68 BIRDS OBSERVED AT OBERLIN, 0. 
Whip-poor-will.—_Common Summer Resident, along 
streams only, May to September. 
Chimney Swift.—Abundant Summer Resident, in towns; 
-April 15 to October 10. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.—Not common Samrue 
Resident, May 10 to September 10. 
Kingbird.—Common Summer Resident, April 27 to Au- 
gust 10. 
Crested Flycatcher.—Common Summer Resident, April 28 
to October 1. 
Phcebe.—Common Summer Resident; late March to Octo- 
ber. 
Least Flycatcher.—Common Transient Visitant in spring, 
April 27 to May 22. 
Wood Pewee.—Abundant Summer Resident, May 1 to 
September 12. 
Prairie Horned Lark.—Common Permanent Resident. 
On December 18, 1897, I found both alpestris and 
praticola in a flock of some one hundred and twenty- 
five. 
Crow.—Common Summer Resident; late February to No- 
vember ; rare in winter. 
Blue Jay. — Common Permanent Resident. 
Baltimore Oriole-—Common Summer Resident, April 25 to 
September 1. : 
Orchard Oriole.—Rare Summer Resident. ; 
Red-winged Blackbird.—Common Summer Resident, 
March 10 to November. 
Bronzed Grackle.—Abundant Summer Resident, March to 
November; rare in winter. 
Bobolink.—Abundant Summer Resident, April 23 to Sep- 
tember 15. 
Meadowlark.—Abundant Summer Resident, March to No- 
vember ; rare in winter. 
Cowbird.—Abundant Summer Resident, late March to 
October. 
Song Sparrow.—Abundant Summer Resident, March to 
November ; rare in winter. 
Swamp Sparrow.—Rare Summer Resident, late April. 
