36 BIRDS OBSERVED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Marsh Hawk. Common Winter Visitant, July to April. 



Sparrow Hawk. Common Winter Visitant, rare Summer 

 Resident. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common Permanent Resident. 



Cooper's Hawk. Common Permanent Resident. 



Bald Eagle. Not common Permanent Resident. 



Osprey. Uncommon Summer Resident, March 25 to Oc- 

 tober. 



Short-eared Owl. Common Winter Visitant. 



Long-eared Owl. Common Permanent Resident. 



Screech Owl. Common Permanent Resident. 



Barred Owl. Not common Permanent Resident. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Common Summer Resident, May 

 2 to October 15. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. Rather rare Summer Resident, May 

 2 to October 15. 



Kingfisher. Common Permanent Resident. 



Downy Woodpecker. Common Permanent Resident. 



Hairy Woodpecker. Rare Permanent Resident. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. Rather common Summer Resi- 

 dent ; rare Winter Visitant. 



Flicker. Common Summer Resident; rare Winter Vis- 

 itant. 



Nighthawk. Not common Summer Resident; abundant 

 Transient Visitant, April 20 to October. 



Whip-poor-will. Common Summer Resident, April 15 to 

 October. 



Swift. Abundant Summer Resident, April 15 to October 

 10. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Common Summer Resi- 

 dent, April 28 to September. 



Kingbird. Common Summer Resident, April 20 to Sep- 

 tember. 



Crested Flycatcher. Very common Summer Resident, 

 April 25 to September. 



Phoebe. Common Summer Resident, March 5 to October. 

 Occasionally winters. 



Least Flycatcher. Common Transient Visitant, April 25 

 to May 25 ; August 28 to September 25. 



