Annotated List of Species 



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Amherst: " Common summer resident." Berkshire: " Common sum- 

 mer resident." Bristol County : " Permanent resident, abundant in sum- 

 mer." Brookline: "A permanent resident, not uncommon in the winter, 

 abundant in the summer." Cambridge: Very common summer resident, 

 common winter resident. Cohasset: " Numerous all the vear.'' Ded- 

 ham . " Common resident." Essex County : "Resident. Common." 

 Ipswich : •■ Abundant permanent resident." Martha's Vineyard : "Com- 

 mon resident." Springfield : " Abundant summer resident, a few re- 

 maining during the winter." Templeton : "Abundant summer resident." 

 \A^ellesley : " Common summer resident." 



2 02. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.).. Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. 



An irregular visitant at all seasons of the year, and occasionally 

 common in autumn. It has been known to breed rarely in the west- 

 ern part of the State, where the latest definite record is at Aga- 

 wam in i88g.^ It occurred near Boston in unusual numbers in the 

 autumn of 188 1. 



Amherst: "Very rare." Berkshire: "Very rare summer resident." 

 Bristol County : " Rare and irregular straggler." Brookline: " An irreg- 

 ular visitant." Cambridge: Irregular at all seasons, sometimes common 

 in fall. Dedham : "One taken in August, 1881." Essex County: 

 "Spring and autumn, ^^ery rare." Martha's Vineyard: "Rare." 

 Springfield : " Irregular and rather rare visitor. Has been known to 

 breed." Templeton: " Rare straggler." Wellesley : " Scarce and irreg- 

 ular fall and winter resident." 



203. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. 



Accidental from the south. The records are : Springfield, one 

 seen May 13, 1863 ; ■* Newton, a pair seen, and the female shot by 

 Mr. William Adair, November 25, 1880; 3 Cohasset, a male was 

 taken by Mr. Matthew Luce, Jr., on May 28, 1881;* Clmto?i, a 

 male seen July 17, 1896.^ 



204. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied Sap- 

 sucker. 



A fairly common spring and autumn migrant, and in Berkshire 



1 Morris ; Auk, Vol. VI, No. 4, Oct., 1S89, p. 340. 



^ Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 53. 



^ Plummer; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol VI, No. 2, Apr., 1S81, p. 120. 



* Brewster; ibid., Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1S81, p. 1S3. 



"Farmer; Osprey, Vol. I, Xo. 3, Nov., 1896, p. 39. 



