Annotated List of Species ^ ^ 3 



one taken in August, 1867 ;^ Framingham, an immature male was 

 taken in May, " some years since," /. e. prior to 1870, by Mr. 

 A. L. Babcock } 



308. Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.). Western Tanager. 

 Accidental from the west. There is but one record : Salem, 



(not Lynn) a bird taken alive on January 20, 1878.2 



309. Piranga erythromelas Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. 

 A common summer resident. 



(May 4) May 8 to October 6. 



Amherst: "Not uncommon summer resident." Berkshire: " Com- 

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

 Brookline : " Common summer resident." Cambridge : Rather com- 

 mon summer resident. Cohasset : " Common in summer." Dedham : 

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

 "Not common." Martha's Vineyard: "Summer resident. Rare." 

 Springfield: "Common summer resident.'' Templeton: "Tolerably 

 common in summer." Wellesley : " Common summer resident." 



310. Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.). Purple Grackle. 



A summer resident in the southernmost portions of the State, 

 typical quiscula being found only occasionally, while intergrades 

 showing a preponderance of quiscula blood predominate on Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and in Barnstable and Bristol 

 Counties. About Boston, Mr. William Brewster writes that only 10% 

 of the genus Quiscalus show traces of quiscula blood.^ 



Bristol County; "Common summer resident." Martha's Vineyard: 

 "Abundant summer resident." 



311. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgw.). Bronzed 

 Grackle. 



A common summer resident of the more northern portions of 

 the State, wintering occasionally at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, and 

 at Longmeadow, and probably in other favorable localities. 

 . (March i) March 11 to November 22. 



' Stearns & Coues ; N. E. Bird Life, Vol. I, 1881, p. 179. 



''Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill,' No. 11, Jan., 187D, p. 578, p. 25 of separate. 



' Brewer; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXI, March 14, 1878, p. 95. 



•* Brewster; Minot's Land & Game Birds, 2nd ed., 1895, pp. 269, 270. 



