BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO. 59 



NOTES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. LOUIS, 

 MO., INCLUDING PARTS OF ST. LOUIS AND 

 ST. CHARLES COUNTIES, ON THE BIRDS IN- 

 CLUDED IN " BIRD-LIFE." 



BY OTTO WIDMANN. 



Pied-billed Grebe. Common Transient Visitant ; rare 

 Summer Resident, April 1 to December 1. 



Loon. 'Rare Transient Visitant, April and October. 



Herring Gull. Transient Visitant and Winter Resident, 

 less common than formerly, September 20 to May 5. 



Common Tern. Rare Transient Visitant, May and Septem- 

 ber. 



Wood Duck. Breeds frequently ; common in migrations in 

 February and March ; September and October. 



Pintail. Abundant Transient Visitant, February 13 to 

 April 15 ; October 10 to December 1. 



Mallard. Abundant Transient Visitant and frequent Win- 

 ter Resident, September 15 to April 25. 



Grreen-winged Teal. Abundant Transient Visitant and 

 occasional Winter Resident, February 15 to April 25 ; 

 October 1 to December 15. 



Blue- winged Teal. Abundant Transient Visitant, Septem- 

 ber 1 to December 1. 



Canada Goose. Abundant Winter Visitant, October 15 to 

 April 1. 



Great Blue Heron. Common Summer Resident, April 1 

 to November 1. 



Little Green Heron. Common Summer Resident, April 10 

 to October 10. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Tolerably common Summer 

 Resident, April 10 to Oct. 10. 



American Bittern. Rather rare Summer Resident, April 

 10 to October 20. 



Sora. Tolerably common Summer Resident and very com- 

 mon Transient Visitant, April 10 to November 1. 



