LISTS OF BIRDS 



OBSERVED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. ; PHILADELPHIA, PA.; 

 PORTLAND, CONN. ; CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ; ST. LOUIS, MO. ; 

 OBERLIN, O., AND MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The dates given in the preceding review of the 

 bird-life of the year will not, of course, hold good for 

 localities far removed from the vicinity of ^ew York 

 city. Xotes from various localities on the birds in- 

 cluded in ' ' Bird-Life ' ' are, therefore, appended as a 

 guide to students living in other parts of the eastern 

 United States. These notes have been generously 

 contributed by ornithologists whose long-continued 

 observations make them the authorities on. the birds 

 of the sections from which they write. "^ 



NOTES FROM WASHINGTON, D. C, ON BIRDS 

 INCLUDED IN "BIRD-LIFE." 



By Br. C. W. Richmond. 



Pied-billed Orebe. — Common Winter Visitant, August 25 



to April or May. 

 Loon. — Common Winter Visitant, September to April 25. 

 Herring Gull. — Common Winter Visitant, October to 



March. 

 Common Tern. — Irregular Transient Visitant, sometimes 



common. 

 Wood Duck. — Uncommon Permanent Resident. 



* The dates given in the following lists of birds are the average 

 dates on which the species occur. 



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