PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Delaware County Institute of Science 



Vol. I, No. 2 January, 1906 



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LIST OF WINTER BIRDS. 



BY LINN^US FUSSELL, M. D., AND SANFORD OMENSETTER. 



The following list of winter birds found near Media, the 

 result of some years" observations in the field, has been filed in 

 the archives of the Institute. It was thought wise to class as 

 winter birds those seen between the first days of November 

 and March. By the former date most south-bound species have 

 departed for a warmer clime, while early March is yet too cold for 

 those which pass the season of snow and ice in lower latitudes. 



For the benefit of readers at a distance we may state that 

 Media, a country town of some 3000 population, lies fourteen 

 miles southwest of Philadelphia, in about latitude 39° 54' 

 north, longitude 75° 23' west of Greenwich. The river Dela- 

 ware, at Chester, is over a mile wide and five miles away. 

 The watercourses nearer Media are unimportant in comparison, 

 thus accounting for the absence of any number of aquatic 

 species. The character of the country is rolling agricultural, 

 dotted here and there by wooded areas, while in winter north- 

 west winds prevail. The town is flanked on the east and west 

 b}' deep valleys, through which flow the waters of Crum and 

 Ridley creeks. 



The names are those of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



289 Bob White, Colinus virginianiis 



316 Monrning Dove, Zenaidxira niacroiira 



325 Turkey Vulture, Calhartes aura 



