LISTS OF BIRDS 
OBSERVED AT WASHINGTON, D. C.; PHILADELPHIA, PA.; 
PORTLAND, CONN.; CAMBRIDGE, MASS.; ST. LOUIS, MO.; 
OBERLIN, 0., AND MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
Tue dates given in the preceding review of the 
bird-life of the year will not, of course, hold good for 
localities far removed from the vicinity of New York 
city. Notes from various localities on the birds in- 
cluded in ‘‘ Bird-Life ’’ are, therefore, appended as a 
guide to students living in other parts of the eastern 
United States. These notes have been génerously 
contributed by ornithologists whose long-continued 
observations make them the authorities on the birds 
of the sections from which they write.* 
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON, D. C., ON BIRDS 
INCLUDED IN ‘‘ BIRD-LIFE.” 
By Dr. C. W. Ricumonp. 
Pied-billed Grebe.—Common Winter Visitant, August 25 
to April or May. 
Loon.—Common Winter Visitant, September to April 25. 
Herring Gull—Common Winter Visitant, October to — 
March. 
Common Tern.—Irregular Transient Visitant, sometimes 
common. 
Wood Duck.—Uncommon Permanent Resident. 
* The dates given in the following lists of birds are the average 
dates on which the species occur. 
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