44 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Vesper Sparrow.—Common Summer Resident, April 2 to 
November 1; occasional Winter Visitant. 
Chipping Sparrow.—Common Summer Resident, March 30 
to October 20. 
White-throated Sparrow.—Very Common Transient Vis- 
itant, September 20 to May 20; Common Winter Visitant. 
White-crowned Sparrow.—Rare Transient Visitant, May 2 
to 13; October 6 to 20. 
Fox Sparrow.—Very common Transient Visitant, March 
10 to April 10; October 15 to December 1; occasional 
Winter Visitant. 
Junco.—Very common Winter Visitant, October 1 es May 1. 
Tree Sparrow.—Very common Winter Visitant, October 
15 to April 15. 
Redpoll.—Rare and irregular Winter Visitant. 
Snowflake.—Rare and irregular Winter Visitant. 
American Crossbill.—Rather rare and irregular Winter 
Visitant; has been seen in May. 
Pine Grosbeak.—Only casual Winter Visitant. 
Goldfinch.—Very common Permanent Resident. 
Purple Finch.—Tolerably common Winter Visitant, Sep- 
tember 25 to May 1; very common Transient Visitant. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak.—Tolerably common Transient 
Visitant, May 5 to May 12; September 5 to October 5. 
Towhee.—Common Summer Resident, April 18 to Octo- 
ber 20. . 
Indigo Bunting.—Common Summer Resident, May 10 to 
October 1. 
Cardinal.—Tolerably common Permanent Resident. 
Scarlet Tanager.—Common Transient Visitant, May 5 to 
May 18; September 10 to October 10; tolerably common 
Summer Resident. 
Barn Swallow.—Common Summer Resident, April 14 to 
September 1. 
Cliff Swallow.—Tolerably common Transient Visitant ; 
rare Summer Resident, May 1 to September 1. 
Bank Swallow.—Common but local Summer Resident, 
April 8 to April 20; September 1. 
Tree Swallow.—Common Transient Visitant, April 20 to 
