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i OOLOGIST;^^ 



VOL. VI. 



ALBION, N. Y,, OCT., 1889. 



NO. 10 



List of the Winter Birds Found in 

 Kalamazoo County, Mich. 



(BV SCOLOl'AX.) 



For III tout twenty years I hii\ c care- 

 fully recorded the birds to be found or 

 occasionally seen in my native county. 

 This list, from its lliorougliness I think, 

 is now sutticiently coni])letc to |)iil)iisli. 

 and although J do not consider it as 

 perfect, it will, I lidicve, not be nincli 

 increased for some time to come. 



I embrace here per)nanent residents, 

 those .species that live within our boun- 

 daries summer and winter, and are al- 

 ways to be found. Second, winter vis- 

 itants, those l)irds which arrive from 

 the North and either remain with us 

 during the winter months, or pass 

 through our territory going or coming 

 to or from the South either during De- 

 cemlnu', January or Fel)ruary. Third, 

 lialf-hard^', those species which remain 

 with us during mild winter (U* occur 

 during late January and Februai'y, or 

 leave- us not till after the tirst of De- 

 cember. 



PEiniANENT RESIDENTS. 



1. Parus atricapill/is. Chickadee. 

 Abundant at all season of the year. 



2. SiUa caro/inensis. White-bellicil 

 Nuthatch. Ccmimon all the season. 



3. Cijduocitla c)-i.ital(i. Blue Jay. 

 An abundant length resident. 



4. Pirns villostis. Hairy Woodj)eck- 

 cr. Aijundant resident in some cases. 

 Mostly go North in si)riiig. 



."). Picks pnfx'sri lis. Downy \\'o(i(l- 

 jH'cker. AbiindanI during winter and 

 a few ri-main dui'ing summei-. 



tj. Hyptoniiis jiilcdtus. Black or 

 rileated Woodix-cker. A rare si)ecies 

 Occassionally seen in winter, moi'c 

 rarelj- in summer. This s])ecie.s was 

 once a resident but may now better be 

 styled an accidental visitant. 



7. Asin awrirr/fn/s. American 



Long-eared Owl. Not a very rare sjjc- 

 cies in .some tamai'ai-k woods. 



8. Strix ncbulosd. Barred Owl. 

 An alnindaiit specie.s. Found ever}- 

 month in the year. 



y. Nyclale (icudicn. Saw whet Owl. 

 A rai'e resident. 



10. Si'ojis iisii). Screecli oi' ]\Ii)tl led 

 Owl. Not a rare species. 



11. Jlii/io riiy/iiiiiiinis. (ireal Horned 

 Oui. Oiu- most a!)un(Iant resident resi- 

 dent of the Owls. 



1~. Meleagris gdl/ajjaco. AVild Tur- 

 key. Now a rare resident. Once 

 abundant. 



13. B)7ir(S'i umficlIiK. Rulfed 



Grouse; A common resident still. 



14*. IJonasa nmliclhis mnh.lloides. 

 Gray Ruffed Grouse. A rare resident. 

 Perhaps a straggler from the neulh, as 

 they are not observed every s(!ason. 



15. Ci(pidom'a cnpido. Prairie Hen. 

 A lare resident. Greatly thinned the 

 last twentj^ years, 



tit). (Jrtyx virginumn. Bobwliite; 

 Colin; Quail, Not a sure resident. 

 WINTER VIS1T.\NTS. 



17. Lcinins borenlts. Norlheru 

 shrike. An uncertain sojouriusr fi'om 

 the nort'i. Often goes further sotith 

 ainio.-t i)ro\ ing it to l)e half hardy. 



18. Ampclis (jdrrulus. Norlheru 

 Waxwing. A rare and unea.sy migrant, 

 occasionally aj^pearing here from the 

 north. Only otu-e visited Kalamazoo 

 County to luy knowledge. 



I'.L Plii'u'oUi I nuctcnUir. Pine (Jros- 

 beak. A rare and uncertain visitant . 



20. Loxid rxrrt rostra amcririino . 

 Anu-rican Crossbill. Not rare some 

 winters, usually api)e;ir in December, 



*What I have called B. iimf>eUoi4e$ 

 mayl)eonly a peculiarity in coloration 

 of the connuoner form. Have; seen 

 noKe of late and niav be mi.'^taken. 



