•iO BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



House Wren. — Tolerably common Summer Resident, April 

 25 to October 5. 



Winter Wren. — Common Winter Visitant, September 25 

 to April. 



Carolina Wren. — Tolerably common Permanent Resident. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. — Common Summer Resident ; a 

 few winter. 



Brown Creeper. — Common Transient Visitant ; less com- 

 mon Winter Visitant, September 20 to April 15. 



Black-capped Chickadee. — Not common Winter Visitant, 

 October 24 to March 1. 



Tufted Titmouse. — Rather common Permanent Resident. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. — Common Permanent Resident , 

 less numerous in summer. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch.— Transient Visitant ; irregularly 

 abundant in fall ; rare in spring ; May 15 to September 

 10 ; October 15 to May 15 ; and occasional Winter Vis- 

 itant. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Very common Transient Vis- 

 itant, September 30 to April 20 ; rather connuon Winter 

 Visitant. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — Common Transient Visitant, 

 April 12 to May 1 ; September 15 to November 1. 



Veery. — Common Transient Visitant, May 5 to 25 ; Sep- 

 tember 1 to 20. 



Wood Thrush. — Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Oc- 

 tober 1. 



Hermit Thrush. — Very common Transient Visitant ; found 

 sparingly as Winter Visitant ; April 10 to May 4 ; Octo- 

 ber 10 to November 5. 



Robin. — Abundant Summer Resident ; frequent but irreg- 

 ular Winter Visitant ; March 15 to November 10. 



Bluebird. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant ; rather 

 rare Summer Resident ; formerly Permanent Resident. 

 Beginning to increase again. 



