02 Birds of Massachusetts 



There is a male from West Roxbury taken March 22, 1873, in 

 the mounted collection of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory. Three birds were also taken at Revere Beach, February 

 28, 1883.1 



(February 28); Summer ; October 26 to December 15 ; (Winter), 

 Berkshire; "Rare summer resident." Flocks at Pontoosuc Lake, 

 November and December. Ipswich : On4 instance. Springfield ; Two 

 instances. 



223. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.). Rough-winged 

 Swallow. 



A very rare summer resident, known to breed in the State only 

 in certain limestone cliffs at North Adams, Berkshire County, 

 where two pairs nested in June, 1895.^ There is but one other 

 record, of a bird taken in May, 1851, at Easthampton, and in the 

 collection of Mr. H. L. Clark.3 



224. Clivicola riparia (Linn.) . Bank Swallow. 

 A common, and somewhat local summer resident. 

 April 25 to September 2. 



Amherst; " Common summer resident." Berkshire: " Fairly common 

 summer resident." Bristol County: "Common summer resident." 

 Brookline: "Formerly not uncommon summer resident." Cambridge: 

 Common summer resident. Cohasset: " Common summer resident." 

 Dedham : "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Abundant." 

 Ipswich: "Common summer resident." Martha's Vineyard; "Com- 

 mon summer resident." Springfield : " Common summer resident." 

 Templeton: "Abundant in summer." Wellesley; "Locally common 

 summer resident." 



225. Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.). White-bellied Swal- 

 low. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and now a rather un- 

 common and local summer resident. 



March 22 to October 15. 



Amherst: " Common summer resident.," Berkshire: "Abundant tran- 

 sient visitant, not very common su-mmer resident." Bristol County : 



^Brewster; Auk, Vol. V, No. i, Jan., 1898, pp. in, 112. 

 ^ Faxon ; Auk, Vol. XII, No. 4, Oct., 1895, P- 392- 

 ' Clark ; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 49. 



