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NOTES FROM OBERLIN, 0., ON BIRDS INCLUDED 

 IN "BIRD-LIFE." 



By Prof. Lynds Jones. 



Pied-billed Grebe. — Uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Loon. — Not common Transient Visitant, late March to 

 late October. 



Herring Gull. — Common Transient Visitant on Lake Erie, 

 March to May ; September to November. 



Common Tern. — Sometimes common Transient Visitant. 



Wood Duck. — Uncommon Summer Resident. 



Pintail. — Common Transient Visitant. 



Mallard. — Now uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Green-winged Teal. — Rare Transient Visitant. 



Blue-winged Teal. — Uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Canada Goose. — Common Transient Visitant along the 

 rivers. 



Great Blue Heron. — Tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 March 20 to September 15. 



Little Green Heron. — Common Summer Resident, April 

 20 to November 13. 



American Bittern. — Tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 late March. 



Sora. — Tolerably common Summer Resident. 



American Coot. — Common Summer Resident along the 

 rivers. 



Woodcock. — Common Summer Resident, April to No- 

 vember. 



Spotted Sandpiper. — Common Summer Resident, April 10 

 to September 15. 



Wilson's Snipe. — Common Transient Visitant in spring, 

 March 19 to April 28. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Uncommon Transient Vis- 

 itant. 



Killdeer.— Common Summer Resident, March 1 to Novem- 

 ber 20. 



