132 Birds OF Massachusetts 



however, along the northern border of the State m small num- 

 bers much more regularly than elsewhere. Of the large flights, 

 the most recent was in the winter of i8g2-'93.'' 



November 4 to April 4. 



Amherst: "Common, but very irregular winter visitor." Berkshire: 

 " Irregular winter visitant." Bristol County : " Irregular winter visitant, 

 varying in abundance." Brookline : " Common irregular winter visitant." 

 Cambridge: Irregular winter visitant. Frequently common, sometimes 

 abundant. Cohasset : "Irregular in winter." Dedham : "Erratic win- 

 ter visitor." Essex County: "Winter. Rather rare.'' Springfield: 

 "Irregular winter visitor." Templeton : " An irregular winter visitor." 

 Wellesley : " Irregular winter visitor.'' 



362. Coccothraustes vespertinus (Coop.). Evening Gros- 

 beak. 



An accidental visitant from the northwest. There was a great 

 incursion of this species into New England in the winter of 1889- 

 1890, when specimens were taken at the following places : 

 Adams, Agawam, Amherst, Ayer Junction, Berkshire, Boxford, 

 Crescent Beach, East Brimfield, Lanesboro, Lenox, Lynn, Melrose, 

 Natick, Reading, Sheffield, South Natick, South (not North) Sud- 

 bury, Taunton, Tyngsborough, Wellesley, West Newton, West Pel- 

 ham, West Roxbury and Williamstown. This is probably the 

 most interesting bird-flight ever recorded in Massachusetts.^ 



January i to April. 



Berkshire: "Appeared in considerable numbers in the winter of 188©- 

 1890." Bristol County: "One instance. Mar. 8, 1890." Ca'mbridge: 

 Known to have occurred only in the winter of i889-'9o. Springfield: 

 Winter of 1889-90. Wellesley: "Casual." 



EXTIRPATED SPECIES.* 



I. Meleagris gallopavo Linn. Wild Turkey. — This spe- 

 cies was a common permanent resident in the State until about a 



1 Brewster; Auk, Vol. XII. No. 3, July, 1895, pp. 245-256. 

 ^Brewster; Minot's Land & Game Birds, 2nd ed., 1895, PP- 47°' 47'- See 

 also Auk, O. & O. and Forest & Stream for 1890. 



* Allen; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. I, No. 3, Sept., 1876, pp. 53-60. 



