APPENDIX. 



The whole number of birds belonging to the fauna of 

 eastern Massachusetts is two hundred and ninety-nine,* 

 as will be seen by the Catalogue. Of these twelve have 

 been recently added, viz. : the Varied Thrush (Turdus 

 noBvius), the Tennessee Warbler {Helminthophaga pere- 

 grina), the Baird's Sparrow (Centronyx Bairdii), the Gray 

 King-Bird (Tyr annus Dominicensis), the Yellow-headed 

 Blackbird {Xanthocephalus iclarocephalus), the Barn Owl 

 (Strix pratincola), the Hawk Owl (Sumia ulula), the Stilt 

 Sfmdpiper (Micropalama himantopus), the Yellow-crowned 

 Night Heron (Nyctherodius violaeeus), the Sandwich Tern 

 (^Sterna cantiaca), the White Pelican (Pelecanus erythro- 

 rhynchus), and the Brown Pelican (Felecanus fuscus). 



In the following tables may be found a classification of 



* The whole number of species given by Mr. J. A. Allen, in the " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Essex Institute," Vol. IV. No. 2, August, 1864, as occurring 

 in the State, was two hundred and ninety-six. Of these, three have not 

 been found in eastern , Massachusetts, viz. : Helminthophaga celata, Em- 

 pidonax Acadious, and Ceniurus Carolimis. Those given upon doubtful or 

 InsufBcient evidence as birds of eastern Massachusetts, which are not in- 

 cluded in the present list, are nine, viz.: Farm Hvdsonicus, Cardinalis 

 Vvrginianus, jSgialitis Wikonim, Anser hyperboreus, Anser Gambdii, Ber- 

 nicla Eutchinsii, Bernicla Unccpsii, Procellaria glacialk, and Sterna ara- 

 nea. Sixteen species are added in Mr. Allen's supplement (" American 

 Naturalist," Vol. III., pp. 605-519, 568-585, 631-648, 1869), after ex- 

 punging four species from the previous Ust, — increasing his catalogue to 

 three hundred and eight. Out of these, three are birds of western Massa^ 

 chusetts, viz. : Nauclerus/wrcatus, Seiarus Ludomcianus, and Serimis meri- 

 dionalia. Two of those given in his supplement as birds of eastern Massa^ 

 chusetts are not included in the present Catalogue, viz. : Btiteo Qmperi (not 

 included, for reasons given on page 135) and Carduelis elegans, which, 

 as Mr. Allen justly remarks, was probably an escaped cage-bird. 



