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Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Whippoorwills, Wilson's Thrushes, Wood 

 Thrushes, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Yellow-winged Sparrows, the Fly- 

 catchers (except the common Pewee), the Vireos, Tanagers, Hum- 

 mingbirds, and most of the Warblers lay their eggs. The Cedar- 

 birds, Goldfinches, Orchard Orioles, Wood Pewees, and perhaps 

 other birds (inclusive of the Marsh Wrens ?) rarely lay their eggs 

 before the middle of the month, the first two sometimes not until 

 July. 



Note. The above dates, given for the neighborhood of Boston, 

 bear no reference to second broods. The names of several birds 

 have been purposely omitted, chiefly from difficulty in satisfactorily 

 stating or approximating the dates. 



§ VII. July. 



The following (insessorian) birds are summer residents of Massa- 

 chusetts, who have been known to breed here since 1870. Acadian 

 Owls,' Baltimore Orioles, Bank Swallows, Barn Swallows, Barred 

 Owls, Bay-winged Buntings, Black and White " Creepers," Black- 

 billed Cuckoos, Blackburnian Warblers,' Black-throated Blue War- 

 blers ?, ' Black-throated Buntings,* Black-throated Green Warblers, 

 Bluebirds, Blue Jays, Blue Yellow-backed Warblers,' Bobolinks, 

 Broad-winged Hawks,' Brown Creepers, Brown Thrushes, Canada 

 " Flycatchers," Carolina Doves, Catbirds, Chestnut-sided Warblers, 

 Chickadees, Chimney Swifts, Chipping Sparrows, ClifB Swallows, 

 Cooper's Hawks, Cow-birds, Crows, Crow Blackbirds, Downy Wood- 

 peckers, Duck Hawks, Field Sparrows, Fish Hawks, Golden- 

 crowned " Thrushes," Golden-winged Warblers, Golden-winged 

 Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, Goshawks,' Great Crested Flycatchers, 

 Great Carolina Wrens ? (just discovered). Great Horned Owls, Hairy 

 Woodpeckers,' Henslow's Buntings,* Hermit Thrushes ?, ' House 

 Wrens, Hummingbirds, Indigo Birds, King-birds, Kingfishers, Least 

 Pewees, Lincoln's Sparrows, Long-billed Marsh Wrens, Long-eared 

 Owls, Marsh Hawks, Maryland " Yellow-throats," Meadow Larks, 

 Nashville Warblers, ' Night " Hawks," Olive-sided Flycatchers, ' 

 Orchard Orioles,* Pewees, Pigeon Hawks,' Pine Warblers, Prairie 

 Warblers, Purple Finches, Purple Martins, Red-bellied Nut^ 

 hatches ?, ' Red-eyed Vireos, Red-shouldered Hawks, Redstarts, 

 Red-tailed Hawks, Red-winged Blackbirds, Robins, Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeaks, Savannah Sparrows, Scarlet Tanagers, Screech Owls, 



' (Very) rare in summer so far to * Very much more common to the 

 the southward. southward of New England. 



