. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 162 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Rare summer resident in southern portion; Norwich, May 6, 1905, pair breeding; i Bennington, July, 1906, pair breeding ;2 St. Johnsbury, June 8, 9, 21, 1918, a pair seen by Miss Inez A. Howe.^ Massa- chusetts : Rare migrant in eastern half; rare summer resident in western portion; apparently increasing slowly. Rhode Island: Rare migrant and summer resident; Westerly, June 3, 1917, three nests, Charles- town, 1929, one nest, all found by Harry S. Hathaway.* Connecticut: Fairly common local summer res
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 162 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Rare summer resident in southern portion; Norwich, May 6, 1905, pair breeding; i Bennington, July, 1906, pair breeding ;2 St. Johnsbury, June 8, 9, 21, 1918, a pair seen by Miss Inez A. Howe.^ Massa- chusetts : Rare migrant in eastern half; rare summer resident in western portion; apparently increasing slowly. Rhode Island: Rare migrant and summer resident; Westerly, June 3, 1917, three nests, Charles- town, 1929, one nest, all found by Harry S. Hathaway.* Connecticut: Fairly common local summer resi- dent along coast and in river valleys. Season in Massachusetts. — Late April to September. Haunts and Habits. The Rough-winged Swallow is the rarest of the six species of Hirundinidse found in New England. While it probably breeds in every state of the Union except Maine, it is not considered common in any of the northeastern states. Thirty years ago there was only one authentic record of this species north of Connecticut, that of a couple of pairs which Mr. Walter Faxon found breeding at North Adams in 1895. Since that time, however, either the species is increasing in numbers and extending its range to the northeast, or it is being identified more frequently because there are more good field observers studying ou;:' birds than in former years. It requires a quick eye to detect, as the birds wheel and pass in rapid flight, the slight differences which distinguish the Rough- winged Swallow from the Bank Swallow or the immature Tree Swallow. The Rough-wing may be recognized in its chosen haunts by a careful observer, as it courses rather slowly over a stream, pond, marsh or field, seeming to follow an established route over and over, its direct flight showing <a/^^,.j:;g?^^ J little of the rapid zigzagging characteristic of < the slightly smaller Bank Swallow. It is not as communal in its nesting habits as the latter bird and it is seldom that more than a few pai
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