42 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mourning Dove. Common Summer Resident and occa- 

 sional Winter Visitant ; March to November. 



Turkey Vulture. Tolerably common Summer Resident ; 

 occasional Winter Visitant. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. Tolerably common Permanent 

 Resident. 



Red-tailed Hawk. Common Winter Visitant ; not com- 

 mon in summer. 



Marsh Hawk. Common Winter Visitant (rare Summer 

 Resident ?) 



Sparrow Hawk. Common Permanent Resident. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common Permanent Resident. 



Cooper's Hawk. Tolerably common Permanent Resident; 

 very common Transient Visitant. 



Bald Eagle. Not Common Permanent Resident. 



Osprey. Tolerably common in Summer ; very common 

 Summer Resident on New Jersey coast and Delaware 

 Bay, March 20 to October 15. 



Short-eared Owl. Irregularly common Winter Visitant. 



Long-eared Owl. Not common Permanent Resident. 



Screech Owl. Very common Permanent Resident. 



Barred Owl. Rare ; mostly in winter. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Common Summer Resident, May 

 8 to October 1. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. Rare Summer Resident ; tolerably 

 common Transient Visitant, May 8 to October 1. 



Kingfisher. Common Summer Resident; occasional Win- 

 ter Visitant. 



Downy Woodpecker. Common Permanent Resident. 



Hairy Woodpecker. Rare; mainly in winter. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. Irregularly common Transient 

 Visitant in fall ; tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 but local ; occasional Winter Visitant. 



Flicker. Very common Summer Resident, March 25 to 

 October 25 ; occasional during winter. 



Nighthawk. Common Transient Visitant ; tolerably com- 

 mon, but rather local Summer Resident, May 4 to Octo- 

 ber 10. 



Whip-poor-will. Tolerably common Transient Visitant; 



