42 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mourning Dove. — Common Summer Resident and occa- 

 sional Winter Visitant ; March to November. 



Turkey Vulture. — Tolerably common Summer Resident ; 

 occasional Winter Visitant. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. — Tolerably common Permanent 

 Resident. 



Red- tailed Hawk. — Common Winter Visitant ; not com- 

 mon in summer. 



Marsh Hawk. — Common Winter Visitant (rare Summer 

 Resident ?) 



Sparrow Hawk. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Cooper's Hawk. — Tolerably common Permanent Resident; 

 very common Transient Visitant. 



Bald Eagle. — Not Common Permanent Resident. 



Osprey. — Tolerably common in Summer ; very common 

 Summer Resident on New Jersey coast and Delaware 

 Bay, March 20 to October 15. 



Short-eared Owl. — Irregularly common Winter Visitant. 



Long-eared Owl. — Not common Permanent Resident. 



Screech Owl. — Very common Permanent Resident. 



Barred Owl. — Rare; mostly in winter. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, — Common Summer Resident, May 

 8 to October 1. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. — Rare Summer Resident ; tolerably 

 common Transient A^isitant, May 8 to October 1. 



Kingfisher. — Common Summer Resident ; occasional Win- 

 ter Visitant. 



Downy Woodpecker. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Hair}^ Woodpecker. — Rare; mainly in winter. 



Red-headed AVoodpecker. — Irregularly common Transient 

 Visitant in fall ; tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 but local ; occasional Winter Visitant. 



Flicker. — Very common Summer Resident, March 25 to 

 October 25 ; occasional during winter. 



Nighthawk. — Common Transient A^isitant ; tolerably com- 

 mon, but rather local Summer Resident, May 4 to Octo- 

 ber 10. 



Whip-poor-will. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant; 



