26 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



17O. Blue Goose Chen ccerulescens (Linne"). Rare 

 fall M. West Gloucester, Oct. 20, 1876. x 



1 7 la. White-fronted Goose Anser dlbifrons gam- 

 beli Hartlaub. Accidental M. from West. Ipswich, Aug. 

 1907; Plymouth, Nov. 26. 



172, Canada Goose ; Wild Goose Brdnta cana- 

 densis canadensis (Linne*). Common M.; possibly W. R. on 

 south coast. Mar. 8- June 5; Sept. 21 -Dec. 30 (Jan.). 

 Fresh and salt water. 



*172a. Hutchins's Goose Brdnta canadensis 

 hutchinsi (Richardson). Probably occurs as a rare M. 



173a. Brant; White-bellied Brant; Blue 

 Brant Branta bernicla glaucogdstra (Brehm.) Common 

 M. coastwise, casual inland; scarce W. R. on south coast. 

 Very irregular in abundance in Essex Co. Mar. 12 - May 

 17; Sept. 12 -Dec. 12 (winter). 



*174. Black Brant Branta nigricans (Lawrence). 

 Accidental from West. Chatham. Spring. 



*175. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (Bech- 

 stein). Accidental from North. Nov. 



18O. Whistling Swan Olor columbidnus (Ord). 

 Rare M. ; occasional W. R. at Nantucket. Oct. 16 - Dec. 27 

 (winter -Mar. 4). 



*181. Trumpeter Swan Olor buccinator (Richard- 

 son). Probably occurred formerly as a rare M. 



IBIDID^E. IBISES. 



186. Glossy Ibis Plegadis autumndlis (Linne"). Ac- 

 cidental from South. May [Oct.], Marshes, shores of 

 ponds, etc. 



CICONIID^E. STORKS AND WOOD IBISES. 



*188. Wood Ibis Mycteria americdna Linne. Ac- 

 cidental from South. Seekonk, July 17, 1896. ? George- 

 town, June 19, 1880. Swamps and marshes. 



ARDEID^E. HERONS, BITTERNS, ETC. 



19O. Bittern ; American Bittern ; Stake- 

 driver Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu). Common M. 

 andS. R., Mar. 81 - Nov. 26 (Dec., Jan.). Marshes, both 

 salt and fresh, shores of ponds and streams, and open 

 sedgy meadows. Nest on ground, in swamps. Eggs, May 

 5- June 10. 



