Annotated List of Species a '7 



April 1 6 to October. 



Amherst: " Common summer resident." Berkshire : " Summer resi- 

 dent. Not abundant." Bristol County : " Common summer resident." 

 Brookline :■ " A summer resident." Cambridge: Common summer resi- 

 dent. Cohasset : " Abundant summer resident." Dedham : "Common." 

 Essex County: "Summer visitant. Common." Ipswich: "Summer 

 resident. Common." Springfield : " Abundant summer resident." Tem- 

 pleton: "Common summer resident." Wellesley: "Common summer 

 resident." 



no. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Least Bittern. 



A not uncommon, but very local summer resident, mainly near 

 the coast. 



April 15 to September i. 



Amherst: "One instance. Northampton." Brookline: " Formerly a 

 summer resident." Cambridge: Rather common summer resident. Ded- 

 ham: " Five taken .... in 1874." EssexCounty: "May. Rare." Spring- 

 field: " Rare." TA^ellesley : " Rare or scarce summer resident." 



111. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). A.merican Bit- 

 tern. 



A somewhat local, but fairly common summer resident. Casual 

 in winter. 



(January 5) March 31 to November 11 (December 30). 

 Amherst: "A rare but regular summer resident." Berkshire: "Not 

 common summer resident." Bristol County: " Uncommon summer resi- 

 dent, more common in migrations." Brookline: "An uncommon mi- 

 grant." Cambridge: Not common summer resident. Cohasset: " Rather 

 common." Dedham: " Rather common." Essex County: " Summer 

 visitant. Common." Ipswich: " Common summer resident." Nan- 

 tucket: " Common." Springfield: " Common summer resident." Tem- 

 pleton: " Summer resident." Wellesley: "Not common summer resident." 



112. Olor columbianus (Ord). Whistling Swan. 

 Althougli " not uncommon " two centuries ago, it is now only 



accidental. The recent records are : JVa/iant, a specimen in the 

 mounted collection of the Boston Society of Natural History, with- 

 out data, is probably the one referred to by Brewer (1879) and 

 Mr. William Brewster^ as having been shot about 1864 by a Mr. 

 Taylor ; Ipswich, seen occasionally by Mr. F. E. Le Baron " in for- 



1 Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, No. z, Apr., 1879, p. 125. 



