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Amherst : " Common summer resident. 1 ' Berkshire: " Not rare sum- 

 mer resident; common in migrations." Bristol County: "Uncommon 

 summer resident, common in migrations." Brookline: "Not uncom- 

 mon migrant, and rare summer resident." Cambridge: Summer resi- 

 dent. Formerly common, fast becoming rare. Cohasset: " Rather rare 

 summer resident, more common as a fall migrant." Dedham: " Rapidly 

 becoming scarce." Essex County: "Summer resident. Common." 

 Ipswich: " Summer resident. A few." Nantucket : [One instance.]. 

 Springfield: "Regular spring and autumn visitor .... tolerably com- 

 mon summer resident." Templeton: "Common summer resident." 

 Wellesley : "Migrant. A few breed." 



98. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.). RED PHALAROPE. 

 An irregular but not uncommon spring and autumn migrant off 



the coast. There was a remarkable flight in May, 1892, along the 

 South shore.* This species and Phalaropus lobatus are off-shore 

 migrants, and as a rule are only driven in by storms. Accidental 

 inland. 



May i to 23 ; August 31 to November 2. 



Cohasset: " Abundant at times in fall and spring." Nantucket: "Com- 

 mon." Springfield: "Accidental visitor." September. Wellesley: 

 "Accidental." October. 



99. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 

 A not uncommon spring and autumn migrant off the coast. 



Casual inland. 



May 4 to May 25 ; August 12 to October 13. 



Bristol County: "Rather uncommon transient visitor." Cohasset: 

 "Rather numerous at times off shore." Nantucket: "Common." 

 Springfield: "Accidental visitor." October. Wellesley: " One ex- 

 ample." 



100. Steganopus tricolor Vieill. WILSON'S PHALAROPE. 



A very rare spring and autumn migrant to the coast. There are 

 but'few definite records : near Boston, one was given to Audubon 

 in the winter of 1833 (?) by John Bethune ; x Nahant, a male taken 



* Mackay; Auk, Vol. IX, No. 3, July, 1892, pp. 294-298, Miller; ibid., pp. 

 298-299, and F. B. W. ; O. & O., Vol. XVII, No. 7, July, 1892, p. 109. 

 1 Audubon ; Birds of America, Vol. V, 1842, p. 300. 



