, Gold- 

 finches, Orchard Orioles, Wood Pewees, and perhaps other 

 birds (inclusive of the Marsh Wrens ?) rarely lay their eggs 

 before the middle of the month, the first two sometimes not 

 until July. 



Note. The above dates, given for the neighborhood of 

 Boston, bear no reference to second broods. Tlie names of sev- 

 eral birds have been purposely omitted, chiefl^y from difficulty 

 in satisfactorily stating or approximating the dates. 



§ VII. July. The following (insessorian) birds are summer- 

 residents of Massachusetts, who have been known to breed here 

 since 1870. Acadian Owls,^ Baltimore Orioles, Bank Swallows, 

 Barn Swallows, Barred Owls, Bay-winged Buntings, Black 

 and White " Creepers," Black-billed Cuckoos, Blackburnian 

 Warblors,^ Black-throated Blue Warblers^?, Black-throated 

 Buntings,'* Black-throated Green Warblers, Blue Birds, Blue 

 Jays, Blue Yellow-backed Warblers,^ Bobolinks, Broad-winged 

 Hawks,^ Brown Creepers, Brown Thrushes, Canada "Fly- 

 catchers," Carolina Doves, Cat-birds, Chestnut-sided War- 

 blers, Chickadees, Chimney Swifts, Chipping Sparrows, Cliff 

 Swallows, Cooper's Hawks, Cow-birds, Crows, Crow Black- 

 birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Duck Ilaivks, Field Sparrows, 

 Fish Hcnvks, Golden-crowned " Thrushes," Golden-winged 

 Warblers, Golden-winged Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, Gos- 



* (Very) rave in suninicr so far to tlie southward. 



* Very much more common to the southward of New England. 



