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Winter ; February to March i8 ; Summer, to November 14. 



Amherst: " Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Not verj rare 

 summer resident." Brookline: " Uncommon summer resident." Cam- 

 bridge ; Common summer resident. Cohasset : One instance. 

 Dedham : " Very rare ; one taken." Essex County: " Spring and autumn. 

 Rare." Ipswich : " A few seen each summer." Martha's Vineyard : 

 " Summer resident, rare.'' Springfield : " Summer resident, not uncom- 

 mon in winter." Templeton: "Summer resident, not common." 

 Wellesley : " Scarce summer resident .... rarely winters." 



179. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). American 



OSPREY. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and common but very 

 local summer resident in Bristol County. It is said to have for- 

 merly bred at Ipswich. 



(March 16) April 3 to November 11. 



Amherst: " Common spring migrant in Hadley." Berkshire: "Rather 

 common transient visitant in the spring and autumn .... seen as late as 

 June II." Bristol County : "Common summer resident. Swansea and 

 Rehoboth.'' Brookline :" Uncommon migrant.'' Cambridge : Common 

 transient visitant. Cohasset: "Rare." Dedham: " Often "seen." Essex 

 County: "Summer visitant. Common." Ipswich: Formerly bred. 

 " One seen in smnmer of 1897." Martha's Vineyard : " Transient ; com- 

 mon.'' Springfield: "Common during the spring, and autumn migra- 

 tions." Often seen during the summer, but not known to breed. Tem- 

 pleton : " Common during the migrations." Welltesley : " Not uncom- 

 mon migrant.'' 



r8o. Asio wilsonianus (Less.). American Long-eared 



Ovi^L. 



An uncommon permanent resident. 



Amherst: " Uncommon resident." Berkshire. " Permanent resident." 

 Bristol County : "Uncommon permanent resident." Brookline: "Rare 

 local resident just outside town boundaries." Cambridge : Not com- 

 mon permanent resident. Dedham : " Not rare.'' Essex County : " Fall 

 and winter. Rare." Ipswich: One instance, November. Springfield: 

 "Tolerably common resident." Templeton: "Common resident." 

 Wellesley : " Not uncommon resident." 



181. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared OvifL. 

 A common spring and autumn migrant, particularly along the 

 coast and in the Connecticut Valley ; rare in winter. It is a 



