BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO. 59 
NOTES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. LOUIS, 
MO., INCLUDING PARTS OF ST. LOUIS AND 
ST. CHARLES COUNTIES, ON THE BIRDS IN- 
CLUDED IN * BIRD-LIFE.” 
By Orro Wipmayxy. 
Pied-billed Grebe.—Common Transient Visitant; rare 
Summer Resident, April 1 to December 1. 
Loon.—Rare Transient Visitant, April and October. 
Herring Gull.—Transient Visitant and Winter Resident, 
less common than formerly, September 20 to May 5. 
Common Tern.—Rare Transient Visitant, May and Septem- 
ber. 
Wood Duck.—Breeds frequently ; common in migrations in 
February and March ; September and October. 
Pintail.—Abundant Transient Visitant, February 13 to 
April 15; October 10 to December 1. 
Mallard.—Abundant Transient Visitant and frequent Win- 
ter Resident, September 15 to April 25. 
Green-winged Teal.—Abundant Transient Visitant and 
occasional Winter Resident, February 15 to April 25 ; 
October 1 to December 15. 
Blue-winged Teal.—Abundant Transient Visitant, Septem- 
ber 1 to December 1. 
Canada Goose.—Abundant Winter Visitant, October 15 to 
April 1. : 
Great Blue Heron.—Common Summer Resident, April 1 
to November 1. 
Little Green Heron.—Common Summer Resident, April 10 
to October 10. 
Black-crowned Night Heron.—Tolerably common Summer 
_ Resident, April 10 to Oct. 10. 
American Bittern.—Rather rare Summer Resident, April 
10 to October 20. 
Sora.—Tolerably common Summer Resident and very com- 
mon Transient Visitant, April 10 to November 1. 
