OBJECTIVE SEASONAL LESSONS. 



Song Sparrow. 

 House or English Spar- 

 row. (Introduced.) 

 American Goldfinch. 

 European Goldfinch. ^In- 

 troduced.) 

 Purple Finch. 

 Cardinal.* (From New 

 York city and south- 



ward.) 



Cedar Waxwing. 

 Carolina Wren.* (From 



New York city and 



southward.) 

 Chickadee. 

 Tufted Titmouse.* (From 



New York city and 



southward.) 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Bluebird. 



WINTER VISITANTS. 



The term Winter Visitant, like that of Summer 

 Kesident, is not used in an exact sense, but is ap- 

 plied to birds that arrive from the north in the fall, 

 pass the winter with us, and return to their more 

 northern homes the following spring. Most of them 

 arrive late in September and depart in April. 



In addition to these regular Winter Visitants, 

 there sometimes occur irregular Winter Visitants, 

 whose coming cannot be foretold. Absent some 

 winters, they may be abundant others ; their pres- 

 ence or absence being apparently governed by the 

 supply of food to the northward. When this fails, 

 they sweep southward in enormous numbers, becom- 

 ing common in localities where they are usually rare 

 or unknown. Pine Grosbeaks, Crossbills, and Ked- 

 polls are irregular Winter Visitants. 



LIST OF WINTER VISITANTS. 



