The Migration of Birds 1g! 
and some others, the undertaking seems too great 
for the supposed meagre returns, but short skirts and 
properly dressed feet go far toward making a tramp 
through the fields and woods, even during the winter 
months, wonderfully delightful. Speaking generally, 
the most common bird will now have an unusual 
amount of wucommon interest about it. It will be 
almost as good as the study of a new species—in 
some ways it is better. The delightful tramp through 
the bracing air, and the fact that you have seen an 
old friend under new conditions, will make you rejoice 
more than will the sight of a dozen birds when birds 
are plentiful. 
During the winter months the birds are not so 
scarce, only we must know where and how to look 
for them. We have with us our permanent residents, 
which include most of the hawks and owls, bluejay, 
bob-white, song sparrow, crow, meadow lark, flicker, 
American goldfinch, ruffed grouse, purple finch, and 
a few others. These with our winter residents, the 
brown creeper, junco, crossbill, white-throated spar- 
row, snowflake, northern shrike, and redpoll, still 
leave us a considerable variety for study. A thorough 
acquaintance with these winter birds alone will ‘take 
us Many a season. 
These are but a few of the many facts concerning 
