EXPLANATORY NOTE. 



The annotations for the various localities following the general 

 status, of each species are compiled from the following sources. 

 For more exact notice of these works see Bibliography. 



Amherst : From " The Birds of Amherst," by Hubert Lvman Clark, 1887. 



Berkshire: From " The Birds of Berkshire," by W. Faxon and R. Hoff- 

 mann, 1900. 



Bristol County : From a manuscript list of the birds of Bristol County 

 kindly supplied especially for this work by Mr. Manton Copeland of 

 Taunton, assisted by Mr. Arthur C. Bent. 



Brookline : From " The Birds of Brookline," and " Additions," by Regi- 

 nald Heber Howe, Junior, 1900. 



Cambridge (and vicinity including the coast from Lynn to Boston): From 

 Mr. William Brewster's notes in Chapman's " Handbook of the 

 Birds of Eastern North America," 1895. 



Cohasset : From a manuscript list of the Birds of Cohasset kindly sup- 

 plied especially for this work by Mr. Henry Bryant Bigelow of 

 Cohasset. 



Springfield : From " The Birds of Springfield and Vicinity," embodying 

 all former lists on the region, by Robert O. Morris, 1901. 



Dedham : From the " Birds of Dedham," by Julius Ross Wakefield, 1891. 



Essex CoUnty: From the "Birds of Essex County," by F. W. Putman, 

 1856. This list is included for its comparative historical interest. 



Ipswich : From a manuscript list of the Birds of Ipswich kindly supplied 

 especially for this work by Dr. Charles W. Townsend of Boston. 



Martha's Vineyard : From a list of the land-birds of Martha's Vineyard 

 Island compiled by the present authors from notes generously sup- 

 plied by Messrs. Henry V. Greenough, Herbert L. Coggins, Dr. 

 Walter Faxon, and others. 



Nantucket: From a manuscript list of the Water-birds of Nantucket 

 kindly supplied especially for this work by Mr. George H. Mackay of 

 Boston. 



Templeton: From "The Birds of Templeton," by Charles E. Ingalls, 

 1889. 



Wellesley (and vicinity) : From " The Birds of Wellesley " and " The 

 Birds of Dover," by Albert Pitts Morse, 1897. 



