44 Birps OF MASSACHUSETTS 
by Mr. George O. Welch, May [2], 1874,’ now in the collection of 
the Boston Society of Natural History; Vantucket, a specimen 
taken by Mr. George H. Mackay, August 31, 1889.? 
1o1. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). Guossy Isis. 
Accidental from the south. The records are: Of the 1850 
flight,* there are the following Massachusetts records: Cambridge, 
at Fresh Pond, one shot from a flock of three, May 8, and now in 
the mounted collection of the Boston Society of Natural History ; 3 
Concord, one shot by [Mr. Buttrick] in early May, is also in the 
mounted collection of the Boston Society ;* JdZ:¢dleboro, two shot 
out of a flock of three on May 6 or 7, and now in the Brown Uni- 
versity collection;*® Mantucket, one taken in September, 1869.° 
Of the 1878 flight, the following are recorded: Hastham, one shot 
May 4, by Augustus Denton and now in the mounted collection 
of the Museum of Comparative Zoélogy ;7 Orleans, an adult shot 
on May 5 ;*° Last Orleans, one also shot on May 5 ;7 Welles/ey, the 
following record must be included though very indefinite: “ Mr. 
[A. L.] Babcock reports seeing a pair exhibited at Framingham 
many years ago, which were taken at Lake Cochituate.” ® 
102. Tantalus loculator Linn. Woop Isis. 
Accidental from the south. There are but two records: George- 
town, one taken by Frank Hale, June 19, 1880; Seekonk, a young 
male taken on July 17, 1896, and now in the collection of Mr. 
William Brewster.” 
1 Baird, Brewer & Ridgway; Water Birds, Vol. I, 1884, p. 338. 
2 Mackay; Auk, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Jan., 1891, p. 120. 
* Browne; Auk, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr., 1887, pp. 97-100. 
3 Cabot; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. III, 1851, p. 313. (Recorded 
earlier in local daily papers. ) 
4 Stearns and Coues; N. E. Bird Life, Vol. II, 1883, p. 255. 
*\€abot; oc. ctt..ep: 314 - 
6 Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. III, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 637 ; p. 39 of separate. 
7 Cory and Allen; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. III, No. 3, July, 1878, p. 152. 
8 Brewer; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. III, No. 3, July, 1878, p. 151. 
§ Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. I4. 
1 Allen; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 3, July, 1883, p. 185. 
11 Brewster; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Oct., 1896, p. 341. 
