44 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vesper Sparrow. Common Summer Resident, April 2 to 

 November 1 ; occasional Winter Visitant. 



Chipping Sparrow. Common Summer Resident, March 30 

 to October 20. 



White-throated Sparrow. Very Common Transient Vis- 

 itant, September 20 to May 20 ; Common Winter Visitant. 



White-crowned Sparrow. Rare Transient Visitant, May 2 

 to 13; October 6 to 20. 



Fox Sparrow. Very common Transient Visitant, March 

 10 to April 10; October 15 to December 1; occasional 

 Winter Visitant. 



Junco. Very common Winter Visitant, October 1 to May 1. 



Tree Sparrow. Very common Winter Visitant, October 

 15 to April 15. 



Redpoll. Rare and irregular Winter Visitant. 



Snowflake. Rare and irregular Winter Visitant. 



American Crossbill. Rather rare and irregular Winter 

 Visitant ; has been seen in May. 



Pine Grosbeak. Only casual Winter Visitant. 



Goldfinch. Very common Permanent Resident. 



Purple Finch. Tolerably common Winter Visitant, Sep- 

 tember 25 to May 1 ; very common Transient Visitant. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Tolerably common Transient 

 Visitant, May 5 to May 12; September 5 to October 5. 



Towhee. Common Summer Resident, April 18 to Octo- 

 ber 20. 



Indigo Bunting. Common Summer Resident, May 10 to 

 October 1. 



Cardinal. Tolerably common Permanent Resident. 



Scarlet Tanager. Common Transient Visitant, May 5 to 

 May 18 ; September 10 to October 10 ; tolerably common 

 Summer Resident. 



Barn Swallow. Common Summer Resident, April 14 to 

 September 1. 



Cliff Swallow. Tolerably common Transient Visitant ; 

 rare Summer Resident, May 1 to September 1. 



Bank Swallow. Common but local Summer Resident, 

 April 8 to April 20; September 1. 



Tree Swallow. Common Transient Visitant, April 20 to 



