134 Birps oF MASSACHUSETTS 
the early part of the rgth century as attested by Peabody (1839), 
Audubon (1842) and Putnam (1856). The recorded specimens 
from the State are: Veneyard /slands, a pair taken by Daniel Web- 
ster was sent by him to Audubon,' and is now preserved in the 
U.S. National Museum. J/fsw7ch, two males were killed in No- 
vember, 1854, by Nicholas Pike at the mouth of the Ipswich River. 
One of these birds is now in the collection of the Long Island 
Historical Society of Brooklyn, New York.? Boston Harbour, a 
young male was taken with a lot of Eiders by a gunner in 1850, and 
given to Theodore Lyman. He presented it to the Boston Soci- 
ety of Natural History, in whose mounted collection the specimen 
now is33 Szampscott, a female was shot early in September, 1862, 
by Arthur Thomas.* This bird is now in the Cory Collection. 
INTRODUCED SPECIES. 
1. Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). WiLLow PrarMIGAN.— One 
was taken in Manchester on May 10, 1859.° It was supposed to 
have been brought from Labrador or Newfoundland on a vessel. 
However as the specimen is not of the subspecies a//enz it could not « 
have been a native of Newfoundland and so must have been 
secured elsewhere, probably in Labrador. The specimen is now 
preserved in the Essex Institute collection at Salem. 
2. Tympanuchus americanus (Reich.). PRAIRIE HEN. — 
This bird was introduced into Barnstable and Berkshire Counties 
in the ’80’s and also on Naushon Island. These last have been 
exterminated. In 1893 a few were introduced at Springfield, 
but they soon disappeared. 
' Audubon; Birds of America, Vol. VI, p. 329. 
2 Dutcher, fide Pike; Auk, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Apr., 1890, pp. 205, 206. 
3 Hyatt; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XXII, 1884, read May 2, 1883, 
Pp- 350. 
4Dutcher; Auk, Vol. XI, No. 1, Jan., 1894, pp. 7, 8. 
5Coues; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. V, 1868, p. 289. 
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