ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES remy 63 0 
one taken in August, 1867 ;! /ramingham, an immature male was 
taken in May, “some years since,” 7. ¢. prior to 1870, by Mr. 
A. L. Babcock .? 
308. Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.). WESTERN TANAGER. 
Accidental from the west. There is but one record: Salem, 
(not Lynn) a bird taken alive on January 20, 1878.3 
309. Piranga erythromelas Vieill. ScaRLer TANAGER. 
A common summer resident. 
(May 4) May 8 to October 6. 
Amherst: ‘‘Not uncommon summer resident.’’? Berkshire: ‘*‘ Com- 
mon summer resident.” Bristol County: ‘‘Common summer resident.” 
Brookline: ‘‘Common summer resident.” Cambridge: Rather com- 
mon summer resident. Cohasset: ‘‘Common in summer.” Dedham: 
‘““Common.’’ Essex County: “ Summer visitant. Common.” Ipswich: 
“Not common.” Martha’s Vineyard: ‘‘Summer resident. Rare.” 
Springfield: ‘‘Common summer resident.” Templeton: ‘“ Tolerably 
common in summer.” Wellesley: “ Common summer resident.” 
310. Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.). PURPLE GRACKLE. 
A summer resident in the southernmost portions of the State, 
typical gu7scuda being found only occasionally, while intergrades 
showing a preponderance of guwzscula blood predominate on Mar- 
tha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket and in Barnstable and Bristol 
Counties. About Boston, Mr. William Brewster writes that only 10% 
of the genus Qu/scalus show traces of guz¢scula blood.* 
Bristol County: “Common summer resident.” Martha’s Vineyard: 
‘** Abundant summer resident.” 
311. Quiscalus quiscula eneus (Ridgw.). BRONZED 
GRACKLE. 
A common summer resident of the more northern portions of 
the State, wintering occasionally at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, and 
at Longmeadow, and probably in other favorable localities. 
(March 1) March 11 to November 22. 
1Stearns & Coues; N. E. Bird Life, Vol. I, 1881, p. 179. 
2 Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. III, No. 11; Jan., 1870, p. 578, p. 25 of separate. 
3 Brewer; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXI, March 14, 1878, p. 95. 
4 Brewster; Minot’s Land & Game Birds, 2nd-ed., 1895, pp. 269, 270. 
