1 6 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



A common permanent resident, though varying greatly in num- 

 bers during different seasons. The birds on Cape Cod and on 

 Martha's Vineyard were introduced from western stock after the 

 practical extinction of the native birds in about 1850. 



Amherst : "Uncommon resident." Berkshire: " Permanent resident." 

 Bristol County: "Common permanent resident." Brookline: "A per- 

 manent resident." Cambridge: Common permanent resident. Co- 

 hasset : " Common resident." Dedham : " Common resident." Essex 

 County: "Resident. Abundant." Ipswich: " Common resident." Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard: "Common resident." Springfield: "Common resi- 

 dent." Templeton: "Rare resident." Wellesley: "Common resident." 



6. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). PASSENGER PIGEON. 

 Formerly an abundant spring and autumn migrant and common 



local summer resident. Now nearly extirpated, but as Mr. O. 

 Bangs saw them in October, 1900, in Connecticut they may yet 

 occur here. There are no authentic records for the State since 

 1889, when a pair bred at Plymouth, according to H. J. Thayer; 1 

 it was also .seen during the same year at Templeton, and one was 

 taken at Norton, in Bristol County. 



March 10 to October 16. (Winter).* 



Amherst: "Uncommon migrant." Berkshire: "Practically extermi- 

 nated." Bristol County: "Last recorded at Norton, Aug. 23, 1889." 

 Brookline : " Formerly .... a rare migrant." Cambridge : Rare and 

 irregular transient visitant. Dedham: One taken in 1863 and another 

 in 1874. Essex County: "Summer visitant. Common." Springfield: 

 Abundant until 1876, becoming rarer until 1880, the last one seen being in 

 the spring of 1884 at Southwick. Templeton: "Irregular summer resi- 

 dent. Very rare since 1879." Wellesley : Very rare. Formerly a com- 

 mon summer resident. 



7. Zenaidura macrura (Linn.). MOURNING DOVE. 



A common, but local summer resident, becoming rarer near the 

 coast ; it winters rarely. 



March 5 to November 15. (Winter.) 



Amherst: "Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Summer resi- 

 dent, not uncommon in southern part of the county." Bristol County: 

 "Rather rare transient visitant, probably breeds." Cambridge: Occa- 

 sional during summer. Cohasset : "Rare." Dedham: Two instances. 



iThayer; Forest and Stream, Vol. XXXIII, Oct. 31, 1889, p. 288. 

 * Dates in parentheses are abnormally early qr late dates. 



