1 1 6 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



317. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.). YELLOW- 

 HEADED BLACKBIRD. 



Accidental from the west. There are three records : Eastham, 

 two taken by a Mr. Loud on September 10, 1877 ; J Watertown, one 

 in immature plumage was taken by Frank Sanger on October 15, 

 1869 ; 2 Monomoy Island, a female taken on September 8, 1897, by 

 Mr. W. B. Revere.3 



318. Molothrus ater (Bodd.). COWBIRD. 



A common summer resident, wintering occasionally at Belmont, 

 Watertown and Fresh Pond, Cambridge, and perhaps elsewhere 

 in suitable localities. 



(March i) March n to October 21 ; Winter. 4 



Amherst : " Common summer resident." Berkshire : " Fairly common 

 summer resident." Bristol County : " Rather common summer resident." 

 Brookline : " Common, summer resident." Cambridge: Very common 

 summer resident. Occasional in winter. Cohasset : " Common." 

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

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

 mon summer resident." Springfield : " Rather common summer resi- 

 dent." Templeton : "Not common summer resident." Wellesley : 

 " Common summer resident, .... sometimes winters." 



319. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). BOBOLINK. 



A common summer resident, in some localities abundant, but on 

 Cape Cod apparently absent. 



(April 27) May i to September 29. 



Amherst: "Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Very com- 

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

 Brookline : " Common summer resident." Cambridge : Very common 

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

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

 summer resident." Martha's Vineyard: " Transient." Springfield : 

 " Abundant summer resident." Templeton : " Common in summer." 

 Wellesley : " Common summer resident." 



1 Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. X, 1878, p. 18. 



2 Maynard ; Nat. Guide, 1870, p. 122. 



3 Bishop; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Apr., 1901, p. 195. 



"Spelman; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Apr., 1883, pp. 121, 

 122, Chadbourne ; Auk, Vol. V, No. 2, Apr., 1888, p. 207, and Faxon; Auk, 

 Vol. VI, No. i, Jan., 1889, p. 72. 



