11^ Bird's OF Massachusetts 



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

 summer resident." Brookline : " Abundant local summer resident."' 

 Cambridge : Abundant summer resident. Occasionally in winter. Cohas- 

 set: "Numerous." Dedham : "Common." Essex County: "Summer 

 visitant. Abundant." Ipswich: " Abundant summer resident." Spring- 

 field: " Common summer resident." Wintered igoo-'oi. Templeton : 

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



312. Scolecophagus carolinus (Mlill.). Rusty Grackle. 

 A very common spring and autumn migrant. Occasionally in 



spring while with us this species is heard to sing its peculiar breed- 

 ing song. 



(February 8) February 20 to May 18 ; September 30 to Novem- 

 ber 25. 



Amherst: " Rare but regular migrant." Berkshire: "Transient visit- 

 ant in the spring and autumn, abundant in the autumn." Bristol County : 

 "Common transient visitant." Brookline: "Abundant spring and un- 

 common fall migrant." Cambridge : Very common transient visitant. 

 Cohasset : " Fairly common." Dedham : " Common migrant." Essex 

 County: "Spring and autumn. Common." Ipswich: " Rather common 

 transient visitant." Martha's Vineyard: "One instance." Springfield: 

 " Cofhmon spring and autumn visitor." TempletOn : "Common tran- 

 sient visitor." ^Vellesley : " Common migrant." 



313. Icterus galbula (Linn.). Baltimore Oriole. 

 An abundant summer resident. 



(April) May 1 to September 6 (November 13, 15,' 18^). 

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

 mer resident of the law country." Bristol County: "Common summer 

 resident." Brookline :" Abundant summer resident." Cambridge :, Very 

 common summer resident. Cohasset: "Abundant." Dedham: "Com- 

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

 '■ Abundant summer visitant." Martha's Vineyard : " Rare summer resi- 

 dent." Springfield: "Abundant summer resident." Templeton: "Abun- 

 dant summer resident." Templeton: " Abundant in summer." Welles- 

 ley: " Common summer resident." 



314. Icterus spurius (Linn.). Orchard Oriole. 



A rare and irregular summer resident, except in the western 



^Ingalls; Auk, Vol. Ill, No. i, Jan., 1886, p. 135. 

 'Editor; O. &0., Vol. XIII, No. 12 Dec, 1888, p. 191. 



