BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS, ETC. 97 



Summary. 



Number of species found at Springfield 1D5 



" in the State 290 



" that breed iu the State .... 1C1 



" " resident species ....... 28 



Winter visitants 07 



Spring and Autumn visitants 75 



Summer visitants ......... 100 



Chance visitors 35 



Springfield, April, 1804. 



Supplemental Notes. While the preceding paper has 

 been passing through the press the following facts have 

 been ascertained : 



A specimen of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivca Gray) was 

 taken in Springfield, the present year, about May 20th. 

 Another instance of its capture here late in May has 

 occurred within a few years. It has been found here 

 repeatedly in November, and consequently spends at least 

 half the year here. 



A specimen of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( Coccygus 

 americanus Bonap. ) was killed here in May this year, by 

 Mr. B. Hosford, who informs me that he obtained another 

 specimen here several years since. The capture of only 

 three specimens of this species at Springfield has as yet 

 come to my knowledge. 



That the Hermit Thrush (Turdus Pallasi Cab.; does 

 occasionally breed at Springfield I am now convinced, 

 having seen a specimen shot here in July, but the instances 

 appear to be extremely rare * 



In the preceding list of the Birds of Springfield, the 

 Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor Baird) is mentioned 

 as rare, and as not breeding at Springfield. I find it not 

 uncommon in sandy fields, growing up thinly to pitch 

 pines, the present summer, where it is breeding quite 

 plentifully. It was not uncommon in June to hear several 

 males singing at a time. 



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