ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES I 1 5 



portions of the State, where it appears to be not uncommon. 

 (May i) May 8 to August. 



Amherst : " Occasional and quite rare." Berkshire : " Not uncommon 

 summer resident." Brookline : One instance. Cambridge: Summer resi- 

 dent, sometimes rather common. Dedham : One instance. Ipswich: "A 

 pair nested in 1895 and 1896." Martha's Vineyard : " A pair nested at 

 Cottage City in 1896." Springfield : " Not uncommon summer resident 

 in the river towns/' Wellesley : " Rare summer resident." 



315. Sturnella magna (Linn.). MEADOWLARK. 



A common summer resident ; wintering near the coast and 

 sparingly inland. 



March 8 to November 26 ; Winter. 



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

 mer resident of the low country." Bristol County : " Permanent resident, 

 common in summer, much less so in winter." Cambridge : Common 

 summer resident. Not uncommon winter visitant. Cohasset : " Com- 

 mon, rare in winter." Dedham : " Tolerably common." Essex County : 

 "Resident. Common." Ipswich: "Abundant summer resident." Not 

 uncommon in winter. Martha's Vineyard : " Common resident" Spring- 

 field : " Common summer and rather rare winter resident." Templeton : 

 "Formerly abundant, but now rare." Wellesley: "Common summer 

 resident .... sometimes seen in winter." 



316. Agelaeus phceniceus (Linn.). RED-WINGED BLACK- 

 BIRD. 



A common, if not abundant summer resident, wintering rarely 

 and locally at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 1 at Longmeadow, Spring- 

 field, 2 and at Taunton. 



(February 25) March 6 to October 20 (November 28); Winter. 



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

 mer resident." Bristol County :" Abundant summer resident." Brook- 

 line : " Common summer resident.' 1 Cambridge : ' Abundant summer 

 resident. .Cohasset: "Numerous." Dedham: "Common." Essex 

 County: "Summer visitant. Common." Ipswich: "Abundant sum- 

 mer resident.' 1 Martha's Vineyard: " Abundant summer resident." 

 Springfield: " Abundant summer resident." Wintered in 1896-' 7. Tem- 

 pleton: "Abundant in summer." Wellesley : "Abundant summer resi- 

 dent." 



1 Spelman ; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 3, July, 1890, pp. 288, 289. 



2 Morris ; Auk, Vol. XIV, No. i, Jan., 1897, p. 100. 



