ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES C)^ 



Ipswich, one shot by Mr. C. J. Maynard in December, I864. 1 

 The specimen is now in the mounted collection of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History. 



259. Merula migratoria (Linn.). AMERICAN ROBIN. 



An abundant summer resident, and not uncommon winter resi- 

 dent in most portions of the State,* especially along the seacoast. 



March 8 to November 23. 



Amherst : "Abundant summer resident." Berkshire: "Abundant 

 summer resident." A few winter. Bristol County: "Very abundant 

 summer resident, casual in winter." Brookline : "Abundant summer, 

 and not uncommon winter resident." Cambridge : Very abundant sum- 

 mer resident, common but irregular winter visitant. Cohasset : " Abun' 

 dant at all seasons." Dedham : " Exceedingly abundant." Essex County: 

 "Resident. Abundant." Ipswich: "Abundant summer resident." Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard: "Abundant summer resident." Springfield: "Abun- 

 dant summer resident, occasionally winters." Templeton : "Abun- 

 dant." Wellesley : " Abundant summer resident .... a few winter." 



260. Hylocichla guttata pallasii (Cab.). HERMIT THRUSH. 

 A common spring and autumn migrant, breeding regularly in 



Berkshire, Hampden, Worcester, Plymouth and Barnstable 

 Counties, and at Martha's Vineyard. 2 It has also been found 

 breeding at Lynn, 3 Roxbury, 4 Concord, 5 North Beverley, and else- 

 where. It has occurred occasionally in winter, having been 

 observed at Roxbury, December 25, 1882, 6 and at Waverley, Jan- 

 uary 12, 1891, and February 14, 1892. 7 



(April i) April 4 to May 18 ; September 19 to November 10 

 (Winter). 



Amherst: " Common migrant." Berkshire: Prior to i894~'95 a com- 

 mon summer resident, less common since then above 800 feet. Bristol 



1 Coues, fide, Allen MS.\ Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. V, r866-'6;, p. 312. 

 *Ho\ve; Auk, Vol. XV, No. 2, Apr., 1898, pp. 162-167, and Brevvster ; 



ibid., Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1890, pp. 360-373. 



2 Howe & Coggins ; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. i, Jan., 1901, pp. 111,112. 



3 Welch; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII, 1870, p. 366. 



4 Brewer; Bost. Journal Nat. Hist., Vol. VI, 1852, p. 304, 305. 



5 Maynard; Birds of East. No. Amer., 1882, p. 10. 



6 Job; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 3, July, 1883, p. 149. 



7 Faxon ; in verbis. 



