ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Canachites canadensis (Linn.). CANADA GROUSE. 

 Accidental from the north. The records are : Gloucester, one 



found in hemlock woods, September, 1851, and given on the 

 authority of S. Jillson ; l Roxbury, a bird was shot in November, 

 " a few years since," i. e. prior to 1869. 2 



2. Tympanuchus cupido (Linn.). HEATH HEN. 



Once unquestionably common in portions of the State, " but 

 long since extirpated except on the island of Martha's Vineyard, 

 where they still exist, but are present only in small numbers." ^ 



Martha's Vineyard : "Uncommon resident." 



3. Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). RUFFED GROUSE. 



A common permanent resident. Most of the Ruffed Grouse in 

 Massachusetts are more or less intermediate between this and the 

 following subspecies, but .the majority of those birds occurring 

 in the southeastern portion are more nearly referable to B. 

 umbellus umbellus. 



Amherst: "Common resident." Berkshire: "Common permanent 

 resident." Bristol County : "Common permanent resident." Brookline : 

 "Common permanent resident." Cambridge : Common permanent resi- 

 dent. Cohasset : "Common resident." Dedham : "Common resident." 

 Essex County: "Resident. Common." Ipswich: "Common in west- 

 ern part of township." Martha's Vineyard : "Common resident." Spring- 

 field: "Common resident." Templeton : "Common resident." Wel- 

 lesley: " Common resident." 



4. Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.). CANADIAN RUFFED 

 GROUSE. 



This bird occurs throughout the higher portions of the Berk- 

 shires as a resident. " Three specimens killed in North Adams," 

 are "nearly typical examples" of the race. 8 



5. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). BOB-WHITE. 



* Brewster; Auk, Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1885, pp. 80-84. 



1 Putnam; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. I, 1856, p. 224. 



2 Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 636, p. 38 of separate. 



3 Faxon and Hoffmann ; The Birds of Berkshire, 1900, p. 148, p. 42 of separate. 



