BIRDS OBSERVED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 37 



Wood Pe wee. Common Summer Kesident, April 28 to 

 October 15. 



Horned Lark. Common Winter Visitant, November to 

 March or April. 



Crow. Abundant Permanent Resident. 



Blue Jay. Rather rare Permanent Resident; common 

 Transient Visitant, April 28 to May 15; September 

 15 to October 15. 



Baltimore Oriole. Rather common Summer Resident, 

 April 28 to September. 



Orchard Oriole. Common Summer Resident, April 28 to 

 September. 



Red- winged Blackbird. Common Permanent Resident, 

 abundant in migrations. 



Purple Grackle. Common Transient Visitant and Sum- 

 mer Resident, February 20 ; a few winter. 



Bobolink. Transient Visitant, common in spring, abun- 

 dant in fall, May 1 to 27 ; August 5 to October 1. 



Meadowlark. Common Permanent Resident; less com- 

 mon in winter. 



Cowbird. Rather rare Permanent Resident; common 

 Transient Visitant. 



Song Sparrow. Common Permanent Resident; abundant 

 Transient Visitant, March and October. 



Swamp Sparrow. Very common Transient Visitant, April 

 to May 15 ; September 25 to October 30 ; a few winter. 



Field Sparrow. Very common Permanent Resident. 



Vesper Sparrow. Permanent Resident, very common in 

 migrations ; less so in summer and winter. 



Chipping Sparrow. Common Summer Resident; abun- 

 dant Transient Visitant, March 15 to November 1; 

 occasionally winters. 



White- throated Sparrow. Very common Winter Visitant, 

 September 28 to May 20. 



White-crowned Sparrow. Irregularly common Winter 

 Visitant and Transient Visitant, April 15 to May 15; 

 October 15 to November 30. 



Fox Sparrow. Very abundant Transient Visitant, February 

 5 to April 5 ; October 25 to November; a few winter. 



