ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 2 1 



Brookline : Formerly not uncommon. Cambridge : Transient visitant 

 in April ; very common Sept. to Nov. ; breeds in one locality. Cohasset : 

 " Abundant fall migrant, common in winter and spring." Dedham: 

 " Common in the fall." Essex County: "Fall and winter. Common." 

 Springfield : " Rare summer resident," and common migrant. Temple- 

 ton : Common during fall migrations. Wellesley : "Common migrant 

 especially in fall." 



20. Gavia lumme (Gunn.). RED-THROATED LOON. 



A not uncommon winter visitant off the coast ; more common 

 as a migrant in spring and autumn. Casual inland. Adult birds are 

 rarely seen on our coast. 



October i to April 8 (July 2), 



Bristol County : "An uncommon winter visitant along the coast. Com- 

 mon on migrations." Cambridge : One instance. Cohasset : "Com- 

 mon fall migrant, and winter resident." Essex County : "Winter. Young, 

 common. Adults, rare." Ipswich : Common in fall. Nantucket : " Com- 

 mon." Springfield : " Rare spring and fall visitor." Wellesley : " Mi- 

 grant, rare." 



Note: Gavia artica (Linn.). BLACK-THROATED LOON. Not positively 

 known to occur in the State, although young birds supposedly of this 

 species are variously recorded. 



21. Gavia irnber (Gunn.). LOON. 



A spring and autumn migrant throughout the State on rivers and 

 lakes, and abundant as a winter resident off the coast, where bar- 

 ren or crippled birds are found in summer. Has been recorded 

 as late as 1889, as breeding in Ballou's, Otter River, and Well- 

 ington's Reservoirs, and other large ponds in Winchenclon. 



Amherst : "One taken at Adams Pond" [about 1870]. Berkshire: 

 " Transient visitant in the spring and autumn." Brookline : One taken 

 011 Reservoir. Cambridge: Not common transient visitant. Cohas- 

 set: "Abundant fall migrant. Common in winter and spring." Essex 

 County: " Spring and autumn, and occasionally in the winter." Ded- 

 ham: "Occasionally seen." Ipswich: Common in fall and winter. 

 Nantucket: ''Common." Springfield ; "Not uncommon spring and fall 

 visitor." Templeton : "Breeds." Wellesley : " Migrant." 



22. Oceanodroma leucorrhoa (Vieill.) . LEACH'S PETREL. 

 A common summer and autumn visitant off the coast. One 



June record from Martha's Vineyard' Island. Occasional inland. 

 (June 15) September i to October 8. 



