A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF DEDHAM.

BY JULIUS Ross WAKEFIELD.

(Continued from page 7.)

ALL birds not specified as occurring in any other season, are to be considered summer residents, i. e, they breed in Dedham. Winter visitors are liable to be found at any time between October and May, as a rule more often in February and March than in mid-winter, while the migrants make up the large body of birds that visit us in the spring while journeying to their northern homes, and again in the fall on their return to the south, but which neither breed nor winter here. Residents are those birds which are found here the year round.

The order and scientific nomenclature of this list are according to the check list of the American Ornithologists' Union, and its completeness is due to the valuable assistance given by Mr. George E. Browne, of Dedham, and Dr. Henry F. Aten of Brooklyn, N. Y. Additions will be recorded in the REGISTER if sent, with proofs of occurrence, to the compiler.

PODILYMBUS PODICEPS. Pied-billed Grebe. Common in the fall.
URINATOR IMBER. Loon. Occasionally seen.
ALLE ALLE. Little Auk.

Large flocks driven inland by a storm in

flying over in March, 1880.

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2.

3.

September, 1872.

5.

6.

ANAS OBSCURA.

fall.

Herring Gull. One seen

MERGANSER AMERICANUS. Merganser. Very common twenty

years ago.

Black Duck. Common in the migrations.

7. ANAS CAROLINENSIS.

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9.

10.

11.

Green-winged Teal. Regular visitor in the

ANAS DISCORS. Blue-winged Teal. Less common than the above.
AIX SPONSA. Wood Duck. Tolerably common.

GLAUCIONETTA CLANGULA AMERICANA. Golden-eyed Duck. Seen

once in mid-winter.

CHARITONETTA ALBEOLA. Buffle-head Duck. One taken.

12. BRANTA CANADENSIS. Wild Goose. Often seen flying over during the migrations, occasionally settling on Wigwam Pond or Charles River.

13. BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUs. Bittern. Rather common.

14. BOTAURUS EXILIS. Least Bittern. A flock of five taken by Mr. G.

Great White Heron.
ARDEA VIRESCENS. Green Heron.

18. NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX NAEVIUS. Night Heron. Common.

20. 21.

22.

Clapper Rail.
Common.

One taken

Has been taken

19. RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS. CREPITANS.
by Mr. G. E. Browne in 1863.
RALLUS VIRGINIANUS. Virginia Rail.
PORZANA CAROLINA. Carolina Rail. Common.
PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. Yellow Rail. Rare.
at West Dedham and on the river meadows.
FULICA AMERICANA. Coot. Sometimes common in the fall,
PHILOHELA MINOR. Woodcock. Rapidly becoming scarce.
GALLINAGO DELICATA. Wilson's Snipe. Common migrant.
MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS. Red-breasted Snipe.

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24.

25.

26.

27.

shot.

grant.

Occasionally

TRINGA MACULATA. Pectoral Sandpiper. Rather common mi28. TRINGA ALPINA PACIFICA. Red-backed Sandpiper. A few taken. LIMOSA FEDOA. Marbled Godwit. Taken by Dr. H. F. Aten. LIMOSA HAEMASTICA. Hudsonian Godwit. Occasionally shot. TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS. Greater Yellow-legs. Rather common migrant.

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31.

32. TOTANUS FLAVIPES. Lesser Yellow-legs. Rather common migrant. 33. TOTANUS SOLITARIUS. Solitary Sandpiper. Common migrant. SYMPHEMIA SEMIPALMATA. Willet. Taken by Dr. H. F. Aten. ACTITIS MACULARIA. Spotted Sandpiper. Common. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. Long-billed Curlew.

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37. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Hudsonian Curlew.

38. NUMENIUS BOREALIS. Eskimo Curlew.

39.

CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA. Black-bellied Plover.

40. CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Golden Plover. This and the four preceeding species have been taken in Dedham, by Dr. H. F. Aten. AEGIALITIS VOCIFERA. Killdeer. Taken at West Dedham. COLINUS VIRGINIANUS. Bob-white. Common resident.

45. ZENAIDURA MACROURA. Mourning Dove. One taken early in the 60's by Mr. G. E. Browne, and one seen in June, 1889.

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50.

CIRCUS HUDSONIUS. Marsh Hawk. Common.

ACCIPITER VELOX. Sharp-skinned Hawk. Rather common.
ACCIPITER COOPERI. Cooper's Hawk. Common.

ACCIPITER ATRICAPILLUS. Goshawk. One taken in Feb. 1890.
BUTEO BOREALIS. Red-tailed Hawk. Common.

51. BUTEO LINEATUS.

52.

53.

54.

Red-shouldered Hawk. Rather common.

BUTEO LATISSIMUS. Broad-winged Hawk. Two taken and nest

found. ARCHIBUTEO

LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS. Rough-legged Hawk. One taken by Dr. H. F. Aten in 1862, and one seen by Mr. G. E. Browne in 1864.

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. Bald Eagle. Two seen in 1872 and

one in 1882.

55. FALCO COLUMBARIUS. Pigeon Hawk. Rather common. 56. FALCO SPARVERIUS. Sparrow Hawk.

taken in 1862 at West Dedham.

62. NYCTALA ACADICA. Acadian Owl. Rare.

63.

MEGASCOPS ASIO. Screech Owl. Common resident.

64.

BUBO VIRGINIANUS.

young taken.

Great Horned Owl. Not rare. Eggs and

65. COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Tolerably common. 66. COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Black-billed Cuckoo. Common. 67. CERYLE ALCYON. Kingfisher. Common.

68.

Rare.

DRYOBATES VILLOSUS. Hairy Woodpecker.
DRYOBATES PUBESCENS. Downy Woodpecker. Common resident.
SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Rather com-

69. 70.

mon in the fall.

71.

MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS. Red-headed Woodpecker. One taken in August, 1881.

72. COLAPTES AURATUS. Pigeon Woodpecker. Common resident. ANSTROSTOMUS VOCIFERUS. Whip-poor-will. Common. CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS. Nighthawk. Rather common.

73.

74.

75. CHAETURA PELAGICA. Chimney Swift. Very common.

76. TROCHILUS COLUBRIS.

77.

78.

TYRANNUS TYRANNUS.
MYIARCHUS CRINITUS.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Common.
Kingbird. Common.

Crested Flycatcher. Rare.

79. SAYORNIS PHOEBE. Pewee. Common.
80. CONTOPUS BOREALIS.
81. CONTOPUS VIRENS.

82.

83.

84.

85.

EMPIDONAX MINIMUS.
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS.
early spring.

Olive-sided Flycatcher. Rare.
Wood Pewee. Common.

CYANOCITTA CRISTATA.

Least Flycatcher. Abundant.

Horned Lark. Occasionally seen in the

Blue Jay. Common resident.

CORVUS CORAX SINUATUS. Raven. Two taken about 1859, one by Julius M. Lathrop, the other by Dr. H. F. Aten. 86. CORVUS AMERICANUS. Crow. Common resident. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS. Bobolink. Common. MOLOTHRUS ATER. Cowbird. Common.

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90.

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS. Red-winged Blackbird, Common.
STURNELLA MAGNA. Meadow Lark. Tolerably common.

91. ICTERUS SPURIUS. Orchard Oriole. One seen in September, 1884. ICTERUS GALBULA. Baltimore Oriole. Common.

92.

93. SCOLECOPHAGUS CAROLINUS. Rusty Blackbird. Common migrant. 94. QUISCALUS QUISCULA AENEUS. Crow Blackbird. Common. 95. PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR, Pine Grosbeak. Erratic winter visitor. Occasionally common, often wholly absent.

96.

CARPODACUS PURPUREUS. Purple Finch. Common. A few winter. 97. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA MINOR. Red Crossbill. A very erratic winter visitor.

98. LOXIA LEUCOPTERA. White-winged Crossbill. More common than the above.

99. ACANTHIS LINARIA. Redpoll. Often common in the winter. 100. ACANTHIS LINARIA HOLBOELLII. Holboell's Redpoll. Found in flocks of the common Redpoll.

101. SPINUS TRISTIS. Goldfinch. Common resident.

102. SPINUS PINUS. Pine Finch. Rather scarce winter visitor. 103. PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS. Snow Bunting. Occasionally common in winter, appearing in large flocks.

104. 105.

POOCAETES GRAMINEUS. Gruss Finch. Common.

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA. Savanna Sparrow.
Locally common.

106. ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS. White-crowned Sparrow.

Very rare.

One seen in October, 1881, another in May, 1886. 107. ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS. White-throated Sparrow, Common

108. SPIZELLA MONTICOLA. Tree Sparrow. Common in winter.

migrant.

109.

SPIZELLA SOCIALIS.

Chippie. Exceedingly abundant.

113.

114.

115. 116.

MELOSPIZA FASCIATA.

winter.

A few

MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA. Swamp Sparrow. Common.
PASSERELLA ILIACA. Fox Sparrow. Common migrant.
PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Chewink. Common.
CARDINALIS CARDINALIS. Cardinal Bird. One taken early in the
60's by Dr. H. F. Aten. The condition of the plumage and
the circumstances of the capture seemed to prove conclusively
that it was not an escaped cage-bird.

117. HABIA LUDOVICIANA. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Common.
118. PASSERINA CYANEA. Indigo Bird. Rather common.
[119. PASSER DOMESTICUS. English Sparrow. Since 1882, an exceed-
ingly common resident.]

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121.

122.

123.

124.

125.

126.

127.

PIRANGA ERYTHROMELAS. Scarlet_Tanager. Common.

PROGNE SUBIS. Purple Martin. Formerly very common, but,
owing to the aggressiveness of the English Sparrows, rapidly
becoming rare.
PETROCHELIDON LUNIFRONS. Cliff Swallow. Ten years ago, a
large colony throve under the eaves of the Dedham jail. They
were driven off by the English Sparrows, and probably there
are none breeding now within the limits of the town.
CHELIDON ERYTHROGASTER. Barn Swallow. Common.
TACHYCINETA BICOLOR. White-breasted Swallow.
CLIVICOLA RIPARIA. Bank Swallow.

Common.

Very common. AMPELIS CEDRORUM. Cedar Bird. Common resident, though appearing very erratically in the winter.

LANIUS BOREALIS. Butcher Bird. Rather common in the winter. 128. VIREO OLIVACEUS, Red-eyed Virco. Very common.

129.

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135.

136.

137.

138.

VIREO FLAVIFRONS. Yellow-throated Vireo. Common.
VIREO SOLITARIUS. Solitary Vireo. Not common.

VIREO NOVEBORACENSIS. White-eyed Vireo. Not common. Very
local.

MNIOTILTA VARIA. Black and White Creeper. Very common.
HELMINTHOPHILA PINUS. Blue-winged Warbler. One seen. [See
Samuels' Birds of New England."]

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HELMINTHOPHILA CHRYSOPTERA. Golden-winged Warbler. More
common each year. Nest found in June, 1884.

HELMINTHOPHILA RUFICAPILLA. Nashville Warbler. Common.
HELMINTHOPHILA PEREGRINA. Tennessee Warbler. Several seen

in May, 1884. One taken.

COMPSOTHLYPIS AMERICANA.

Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. Com

mon as a migrant. A few breed.

139. DENDROICA TIGRINA. Cape May Warbler. One taken by Mr. G.

Yellow Warbler. Abundant.

DENDROICA CAERULESCENS. Black-throated Blue Warbler. Rather

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Common mi

DENDROICA PENSYLVANICA.

mon.

145.

grant. A few winter.

Black and Yellow Warbler. Tolerably

Chestnut-sided Warbler. Very com

146.

DENDROICA CASTANEA. Bay-breasted Warbler. Rare migrant. DENDROICA STRIATA. Black-poll Warbler. Common migrant. 147. DENDROICA BLACKBURNIAE. Blackburnian Warbler. Rare mi

grant.

148. DENDROICA DOMINICA. Yellow-throated Warbler. One taken by Mr. G. E. Browne, November 4, 1866.

149.

DENDROICA VIRENS. Black-throated Green Warbler. Common. 150. DENDROICA VIGORSII. Pine Warbler. Common.

151.

152.

DENDROICA PALMARUM HYPOCHRYSEA. Yellow Redpoll Warbler.
Rather common migrant.

DENDROICA DISCOLOR. Prairie Warbler. Rather common. 153. SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS. Oven Bird. Very common.

154.

SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS. Water Thrush. Rather common migrant.

155. GEOTHILYPIS AGILIS. Connecticut Warbler. One taken in September, 1883, by Mr. R. B. Worthington.

156. GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS. Maryland Yellow-throat. Very common. 157. ICTERIA VIRENS. Yellow-breasted Chat. A pair seen in each of the past three years is supposed to breed here. 158. SYLVANIA PUSILLA. Wilson's Blackcap. Rather rare migrant. SYLVANIA CANADENSIS. Canada Flycatcher. Common migrant,

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160.

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162.

163.

164.

and has been found breeding.

SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA. Redstart. Common.

ANTHUS PENSYLVANICUS. Titlark. Rare migrant.
GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS. Catbird. Common.
HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS. Brown Thrush. Common.
TROGLODYTES AEDON. House Wren. Common eight years ago,
but now almost wholly driven from the town by the English
Sparrows.

Winter Wren. Rare winter visitor.
Short-billed Marsh Wren.

Common

Long-billed Marsh Wren. Common

168. CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA.

the winter.

Brown Creeper. Common in

169. SITTA CAROLINENSIS. White-breasted Nuthatch. Resident. More common in winter than in summer.

170. SITTA CANADENSIS. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Usually rare. Very common in the winter of 1882-83.

171. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. Chickadee. Very common resident. 172. REGULUS SATRAPA. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Common winter

resident.

173. REGULUS CALENDULA. Ruby crowned Kinglet.

migrant.

Rather common

174. TURDUS MUSTELINUS. Wood Thrush. Common.
175. TURDUS FUSCESCENS. Wilson's Thrush. Rather cominon.

176. TURDUS ALICIAE. Gray-cheecked Thrush. Taken in May, 1883, by Mr. R. B. Worthington.

177. TURDUS ALICIAE BICKNELLI. Bicknell's Thrush. Taken in October, 1883, by Mr. R. B. Worthington.

178. TURDUS USTULATUS SWAINSONII.

MERULA MIGRATORIA. Robin. Exceedingly abundant. 181. SIALIA SIALIS. Bluebird. Very common.

Dedham, March 1, 1891.

Common