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 {Turdm 
ncevius), the Tennessee Warbler {Helminthophaga pere- 
grina), the Baird’s Sparrow {Centronyx Bairdii), the Gray 
King-Bird (Tyrannus Dominicensis), the Yellow-headed 
Blackbird [Xanthocephalus icterocephalus), the Barn Owl 
(^Strix pratincola), the Hawk Owl {Surnia ulula), the Stilt 
Sandpiper {Micropalama himantopus), the Yellow-crowned 
Night Heron {Nyctherodius violaceus), the Sandwich Tern 
{Sterna cantiaca)^ the White Pelican {Pelecanus erythro- 
rhynchus), and the Brown Pelican {Pelecanus 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 celaia, Em- 
pidonax Acadicus^ and Centurus Carolinus. Those given upon doubtful or 
insufficient evidence as birds of eastern Massachusetts, which are not in- 
cluded in the present list, are nine, viz.: Earns Hudsonicus^ Cardinalis 
Virginianus^ jEgialitls Wilsonius^ Anser hyperboreus^ Anser Gambdii^ Ber- 
nida Euichinsii, Bernida leucopsis^ Procellaria glacialis^ and Sterna ara- 
nea. Sixteen species are added in Mr. Allen’s supplement (“American 
Naturalist,” Vol. III., pp. 505-519, 568-585, 631 -648, 1869), after ex- 
punging four species from the previous list, — increasing his catalogue to 
three hundred and eight. Out of these, three are birds of western Massa- 
chusetts, viz. : N auderus furcaius^ Seiurus Ludovidanus, and Serinus meri- 
dionalis. Two of those given in his supplement as birds of eastern Massa- 
chusetts are not included in the present Catalogue, viz.: Buteo Coqperi (not 
included, for reasons given on page 135) and Carduelis elegans, which, 
as Mr. Allen justly remarks, was probably an escaped cage-bird. 
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