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1839. PEABODY, WILLIAM B. O. A Report on the Ornithology of 



Massachusetts. In : Rep. Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of 

 Mass. 8vo. Boston, 1839. PP- 2 55~44- 



Biographical notices, more or less extended, of 285 species known or be- 

 lieved to occur in Massachusetts. 



1840. PEABODY, WILLIAM B. O. A Report on the Birds of Massa- 



chusetts made to the Legislature in the Session of 1838-9. 

 In : Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., iii, 1840, pp. 65-266. 



Same as that in the State Report of 1839. 4- v ' 



1842. ABBOTT, S. L. [Remarks on some Birds of Connecticut.] In: 



Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1842, p. 56. 



1843. LINSLEY, J. H. A Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut, 



arranged according to their natural families. In : Amer. 

 Journ. Sci. and Arts, xliv, No. 2, April, 1843, PP- 2 49~ 2 74- 

 See ibid., xlvi, 1844, pp. 50, 51. 



This important list includes 302 species, being domesticated birds, and others 

 believed to occur in the State, as well as native species known to do so. Mer- 

 riam's late analysis of the list reduces the number to 239, thus eliminating 63 

 species admitted by Linsley upon inaccurate or insufficient grounds. See 1877. 



1842. THOMPSON, ZADOCK. History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, 

 and Statistical [etc.]. I vol. 8vo. Burlington, 1842. (2d 

 ed. i vol. 8vo. Burlington, 1853.) 



Chap. Ill, pp. 56-112, of either edition, is on the Birds of Vermont. The 

 ed. of 1853 has additional bird-matter at pp. 20-28 of the Appendix. 



1846. HOLDER, J. B. Catalogue of Birds noticed in the vicinity of 

 Lynn [Mass.], during the years of i844-'5~'6. In: Publi- 

 cations of the Lynn Nat. Hist. Soc., No. i, Dec., 1846, pp. 

 1-8. 



A nominal list of 185 species. 



1856. PUTNAM, FREDERICK W. Catalogue of the Birds of Essex 

 County, Massachusetts. In: Proc. Essex Inst, i, 1856, pp. 

 201-231. 



Annotated list of 235 species, plus 10 stragglers, with an appendix giving 

 48 Massachusetts species not observed in Essex County. 



1860. FOWLER, S. P. Changes produced by Civilization in the 

 Habits of our [Massachusetts] common Birds. In : Proc. 

 Essex Inst., iii, 1860, pp. 31-36. 



1860-63. ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. Birds of New England. In : New 

 England Farmer (weekly paper), Aug. n, 25, Sept. 22, Oct. 

 6, 20, Nov. 3, 17, Dec. i, 22, 1860 ; Jan. 5, 26, Mar, 2, May 

 2, May 18, June 15, July 20, Sept. 21, Oct. 26, Nov. 23, 

 1861 ; Apr. 26, July 26, Aug. 16, Sept. 13, Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 



