26 THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 
come in increasing numbers to their roosts in the 
reeds, while Red-winged Blackbirds, and Bobolinks 
under the alias of Reedbird, are abundant where the 
wild rice grows. 
August is practically the last month of the nest- 
ing season as well as of the song season. The late- 
breeding Goldfinch and Waxwing are occupied with 
family matters in August, and Song Sparrows some- 
times rear a third brood in this month; but with 
these, exceptions, birds are rarely found nesting in 
August. 
BIRDS OF THE MONTH. 
PERMANENT ResmDEnts (see page 6.) 
Summer Resipents (see page 10). 
MIGRANTS ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH. 
Plate Plate 
No. No. 
August 1to 15. Tennessee Warbler.* 
7. Sora.* } Nashville Warbler.* 
- 10. Semipalmated Sandpiper.* Parula Warbler.* 
10. Semipalmated Plover.* Cape May Warbler.* 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.* | 61. Black-throated Green War- 
Golden-winged Warbler.* bler.* 
Chestnut-sided Warbler.* Black-throated Blue War 
Canadian Warbler.* bler.* . 
Small-billed Water Magnolia Warbler.* 
Thrush. * Blackburnian Warbler.* 
Wilson’s Warbler.* 
August 15 to 31. 71. Red-breasted Nut: 
Olive-sided Flycatcher.* hatch.+ 
* Transient Visitant passing further south. 
+ Irregular Winter Visitant. 
