OBJECTIVE SEASONAL LESSONS. 



Redpoll, f 

 Snowflake.f 

 Lapland Longspur.* 

 American Crossbill. f 

 White-winged Crossbill.* 

 Pine Grosbeak. f 



Northern Shrike.* 

 Winter Wren. 

 Brown Creejjer. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch.f 

 Golden-crowned Kiniilet. 



TRANSIENT VISITANTS. 



This group includes species which pass us each 

 spring in going to their more northern nesting 

 grounds, and which visit us again in the fall in 

 returning to their more southern winter homes. 



The earlier Transient Visitants — for example, Wil- 

 son's Snipe and the Fox Sparrow — may remain 

 with us a month or six weeks should the season be 

 backward, but the later arrivals — for instance, the 

 Warblers of May, who arrive when the weather is 

 comparatively settled — pass us in a week or ten days. 



Most of our Transient Visitants are Ducks, Geese, 

 Snipe, and Plover, who travel far northward beyond 

 the haunt of man to breed in security ; and Warblers 

 and Thrushes, who nest in the great spruce and 

 balsam forests of northern New England and 

 Canada. 



List of Transient Visitants. 



Pied-billed Grebe. 

 Loon. 



Blue-winged Teal. 

 Green-winged Teal. 

 Pintail. 

 Canada Goose. 



American Coot.""' 

 Wilson's Snipe. 

 Seinipalinated Sandpiper. 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Seniipalmated Plovei'. 

 Short-eared Owl. 



* Not common. 



f Irregular. 



