BIRDS OBSERVED AT WASniXGTOX, D. C. 87 



Wood Pewce. — Common Summer Resident, April 28 to 

 October 15. 



Horned Lark. — Common Winter Visitant, Noveml>er to 

 March or April. 



Crow. — Abundant Permanent Resident. 



Blue Ja}'. — Riither rare Permanent Resident; common 

 Transient Visitant, April 2S to May 15; September 

 15 to October 15. 



Baltimore Oriole. — Rather common Summer Resident, 

 April 28 to September. 



Orchard Oriole. — Common Summer Resident, April 28 to 

 September. 



Red-winged Blackbird. — Common Permanent Resident, 

 abundant in migrations. 



Purple Grackle. — Common Transient Visitant and Sum- 

 mer Resident, February 20 ; a few winter. 



Bobolink. — Transient Visitant, common in spring, abun- 

 dant in fall. May 1 to 27 ; August 5 to October 1. 



Meadowlark. — Common Permanent Resident; less com- 

 mon in winter. 



Cowbird. — Rather rare Permanent Resident; common 

 Transient Visitant. 



Song Sparrow. — Common Permanent Resident; abundant 

 Transient Visitant, March and October. 



Swam]) Sparrow. — Very conmion Transient Visitant, April 

 to May 15 ; September 25 to October 30 ; a few winter. 



Field Sparrow. — Very common Permanent Resident. 



Vesper Sparrow. — Permanent Resident, very common in 

 migrations ; less so in summer and winter. 



Chipping Sparrow. — Connnon Summer Resident; abun- 

 dant Transient Visitant, March 15 to November 1; 

 occasionally winters. 



White-throated Sparrow, — Very common Winter Visitant, 

 September 28 to May 20. 



White-crowned Sparrow. — Irregularly common Winter 

 Visitant and Transient VisiUmt, April 15 to May 15; 

 October 15 to Novemlx'r '>0. 



Fox Sparrow. — Very abundant Transient Visitant, Fol)ruary 

 5 to April 5; October 25 to November; a few winter. 



