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AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
Vol. III. — DECEMBER, 1869. — No. 10. 









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NOTES ON SOME OF THE RARER BIRDS OF 
MASSACHUSETTS.* 
BY J. A. ALLEN. 
Tae Natural History of any portion of country cannot, 
of course, be too fully known; and the few ornithological 
notes at this time presented I feel sure will be acceptable to 
those Who are interested in the study of the New England 
birds. While a large portion of the facts now communi- 
cated are of my own observing I am greatly indebted to 
the kindness of other persons for many of the interesting 
notes that, during the last five years, have been accumu- 
lating in my note-book. As the authorities upon which the 
observations not my own in the following pages are commu- 
Meated are always indicated, I have here but to return 
.. „nks to my numerous ornithological correspondents and 
friends who have so generously favored me from time to 
me with their valuable contributions. Only by knowing 
thoroughly the fauna of a locality can the subsequent changes 
in it, induced by its becoming more densely settled, or by 
MEL S ay subi test enge DA REDUCTION 

*4 supplemen: blished five years 
Sa t to a Catalogue of the Birds of Massachusetts, pu À 
“ince by the writer in the fourth volume of the Proceedings of the Essex Institute. 
/ goEnterea aCcordin, PEABODY ACADEMY OF 
: Congress, in the year 1969, by the 
g in the Clerk's Otee of the Disiriet Court of the District of Massachusetts. 
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