BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO. 65 



Brown Creeper. — Coninioii Transient Visitant; rare Win- 

 ter Visitant, Mairli 10 to April 10 ; September 23 to 

 November 1. 



Chickadee. — Common Permanent Resident; Black-capped 

 Chickadee north of Missouri River; Carolina Chicka- 

 dee south of it. 



Tufted Titmouse. — Common Permanent Resident ; less 

 common than formerly. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. — Irregular Transient Visitant, 

 April 25 to May 10 ; Se])teniber 4 to January 15. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Tolerably common Transient 

 Visitant; rather rare Winter Resident; March 12 to 

 April 10 ; September 29 to November 1. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — Abundant Transient Visitant ; 

 rare Winter Resident, April 1 to May 6 ; Sej^tember 

 17 to October 20. 



Veery. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant, May 5 to 

 14 ; September 1 to 20. 



Wood Thrush. — Common Summer Resident, April 15 to 

 September 24. 



Hermit Thrush. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant, 

 April 1 to 27 ; October 1 to 25. 



Robin. — Abundant Transient Visitant; common Summer 

 Resident ; tolerably common Winter Resident, March 1 

 to November 10. 



Bluebird. — Tolerably common Summer Resident and fre- 

 quent Winter Resident; migrates chiefly between Feb- 

 ruary 25 and March 15 ; October 1 and November 10. 



