40 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. Common Transient Visitant, 

 and Winter Visitant ; less common Summer Resident. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. Irregularly abundant Winter Vis- 

 itant, sometimes rare, September 15 to May 10. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. Abundant Winter Visitant, Oc- 

 tober 5 to April 27. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Abundant Transient Visitant, 

 April 5 to May 10 ; September 25 to November 1 ; oc- 

 casionally winters. 



Veery. Common Transient Visitant, April 26 to May 28 ; 

 August 20 to September 30. 



Wood Thrush. Common Summer Resident, April 20 to 

 October 15. 



Hermit Thrush. Very common Transient Visitant ; some- 

 times not uncommon Winter Visitant, April 4 to May 

 15 ; October 15 to November. 



Robin. Rather common Summer Resident ; abundant 

 Transient Visitant from February to April ; irregularly 

 common in winter. 



Bluebird. Common Permanent Resident. 



NOTES FROM A LOCALITY SLIGHTLY NORTH 

 OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., ON THE BIRDS IN- 

 CLUDED IN " BIRD-LIFE." 



BY WITHER STONE. 



Pied -billed Grebe. Common Transient Visitant. 



Loon. Tolerably common Transient Visitant and less 

 frequent Winter Visitant, October 5 to May 1. 



Herring Gull. Common Winter Visitant, October 1 to 

 April 1. 



Common Tern. Occasional in August. 



Wood Duck. Tolerably common Transient Visitant ; occa- 

 sional Winter Visitant and Summer Resident. 



Pintail. Tolerably common Transient Visitant. 



Mallard. Not common Transient Visitant. 



