ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES n cj 



Amherst : " Common summer resident." Berkshire: u Common sum- 

 mer resident." Bristol County : " Permanent resident, abundant in sum- 

 mer." Brookline : "A permanent resident, not uncommon in the winter, 

 abundant in the summer." Cambridge: Very common summer resident, 

 common winter resident. Cohasset: " Numerous all the rear." Ded- 

 ham : " Common resident." Essex County: "Resident. Common." 

 Ipswich: " Abundant permanent resident." Martha's Vineyard : "Com- 

 mon resident." Springfield : " Abundant summer resident, a few re- 

 maining during the winter." Templeton : "Abundant summer resident." 

 Wellesley : " Common summer resident." 



202. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). RED-HEADED 

 WOODPECKER. 



An irregular visitant at all seasons of the year, and occasionally 

 common in autumn. It has been known to breed rarely in the west- 

 ern part of the State, where the latest definite record is at Aga- 

 wam in 1889. l It occurred near Boston in unusual numbers in the 

 autumn of -1881. 



Amherst : "Very rare." Berkshire: "Very rare summer resident." 

 Bristol County : " Rare and irregular straggler." Brookline : "An irreg- 

 ular visitant." Cambridge: Irregular at all seasons, sometimes common 

 in fall. Dedham : "One taken in August, 1881." Essex County: 

 " Spring and autumn. Very rare." Martha's Vineyard : " Rare." 

 Springfield : " Irregular and rather rare visitor. Has been known to 

 breed." Templeton: " Rare straggler." Wellesley: " Scarce and irreg- 

 ular fall and winter resident." 



203. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). RED-BELLIED WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Accidental from the south. The records are : Springfield, one 

 seen May 13, 1863 ; ' 2 Newton, a pair seen, and the female shot by 

 Mr. William Adair, November 25, 1880; 3 Cohasset, a male was 

 taken by Mr. Matthew Luce, Jr., on May 28, i88i; 4 Clinton, a 

 male seen July 17, 1896. 5 



204. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). YELLOW-BELLIED SAP- 

 SUCKER. 



A fairly common spring and autumn migrant, and in Berkshire 



1 Morris ; Auk, Vol. VI, No. 4, Oct., 1889, p. 340. 



2 Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 53. 



3 Plummer; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, No. 2, Apr., iSSi, p. 120. 



4 Brewster; //>/</., Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1881, p. 183. 



5 Farmer; Osprey, Vol. I, No. 3, Nov., 1896, p. 39. 



