ee 
42 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
’ Mourning Dove.—Common Summer Resident and occa- 
sional Winter Visitant ; March to November. 
Turkey Vulture.—Tolerably common Summer Resident ; 
occasional Winter Visitant. 
Red-shouldered Hawk.—Tolerably common Permanent 
Resident. 
Red-tailed Hawk.— Common Winter Visitant ; not com- 
mon in summer. 
Marsh Hawk.—Common Winter Visitant (rare Summer 
Resident ?) 
Sparrow Hawk.—Common Permanent Resident. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk.—Common Permanent Resident. 
Cooper’s Hawk.—Tolerably common Permanent Resident; 
very common Transient Visitant. 
Bald Eagle.—Not Common Permanent Resident. 
Osprey.—Tolerably common in Summer; very common > 
Summer Resident on New Jersey coast and Delaware 
Bay, March 20 to October 15. 
Short-eared Owl.—Irregularly common Winter Visitant. 
Long-eared Owl.—Not common Permanent Resident. 
Screech Owl.—Very common Permanent Resident. 
Barred Owl.—Rare; mostly in winter. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo.—Common Summer Resident, May 
8 to October 1, 
Black-billed Cuckoo.—Rare Summer Resident ; tolerably 
common Transient Visitant, May 8 to October 1. 
Kingfisher.—Common Summer Resident; occasional Win- 
ter Visitant. 
Downy Woodpecker.—Common Permanent Resident. 
Hairy Woodpecker.—Rare; mainly in winter. 
Red-headed Woodpecker.—Irregularly common Transient 
Visitant in fall ; tolerably common Summer Resident, 
but local ; occasional Winter Visitant. 
Flicker.—Very common Summer Resident, March 25 to 
October 25 ; occasional during winter. 
Nighthawk. — Common Transient Visitant; tolerably com- 
mon, but rather local Summer Resident, May 4 to Octo- 
ber 10. 
Whip-poor-will.—Tolerably common Transient Visitant; 
