Annotated List of Species 82 



" Common summer resident." Brookline : " Common migrant and rare 

 summer resident." _ Cambridge: Summer resident, formerly common; 

 now common only as a migrant. Cohasset : "Numerous." Dedham : 

 " Very common." Essex County : " Summer visitant. Abundant." 

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

 mon migrant and summer resident.*' Springfield: Abundant migrant; 

 "a few breed." Templeton : ''Abundant summer resident." Wellesley : 

 " Common migrant ; less common summer resident." 



226. Hirundo erythrogastra (Bodd.). Barn Swallow. 

 An abundant spring and autumn migrant and common summer 



resident, but gradually losing ground in the eastern portions of the 

 State as the old-fashioned barns become replaced by modern 

 structures. 



April 2 to September 30. 



Amherst: '"An abundant summer resident." Berkshire: ''Abundant 

 summer resident." Bristol County ; " Common summer resident." 

 Brookline : '■ Formerly common summer resident, now rare except as a 

 migrant." Cambridge: Common summer resident, fast decreiising. 

 Cohasset: " Common summer resident." Dedham; "Common." Essex 

 County: " Summer visitant. Abundant." Ipswich: "Abundant sum- 

 mer resident." Martha's Vineyard: "Common summer resident." 

 Springfield: "Abundant summer resident." Templeton: "Common 

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



227. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Eave Swallow. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and as a summer resident 

 abundant in the western portions of the State, becoming rare in 

 the eastern portions. 



April 23 to September 30. 



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

 mer resident." Bristol County: " Uncommon transient visitant, formerly 

 bred." Brookline: "Rare migrant." Cambridge: Summer resident, 

 much less common than formerly. Cohasset : " Fairly common." 

 Dedham: " Formerly bred." Essex County : " Summer visitant." Com- 

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

 " Summer resident." Springfield : " Rather common summer resident." 

 Templeton: "A local and irregular summer resident." Wellesley: 

 " Scarce and local summer resident." 



228. Progne subis (Linn.). Purple Martin. 



An uncommon and local summer resident ; formerly much 

 more common. 



April 14 to September 30. 



