BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO. 59 



NOTES FEOM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. LOUIS, 

 MO., INCLUDING PARTS OF ST. LOUIS AND 

 ST. CHARLES COUNTIES, ON THE BIRDS IN- 

 CLUDED IN " BIRD-LIFE." 



By Otto Wiumann. 



Pied-billed Grebe.— Common Transient Visitant ; rare 

 Sunmier Resident, April 1 to December 1. 



Loon.— Rare Transient Visitant, April and October. 



Herring Gull.— Transient Visitant and Winter Resident, 

 less common than formerly, September 20 to May 5. 



Common Tern. — Rare Transient Visitant, May and Septem- 

 ber. 



Wood Duck. — Breeds frequently ; common in migrations in 

 February and March ; September and October. 



Pintail. — Abundant Transient Visitant, February 13 to 

 April 15 ; October 10 to December 1. 



Mallard. — Abundant Transient Visitant and frequent Win- 

 ter Resident, September 15 to April 25. 



Green- winged Teal. — Abundant Transient Visitant and 

 occasional Winter Resident, February 15 to April 25 ; 

 October 1 to December 15. 



Blue-winged Teal.— Abundant Transient Visitant, Septem- 

 ber 1 to December 1. 



Canada Goose. — Alnindaiit Winter Visitant, October 15 to 

 April 1. 



Great Blue Heron. — Connnon Summer Resident, Ai)ril 1 

 to Novenil)er 1. 



Little Green Heron. — Common Summer Resident, April 10 

 to October 10. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. — Tolerably connnon Summer 

 Resident, April 10 to Oct. 10. 



American Bittern. — Rather rare Sunnner Resident, April 

 10 to October 20. 



Sora. — Tolerably common Summer Resident and very com- 

 ~ mon Transient Visitant, April 10 to November 1. 



