BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



common." Essex County: "Summer visitant. Common." Martha's 

 Vineyard : " Abundant summer resident." Springfield : " Rather uncom 

 mon migrant and rare summer resident." Wellesley : "Locally common 

 summer resident." 



283. Dendroeca palmarum (Gmel.). PALM WARBLER. 

 A rare autumn migrant. 



September 7 to October 22. 



Berkshire: "Rare transient visitant." Brookline : One instance. 

 Cambridge: Uncommon transient visitant. Wellesley: ''Scarce fall 

 migrant." 



284. Dendroeca palmarum hypochrysea Riclgw. YELLOW 

 PALM WARBLER. 



A common spring, and uncommon autumn migrant. According 

 to Dr. J. A. Allen a few have been observed in winter. 



April 5 to May 20; September 5 to October 22. 



Amherst: " Common migrant." Berkshire: "Common spring and 

 autumn transient." Bristol County: "Common transient visitant.'* 

 Brookline: " Common migrant." Cambridge: Abundant transient visit- 

 ant. Cohasset : " Fairly common spring migrant." Dedham : Rather 

 common migrant." Essex County: "Spring. Common." Ipswich: 

 " Abundant transient visitant." Springfield : " Common spring and 

 autumn migrant." Templeton : " Common migrant." Wellesley : 

 " Common migrant." 



285. Dendroeca vigorsii (Aud.). PINE-CREEPING WARBLER. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and as a summer resi- 

 dent common, except in the higher portions of the State where it 

 is rare. Its breeding range is more or less co-extensive with that 

 of the Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida}. It has been occasionally taken 

 in winter, viz., Framingham, December 5, 1891, and January i, 

 1882 ; Duxbury, December 27. 1882 ; Belmont, December 15, 1890. 



April i to November 25 ; (Winter). 



Amherst: "Common migrant." Berkshire: "Very rare summer resi- 

 dent." Bristol County: "Common migrant and uncommon summer 

 resident." Brookline: "Common migrant and summer resident." 

 Cambridge: Common summer resident. Cohasset: "Fairly common 

 in summer." Dedham : " Common." Kssex County : " Summer resi- 

 dent. Abundant." Martha's Vineyard : " Abundant summer resident." 

 Springfield: " Common summer resident." Templeton: "Not common 

 summer resident." Wellesley: " Common summer resident." 



