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portions of the State, where it appears to be not uncommon. 

 (May i) May 8 to August. 



Amherst : " Occasional and quite rare." Berkshire : " Not uncommon 

 summer resident." Brookline : One instance. Cambridge: Summer resi- 

 dent, sometimes rather common. Dedham: One instance. Ipswich: "A 

 pair nested in 1895 and 1896." Martha's Vineyard : " A pair nested at 

 Cottage City in 1896." Springfield : " Not uncommon summer resident 

 in the river towns."' Wellesley : " Rare summer resident." 



315. Sturnella magna (Linn.). Meadowlark. 



A common summer resident ; wintering near the coast and 

 sparingly inland. 



March 8 to November 26 ; Winter. 



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

 mer resident of the low country." Bristol County : " Permanent resident, 

 common in summer, much less so In winter." Cambridge : Common 

 summer resident. Not uncommon winter visitant. Cohasset : " Com- 

 mon, rare in winter." Dedham: "Tolerably common." Essex County: 

 "Resident. Common." Ipswich: "Abundant summer resident." Not 

 uncommon in winter. Martina's Vineyard : "Common resident." Spring- 

 field : " Common summer and rather rare winter resident." Templeton : 

 "Formerly abundant, but now rare." Wellesley: " Commoh summer 

 resident .... sometiines seen in winter." 



316. Agelaeus phoeniceus (Linn.). Red-winged Black- 

 bird. 



A common, if not; abundant summer resident, wintering rarely 

 and locally at Fresh Pond, Cambridge,^ at Longmeadow, Spring- 

 field,'^ and at Taunton. 



" (February 25) March 6 to October 20 (November 28); Winter. 

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

 mer resident." Bristol County :" Abundant summer resident." Brook- 

 line: "Common summer resident." Cambridge: 'Abundant summer 

 resident. Cohasset: "Numerous." Dedham: "Common.'' Essex 

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

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

 Springfield: " Abundant summer resident." Wintered in i896-'7. Tem- 

 pleton: " Abundant in summer." Wellesley : " Abundant summer resi- 

 dent." 



iSpelman ; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 3, July, 1890, pp. 288, 289. 

 " Morris ; Auk, Vol. XIV, No. i, Jan., 1897, p. 100. 



