BIRDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 7 1 



interesting to trace the increase in the number of recognized species of birds for 

 the State as given in the following table from Dr. J. A. Allen's 1 List for 1878. 



In 1886, Dr. Allen 2 gave a list of 340 species, 4 extirpated, 19 of probable 

 occurrence, 1 doubtful, and 4 introduced. 



The latest list for the State, published in 1901, is that of R. H. Howe, Jr., 

 and G. M. Allen. 3 This was : 



One of the most interesting ornithological events in Essex County was 

 the discovery by Mr. C. J. Maynard, in 1868, of the Ipswich Sparrow. The 

 names of other ornithological workers in these fields, — and there are many, — 

 are given in the bibliography and in the list of correspondents in the introduc- 

 tion to the Annotated List. Mr. George O. Welch is the only living worker of 

 a veteran band of collectors and taxidermists who have added so much to our 

 knowledge of the ornithology of Essex County. Jillson, Tufts, and Vickary are 

 no longer living. 



Before closing this chapter, a few remarks on my own observations on the 

 changes in the birds of the County during the last twenty-eight years may be 

 added. Changes of this sort generally occur so slowly that it is difficult to 



1 I. A. Allen : Proc. Essex Inst., vol. 10, p. 10, 1878. 



2 J. A. Allen : Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 221, 1886. 



3 R. H. Howe, Jr., and G. M. Allen : The Birds of Massachusetts, 1901. 





