ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 1*9 



Ipswich : " Not common summer resident. 11 Martha's Vineyard : " Very 

 abundant summer resident." Springfield: "Common summer resi- 

 dent." Templeton : " Common summer resident." Wellesley: "Com- 

 mon summer resident." 



327. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox SPARROW. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, casual in winter. 



(February 4 1 and 17 l ) March 9 to April 25; (September 17) 

 October 15 to November 20 (December 6). 



Amherst : " Common spring and fall migrant. 1 ' Berkshire: " Com- 

 mon transient visitant." Bristol County: " Common transient visitant." 

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

 ant. Cohasset : " Fairly common migrant." Dedham : " Common mi- 

 grant." Essex County : Migrant. ''Abundant." Springfield: "Com- 

 mon spring and autumn migrant." Templeton: "Common during mi- 

 grations. 11 Wellesley : " Common migrant." 



328. Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). SWAMP SPARROW. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and somewhat local 

 summer resident, wintering at Fresh Pond, Cambridge. 2 

 (March 16) March 27 to November 30 ; Winter. 

 Amherst: "Common." Berkshire: "Rather common summer resi- 

 dent.' 1 Bristol County : " Uncommon summer resident. 1 ' Brookline : 

 "Common migrant and .... summer resident." Cambridge : Abundant 

 summer resident; a few winter. Cohasset: "Not common summer res- 

 ident. 1 ' Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. 

 Common. 1 ' Springfield : " Rather uncommon summer resident.' 1 Tem- 

 pleton . " Common summer resident." Wellesley : " Not uncommon 

 local summer resident." 



329. Melospiza lincolnii (Aud.). LINCOLN'S FINCH. 

 An uncommon spring and common autumn migrant.* 



May 7 to June i ; September 12 to October 10 (November i). 



Amherst: One instance. May. Berkshire: "Transient visitant in the 

 spring and autumn, common, more numerous in the autumn." Cam- 

 bridge : Uncommon transient visitant. Springfield : Several instances. 

 Wellesley : " Scarce migrant." 



1 Job; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 3, July, 1883, p. 150. 



2 Chadbourne; Auk, Vol. II, No. 2, Apr., 1885, p. 216. 



* Brewster; Bird- Lore, Vol. II, No. 4, Aug., 1900, pp. 107-112. 



