42 Brrps OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Occasional inland. According to Dr. J. A. Allen “afew some- 
times remain in summer.” 
March 15 to May 15 (June 18) ; September 17 to December 10 
(December 24). 
Bristol County: ‘‘ Rather common transient visitant in fall.’ Cam- 
bridge: Casual. one instance, October. Cohasset: ‘“ Rather rare in fall.” 
Dedham: ‘A few taken.” Essex County: ‘“ May and September. Not 
abundant.” Ipswich: “Uncommon transient visitant, occasionally in 
large flocks.’’ Nantucket: “Common.” Springfield: “Tolerably com- 
mon autumn visitor,” rare in spring. Wellesley: “Occasional on Ne- 
ponset Meadows in fall.” 
96. Gallinago delicata (Ord). WILson’s SNIPE. 
A common spring and autumn migrant, occurring rarely as a 
winter resident on Cape Cod and at other “ favorable localities.” 
It has been reported as breeding at Brookline’ and perhaps at 
South Sherborne, at which latter place half-grown young were 
‘found August 1.2. Their breeding in the State, however, needs 
confirmation. 
(February 28) March 20 to May 18; August 1 to November 30 ; 
Winter. 
Amherst: ‘Few instances.’ Berkshire: ‘“ Rare transient spring and 
aytumn visitant.” Bristol County: “ Rather common transient visitant.”’ 
Brookline: “An uncommon migrant.’ Found breeding. Cambridge : 
Common transient visitant. Cohasset: ‘ Rather common in fall in the 
marshes in dry seasons.” Dedham: ‘Common migrant.” Essex 
County: ‘Summer visitant. Common.”’ [7] Ipswich: ‘ Rather common 
transient visitant.” Nantucket: ‘Common.’ Springfield: “Common 
spring and autumn visitor.”’ Also recorded in mid-summer and winter. 
Templeton: “A rare transient visitant.”” Wellesley: ‘‘ Migrant.... 
common locally in spring and fall.” 
g7. Philohela minor (Gmel.). AMERICAN Woopcock. 
A common spring and autumn migrant; and as a summer resi- 
dent now rare in the eastern part of the State, but still not uncom- 
mon in the western portions, though yearly becoming rarer. Per- 
haps accidentally wintering. 
(February 18 and 20) March 19 to November 25 (December 
LO.)\. 
1 Francis; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Oct., 1883, p. 243. 
2 Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 17. 
