46 BIKDS OBSERVED NEAE PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



House Wren. Tolerably common Summer Resident, April 

 25 to October 5. 



Winter Wren. Common Winter Visitant, September 25 

 to April. 



Carolina Wren. Tolerably common Permanent Resident. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. Common Summer Resident ; a 

 few winter. 



Brown Creeper. Common Transient Visitant ; less com- 

 mon Winter Visitant, September 20 to April 15. 



Black-capped Chickadee. Not common Winter Visitant, 

 October 24 to March 1. 



Tufted Titmouse. Rather common Permanent Resident. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. Common Permanent Resident ; 

 less numerous in summer. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. Transient Visitant ; irregularly 

 abundant in fall ; rare in spring ; May 15 to September 

 10 ; October 15 to May 15 ; and occasional Winter Vis- 

 itant. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. Very common Transient Vis- 

 itant, September 30 to April 20 ; rather common Winter 

 Visitant. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common Transient Visitant, 

 April 12 to May 1 ; September 15 to November 1. 



Veery. Common Transient Visitant, May 5 to 25 ; Sep- 

 tember 1 to 20. 



Wood Thrush. Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Oc- 

 tober 1. 



Hermit Thrush. Very common Transient Visitant ; found 

 sparingly as Winter Visitant ; April 10 to May 4 ; Octo- 

 ber 10 to November 5. 



Robin. Abundant Summer Resident ; frequent but irreg- 

 ular Winter Visitant ; March 15 to November 10. 



Bluebird. Tolerably common Transient Visitant ; rather 

 rare Summer Resident ; formerly Permanent Resident 

 Beginning to increase again. 



