Our Common Birds and How to Know Them 
detecting the singer, remarks that its appearance corresponds with the above description, 
he entertains no manner of doubt that it is the Song Sparrow which he is regarding. 
Again : he is told that the Bluebird comes also early in March ; that the upper part of 
its body is blue, its breast reddish, its belly whitish ; and its song is ‘‘a soft, pleasing 
warble, uttered both when flying and when at rest.” When at such time he meets such 
a bird, there can be no room for mistake in its identification. 
The opportunity for watching the coming and going of the birds is indeed most 
advantageous for the student, and a calendar of their arrivals and departures is here 
appended. 
During the months of January and February the following birds are usually to be found, 
though few of them are numerous, while in severe winters the greater part will probably 
be driven southward : White-throated Sparrows, Chickadees, White-bellied Nuthatches, 
Winter Wrens, Cedarbirds, Shrikes, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Horned Larks, Pine, and 
Purple Finches, Juncos, Snow Buntings, Crows, Blue Jays, Kingfishers, Red Crossbills, 
American Goldfinches, Meadowlarks, Hoot Owls, Screech Owls, Snowy Owls, Saw-whet 
Owls, Hairy, and Downy Woodpeckers, Flickers, Robins and Bluebirds. 
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