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Wood Pewee.—Common Summer Resident, April 28 to 
October 15. 
Horned Lark.—Common Winter Visitant, November to 
: March or April. 
Crow. —Abundant Permanent Resident. 
Blue Jay.—Rather rare Permanent Resident; common 
Transient Visitant, April 28 to May 15; September 
15 to October 15. 
Baltimore Oriole.—Rather common Summer Resident, 
April 28 to September. 
Orchard Oriole-—Common Summer Resident, April 28 to 
September. 
Red-winged Blackbird.—Common Permanent Resident, 
abundant in migrations. 
Purple Grackle-—Common Transient Visitant and Sum- 
mer Resident, February 20 ; a few winter. 
Bobolink.—Transient Visitant, common in spring, abun- 
dant in fall, May 1 to 27 ; August 5 to October 1. 
Meadowlark.—Common Permanent Resident; less com- 
mon in winter. 
Cowbird.—Rather rare Permanent Resident; common 
Transient Visitant. 
Song Sparrow.—Common Permanent Resident; abundant 
| Transient Visitant, March and October. 
_ $wamp Sparrow.—Very common Transient Visitant, April 
to May 15; September 25 to October 30; a few winter. 
Field Sparrow.—Very common Permanent Resident. 
_ Vesper Sparrow.—Permanent Resident, very common in 
migrations; less so in summer and winter. 
Chipping Sparrow.—Common Summer Resident; abun- 
dant Transient Visitant, March 15 to November 1; 
_--—s @eeasionally winters. 
_ White-throated Sparrow.—Very common Winter Visitant, 
September 28 to May 20. 
White-crowned Sparrow.—Irregularly common Winter 
Visitant and Transient Visitant, April 15 to May 15; 
October 15 to November 30. 
_ Fox Sparrow.—Very abundant Transient Visitant, February 
5 to April 5; October 25 to November; a few winter. 
