30 THE JOURNAL OF THE 



THE RAKER BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



{(^oiK-htdprl.) 



By Arthur P, Chadhourne. 



Cathartes atrata: Swampscott, November, 1850. S. 



JiLLSON, Pro. Essex Inst., I, (1856) p. 228. 



Gloucester, September 28. Allen, Pro. 



Essex Inst., IV, (1864) p. 81. 



Hudson, 1868. Allen, km. Nat., HI, (1870) 



p. 646. 

 Canace canadensis: Gloucester, 1851. Pntnani, Pro. 



Essex Inst., I, (1856) p. 224. 



RoxBi^RY, ABOUT 1865. Allen, Am. Nat. HI, 



(1870) p. 636. 

 Lagopus albus: Manchester, May. 1859. Putnam. Fro. 



Essex Inst, H (1859) p. 878. 



Note: May have been an escaped cage-bird. 



See Cones. Pro. Essex Inst., V, (1868) p. 289. 

 Florida c^rulea: Cohasset, about 1870. Brewer, 



Pro. Bost. Soc, XX, (1879) p. 272. (The only 



recent mstance.) 

 Nyctherodius violaceus: Lynn. October, 1862. Allen, 



Am. Nat., HI, (1870) p. 687. 



Somerville, July 80, 1878. Brewster, Bull. 



Nuttall Club, IV, (1879) p. 125. 

 Plegadis falcinellus: The recent mstances are: Nan- 



Ti^cKET, September, 1869. Allen, Am. Nat., 



Ill, (1870) p. 687. 



Eastham, Cape Cod, May 4, 1878. Cory, 



Bull. Nuttall Club, HI, (1878) p. 152. 



Orleans, Cape Cod, May 5, 1878. Brewer, 



Bull. Nuttall Club, HI, (1878) p. 151. 



