82 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



There is a male from West Roxbury taken March 22, 1873, in 

 the mounted collection of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory. Three birds were also taken at Revere Beach, February 

 28, I883. 1 



(February 28) ; Summer ; October 26 to December 15 ; (Winter), 

 Berkshire ; " Rare summer resident." Flocks at Pontoosuc Lake,. 

 November and December. Ipswich : One instance. Springfield : Two 

 instances. 



223. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.). ROUGH-WINGED 

 SWALLOW. 



A very rare summer resident, known to breed in the State only 

 in certain limestone cliffs at North Adams, Berkshire County, 

 where two pairs nested in June, 1895. 2 There is but one other 

 record, of a bird taken in May, 1851, at Easthampton, and in the 

 collection of Mr. H. L. Clark.3 



224. Clivicola riparia (Linn.) . BANK SWALLOW. 

 A common, and somewhat local summer resident. 

 April 25 to September 2. 



Amherst; " Common summer resident. 1 ' Berkshire: " Fairly common 

 summer resident." Bristol County: "Common summer resident." 

 Brookline: "Formerly not uncommon summer resident." Cambridge: 

 Common summer resident. Cohasset: " Common summer resident." 

 Dedham : "Common." Essex County : " Summer visitant. Abundant." 

 Ipswich: "Common summer resident." Martha's Vineyard: "Com- 

 mon summer resident." Springfield : " Common summer resident." 

 Templeton: "Abundant in summer." Wellesley : "Locally common 

 summer resident." 



225. Tachycineta bicolor (VieilL). WHITE-BELLIED SWAL- 

 LOW. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and now a rather un- 

 common and local summer resident. 



March 22 to October 15. 



Amherst: " Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Abundant tran- 

 sient visitant, not very common summer resident." Bristol County : 



iBrewster; Auk, Vol. V, No. i, Jan., 1898, pp. in, 112. 



2 Faxon ; Auk, Vol. XII, No. 4, Oct., 1895, p. 392. 



3 Clark ; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 49. 



