66 BIRDS OBSERVED AT OBERLIN, O. 



NOTES FROM OBERLIN, O., ON BIRDS INCLUDED 

 IN "BIRD-LIFE." 



BY PROP. LYNDS JONES. 



Pied-billed Grebe. Uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Loon. Not common Transient Visitant, late March to 

 late October. 



Herring Gull. Common Transient Visitant on Lake Erie, 

 March to May ; September to November. 



Common Tern. Sometimes common Transient Visitant. 



Wood Duck. Uncommon Summer Resident. 



Pintail. Common Transient Visitant. 



Mallard. Now uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Green- winged Teal. Rare Transient Visitant. 



Blue- winged Teal. Uncommon Transient Visitant. 



Canada Goose. Common Transient Visitant along the 

 rivers. 



Great Blue Heron. Tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 March 20 to September 15. 



Little Green Heron. Common Summer Resident, April 

 20 to November 13. 



American Bittern. Tolerably common Summer Resident, 

 late March. 



Sora. Tolerably common Summer Resident. 



American Coot. Common Summer Resident along the 

 rivers. 



Woodcock. Common Summer Resident, April to No- 

 vember. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Common Summer Resident, April 10 

 to September 15. 



Wilson's Snipe. Common Transient Visitant in spring, 

 March 19 to April 28. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. Uncommon Transient Vis- 

 itant. 



Killdeer. Common Summer Resident, March 1 to Novem- 

 ber 20, 



