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common Summer Resident in New Jersey, within twen- 

 ty miles of Philadelphia; April 22 to September 30. 



Swift. Very common Summer Resident, April 15 to Octo- 

 ber 10. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Common Summer Resi- 

 dent, May 7 to September 25. 



Kingbird. Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Septem- 

 ber 1. 



Crested Flycatcher. Common Summer Resident, May 1 to 

 September 1. 



Phoebe. Common Summer Resident; occasional Winter 

 Visitant, March 20 to October 25. 



Least Flycatcher. Tolerably common Transient Visitor, 

 May 1 to 15 ; September 6 to 15. 



Wood Pewee. Common Summer Resident, May 6 to Sep- 

 tember 20. 



Horned Lark. Irregular Winter Visitant. 



Crow. Very common Permanent Resident. 



Blue Jay. Common Permanent Resident; less abundant 

 in winter ; most plentiful in fall. 



Baltimore Oriole. Tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 May 1 to September 1. 



Orchard Oriole. Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Sep- 

 tember 1. 



Red- winged Blackbird. Common Summer Resident, Feb- 

 ruary 20 to November ; rather common Winter Visitant 



Purple Grackle. Common Summer Resident, February 20 

 to November ; occasional Winter Visitant. 



Bobolink. Tolerably common Transient Visitant, May 1 

 to 15 ; common Transient Visitant, August 25 to Sep- 

 tember 20. 



Meadowlark. Common Permanent Resident. 



Cowbird. Common Summer Resident, April 1 to October; 

 occasional Winter Visitant. 



Song Sparrow. Abundant Permanent Resident. 



Swamp Sparrow. Tolerably common Permanent Resident; 

 more abundant in migrations. 



Field Sparrow. Very common Summer Resident, March 

 18 to October; occasional Winter Visitant, 



