170 NEWS FROM THE BIRDS. 



One of the boys of my bird class wanted 

 to know whetlier all the birds go South in 

 winter. At once a number of hands were 

 raised, and some one replied in the negative ; 

 at least the English sparrows do not leave. 

 Expanding a little on the subject, I explained 

 that the habits of the various species were 

 dissimilar. Some species push far to the North 

 in summer and far to the South in w inter, and 

 never make our central latitudes their dwelling 

 place. Others are summer residents, others 

 winter residents, and others all- the-y ear-round 

 residents in our Central States. Let us take 

 some concrete cases. The brown thrasher 

 comes from the South in the spring and re. 

 turns to the South in the autumn ; the hermit 

 thrush is only a migrant, going northward to 

 breed and southward to spend the winter ; the 

 tufted titmouse remains summer and winter ; 

 while the tree sparrow comes from the North 

 in autumn and hies back to the North on the 

 arrival of spring. There are also species that 

 never come so far south as the latitude of 

 southwestern Ohio, and many species that 

 never come so far north. Of the former we 

 might mention the Canada jay, the great north- 

 ern shrike, the Bohemian waxwing, and the 

 spruce hen ; of the latter, the summer tanager, 



