ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES I 15 
portions of the State, where it appears to be not uncommon. 
(May 1) May 8 to August. 
Amherst: “Occasional and quite rare.” Berkshire: “ Not uncommon 
summer resident.” Brookline: One instance. Cambridge: Summer resi- 
dent, sometimes rather common. Dedham: One instance. Ipswich: ‘‘ A 
pair nested in 1895 and 1896.’ Martha’s Vineyard: ‘A pair nested at 
Cottage City in 1896.” Springfield : “ Not uncommon summer resident 
in the river towns.’ Wellesley: ‘‘ Rare summer resident.” 
315. Sturnella magna (Linn.). MEADOWLARK. 
A common summer resident; wintering near the coast and 
sparingly inland. 
March 8 to November 26; Winter. 
Amherst: “Common summer resident.” Berkshire: ‘‘ Common sum- 
mer resident of the low country.” Bristol County: ‘‘ Permanent resident, 
common in summer, much less so in winter.’”’ Cambridge: Common 
summer resident. Not uncommon winter visitant. Cohasset: ‘“ Com- 
mon, rare in winter.” Dedham: ‘‘ Tolerably common.” Essex County: 
‘‘Resident. Common.” Ipswich: ‘Abundant summer resident.” Not 
uncommon in winter. Martha’s Vineyard: “Common resident.”’ Spring- 
field: ‘Common summer and rather rare winter resident.’ Templeton: 
’ 
“Formerly abundant, but now rare.” Wellesley: ‘‘ Common summer 
resident.... sometimes seen in winter.” 
316. Agelzeus phoeniceus (Linn.). RED-wINGED BLACK- 
BIRD. «, 
A common, if not abundant summer resident, wintering rarely 
and locally at Fresh Pond, Cambridge,’ at Longmeadow, Spring- 
field,” and at Taunton. ° 
(February 25) March 6 to October 20 (November 28); Winter. 
Amherst: “Common summer resident.” Berkshire: ‘*‘ Common sum- 
mer resident.’’ Bristol County: ‘‘ Abundant summer resident.” Brook- 
line: ‘‘Common summer resident.’? Cambridge: © Abundant summer 
resident. Cohasset: “ Numerous.” Dedham: ‘‘Common.”’ Essex 
County: “Summer visitant. Common.” Ipswich: “Abundant sum- 
mer resident.’’ Martha’s Vineyard: ‘Abundant summer resident.” 
Springfield : “ Abundant summer resident.’’ Wintered in 1596-7. Tem- 
pleton: “ Abundant in summer.”’ Wellesley : ‘‘ Abundant summer resi- 
dent.”’ 
1Spelman; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 3, July, 1890, pp. 288, 289. 
p 3 y, 1090, pp 9 
2 Morris; Auk, Vol. XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, p. 100. 
