The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Bird-Lists 



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 NE of the means employed by the Massachusetts Audubon Society 

 to interest its members in the practical side of bird study is an 

 invitation to make lists of the birds noted in the state during 

 the year, blanks being furnished for the purpose of properly recording 

 observations. The best ten lists received by the secretary for the Society for 

 the last year were made by the following members: Richard S. Eustis, 

 Cambridge, 145 species; Mrs. L. E. Bridge, West Medford, 125 species; 

 Elizabeth S. Hill, West Groton, 116 species; Lilian Cleveland, West 

 Medford, m species; Isabel B. Holbrook, Milton or Rockland, 107 

 species; Abby W. Christensen, Brookline, 107 species; Louise Howe, 

 Brookline, 103 species; Bertha Langmaid, Boston, 99; James See Peters, 

 Jamaica Plain, 90; Mrs. W. H. Simonds, Bedford, 89. The three first 

 mentioned lists are published herewith. 



Blanks for recording the species observed from July 1, 1902, to July 1, 

 1903, will be furnished to members of the Society by its secretary, Miss 

 Harriet E. Richards, Boston Society of Natural History. 





List of Birds observed by 

 Richard S. Eustis, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., from May 

 19, 1901, to May 19, 

 1902. 



List of Birds ob- 

 served by Eliza- 

 beth S. Hill, West 

 Groton, Mass., 

 from Mar. 1, '01, 

 to July 1, '02. 



List of Birds observed by Mrs. 

 L. E. Bridge, West Medford, 

 Mass., from July 1, 1901, to 

 July 1, 1902.. 



Name of Species 



Locality 



Date 



Locality 



Date 



Locality 



Date 



-lolbcell's Grebe . . . 

 iorned Grebe .... 

 a ied-billed Grebe . . 



Nahant . . 

 Marbiehead 

 Lexington 

 Ipswich . . 

 Ipswich . . 

 Ipswich . . 



Marhlehead 



Dec. 31,'cu 

 Nov. 16, '01 

 June 10, '01 

 Oct. 26, '01 

 Aug. 30, '01 

 Jan. 12, '02 



Aug. 29, '01 

 July 7, '01 

 Aug. 1, '01 



Oct. 26, 'oi 

 May 25, '01 

 May 2, '02 

 Oct. 31, '01 

 Oct. 18, '01 



Groton 



July 3°. 



Middlesex Fells 



Ipswich .... 

 Ipswich .... 

 Providence . . . 



Middlesex Fells 



Boston .... 

 Ipswich . . . 



Cohasset . . . 

 Cohasset .... 



Mar. 24/02 

 Mar. 12, '02 



'arasitic Jaeger . . . 



Grreat Black - backed 

 Gull 













Mar. 12, '02 





Rockport . 



Ipswich . . 

 Belmont. . 

 Belmont . . 

 Cambridge 

 Boston . . 







July 17, '01 



Sept. 22, '01 



Jan. 1, '02 

 Mar. 12, '02 



^ed-breasted Mergan- 

 ser 



Black Duck 



Wood Duck 



^esser Scaup Duck . . 

 American Golden-eye. 

 Bufflehead 



Groton 

 Groton 



Mar. 22,' . 

 April 1, 









31d-squaw 



Ipswich . . 



Nahant . . 

 Marbiehead 



Belmont* . 



Oct. 26, '01 



Feb. 15, '02 

 Oct. 9, '01 



May 22, '01 







Sept. 19, '01 

 Sept. 23, '01 



Ruddy Duck .... 

 Canada Goose . . 

 American Bittern . . . 



Groton 

 Groton 



Mar. 13, 

 April 4, ' . 



* Heard 

 (ISI) 



