BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA, 43 
common Summer Resident in New Jersey, within twen- 
ty miles of Philadelphia; April 22 to September 30. 
Swift.—Very common Summer Resident, April 15 to Octo- 
ber 10. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.—Common Summer Resi- 
dent, May 7 to September 25. 
Kingbird.—Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Septem- 
ber 1. 
Crested Flycatcher.—Common Summer Resident, May 1 to 
September 1. 
Pheebe.—Common Summer Resident; occasional Winter 
Visitant, March 20 to October 25. 
Least Flycatcher.—Tolerably common Transient Visitor, 
May 1 to 15; September 6 to 15. 
Wood Pewee.—Common Summer Resident, May 6 to Sep- 
tember 20. 
Horned Lark.—Irregular Winter Visitant. 
Crow.—Very common Permanent Resident. 
Blue Jay—Common Permanent Resident; less abundant 
in winter; most plentiful in fall. 
Baltimore Oriole.—Tolerably common Summer Resident, 
May 1 to September 1. 
Orchard Oriole.—Common Summer Resident, May 1 to Sep- 
tember 1. 
Red-winged Blackbird.—Common Summer Resident, Feb- 
ruary 20 to November; rather common Winter Visitant. 
Purple Grackle.—Common Summer Resident, February 20 
to November; occasional Winter Visitant. 
Bobolink.—Tolerably common Transient Visitant, May 1 
to 15; common Transient Visitant, August 25 to Sep- 
tember 20. 
Meadowlark.—Common Permanent Resident. 
Cowbird.—Common Summer Resident, April 1 to October; 
occasional Winter Visitant. 
Song Sparrow.—Abundant Permanent Resident. 
Swamp Sparrow.—Tolerably common Permanent Resident; 
more abundant in migrations. 
Field Sparrow.—Very common Summer Resident, March 
18 to October; occasional Winter Visitant. 
