8 OBJECTIVE SEASONAL LESSONS. 
Redpoll.+ . Northern Shrike.* - 
Snowflake. + Winter Wren. 
Lapland Longspur.* Brown Creeper. _ 
American Crossbill.+ Red-breasted Nuthatch. + 
White-winged Crossbill.* Golden-crowned Kinglet. 
Pine Grosbeak.+ 
TRANSIENT VISITANTS. 
This group includes species which pass us each 
spring in going to their more northern nesting 
grounds, and which visit us again in the fall’ in 
returning to their more southern winter homes. 
The earlier Transient Visitants—for example, Wil- 
son’s Snipe and the Fox Sparrow—may remain 
with us a month or six weeks should the season be 
backward, but the later arrivals—for instance, the 
Warblers of May, who arrive when the weather is 
comparatively settled—pass us in a week or ten days. 
Most of our Transient Visitants are Ducks, Geese, 
Snipe, and Plover, who travel far northward beyond 
the haunt of man to breed in security; and Warblers 
and Thrushes, who nest in the great spruce and 
balsam forests of northern New England and 
Canada. 
List or TRANSIENT VISITANTS. 
Pied-billed Grebe. American Coot. 
Loon, Wilson's Snipe. 
Blue-winged Teal. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
Green-winged Teal. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Pintail. Semipalmated Plover. 
_ Canada Goose. _.L__.. Short-eared Owl, 
* Not common. + Irregular. 
