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Winter ; February to March 18 ; Summer, to November 14. 



Amherst : " Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Not very rare 

 summer resident." Brookhne : " Uncommon summer resident." Cam- 

 bridge : Common summer resident. Cohasset : One instance. 

 Dedharn : " Very rare ; one taken." Essex County : " Spring and autumn. 

 Rare." Ipswich : " A few seen each summer." Martha's Vineyard : 

 " Summer resident, rare." Springfield : " Summer resident, not uncom- 

 mon in winter." Templeton : "Summer resident, not common." 

 Wellesley : " Scarce summer resident .... rarely winters." 



179. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). AMERICAN 

 OSPREY. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and common but very 

 local summer resident in Bristol County. It is said to have for- 

 merly bred at Ipswich. 



(March 16) April 3 to November n. 



Amherst: " Common spring migrant in Hadley." Berkshire: "Rather 

 common transient visitant in the spring and autumn .... seen as late as 

 June n." Bristol County: "Common summer resident. Swansea and 

 Rehoboth." Brookline : " Uncommon migrant." Cambridge : Common 

 transient visitant. Cohasset: "Rare." Dedham : "Often seen." Essex 

 County: "Summer visitant. Common." Ipswich: Formerly bred. 

 " One seen in summer of 1897." Martha's Vineyard : " Transient ; com- 

 mon." Springfield: "Common during the spring and autumn migra- 

 tions." Often seen during the summer, but not known to breed. Tem- 

 pleton : " Common during the migrations." Wellesley: "Not uncom- 

 mon migrant." 



1 80. Asio wilsonianus (Less.). AMERICAN LONG-EARED 

 OWL. 



An uncommon permanent resident. 



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

 Bristol County : "Uncommon permanent resident." Brookline: "Rare 

 local resident just outside town boundaries." Cambridge : Not com- 

 mon permanent resident. Dedham: " Not rare." Essex County :" Fall 

 and winter. Rare." Ipswich : One instance, November. Springfield : 

 ''Tolerably common resident." Templeton: "Common resident." 

 Wellesley : " Not uncommon resident." 



181. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). SHORT-EARED OWL. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, particularly along the 

 coast and in the Connecticut Vallev ; rare in winter. It is a 



