BIRDS OBSERVED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 85 



Pintail. — Winter Visitant, October to April. 



Mallard. — Common Winter Visitant. 



Green- winged Teal. — Common Winter Visitant, September 

 to April. 



Blue-winged Teal. — Common Winter Visitant, September 

 to April. 



Canada Goose. — Winter Visitant, and rather common 

 Transient Visitant, October to April. 



Great Blue Heron. — Kather common, absent only in mid- 

 winter. 



Little Green Heron. — Very common Summer Resident, 

 April 15 to September. 



American Bittern. — Not uncommon Summer Resident ; 

 occasional in winter. 



Sora. — Common Transient Visitant, March ; July to No- 

 vember. 



Clapper Rail. — Accidental ; one record. 



American Coot. — Common Transient Visitant, March to 

 May ; September to October 15. 



Woodcock. — Rather common from February to November; 

 a few winter. 



Spotted Sandpiper. — Common Transient Visitant ; not com- 

 mon Summer Resident, April 5 to September 30. 



Wilson's Snipe. — Common Transient Visitant, March to 

 May; September to November; occasional in winter. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Rax'e Transient Visitant, May ; 

 August to October. 



Killdeer. — Permanent Resident, most abundant in migra- 

 tions. 



Semipalmated Plover. — Casual, three specimens. May ; Au- 

 gust. 



Bob- white. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Ruffed Grouse. — Not common Permanent Resident. 



Mourning Dove. — Permanent Resident, common except in 

 winter. 



Turkey Vulture. — Abundant Permanent Resident. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. — Common Permanent Resident. 



Red- tailed Hawk. — Common Winter Visitant; rare Sum- 

 mer Resident. 



