. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 84 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS resident, chiefly in southern part, where recorded in winter (Jan. and Feb. 1920, C. E. Miller). New Hampshire: Rare migrant and summer resident, chiefly in southern part (recorded Dec. 15) may winter rarely. Vermont: Rare summer resident; seen Jan. 8, 1919 at Shaftsbury (Dr. L. H. Ross).i Massachu- setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut: Rare or imcommon to common summer resident locally; rare and rather irregular winter resident, sometimes locally common in winter. Season in Massachusetts. â⢠Residen
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 84 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS resident, chiefly in southern part, where recorded in winter (Jan. and Feb. 1920, C. E. Miller). New Hampshire: Rare migrant and summer resident, chiefly in southern part (recorded Dec. 15) may winter rarely. Vermont: Rare summer resident; seen Jan. 8, 1919 at Shaftsbury (Dr. L. H. Ross).i Massachu- setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut: Rare or imcommon to common summer resident locally; rare and rather irregular winter resident, sometimes locally common in winter. Season in Massachusetts. â⢠Resident irregularly throughout the year in eastern counties (has wintered in Worcester County); arrives in others about mid-March to mid-April, and departs in September or October (rarely November); in winter more common on Cape Cod than elsewhere. MOURNING- DOVE BREEDING- â² MIG-RATION â WINTER. KET Distribution of the Mourning Dove Massachusetts Haunts and Habits. From the meeting of the waters under Punkatasset height, where the Assabet comes in, the Musketaquid slowly flows on its winding way by the historic grounds of the "Concord fight" and then flanked by wide meadows passes on down to the bridge at Carlisle. With the first blush of day on still May mornings, up from the river valley comes the saddened cooing of the Mourning Doves. All along the valley the sad-voiced birds roam, as they did in the days when Thoreau found a nest in Sleepy Hollow. Formerly this gentle dove was abundant in that part of southern New England best suited to its needs, but it had decreased so much in numbers in the early part of the twentieth century that Massachusetts led the way in 1908 by giving it perpetual protection under the law, to save it from extirpation. Soon its numbers began slowly to increase. Many states now give the species entire protection, and in the northern states it is protected by Federal law also. Up to 1912 I had not seen more than 12 in one flock in Massachus
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