THE NESTING SEASON. 



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parture. 

 • 1-30. 

 >ec. 5. 



). 



Date of departure. 

 (Jet. lO'-M. 



October 20-31. 



November 1-30.* 



LoiiiT-billeil Mui-sh Wren. 

 Short-billed Miirxli Wren. 



IIou.se Wren 



Brown Thriusher 



Catbird 



Pluebe 



Towhee 



Tree Swullow 



Woodcock 



MouriiiiitT Dove 



Kinj^tislier 



Ked-winixed Blackbird ... 



Purple Gruekle 



Cowbird 



Vesper Sparrow 



Field Sparrow 



Cliippiiij^ Sparrow , 



Swamp Sparrow 



DATES AT WHICH BIRD.S BEOIN TO NEST IN THE VICINITY OF 



NEW YORK CITY. 



Fob. 28. Great Horned Owl. 

 Mar. 12. Barred Owl. 

 .Vpril 1. Woodcock. 

 3. Screech Owl. 



5. Red-shouldered Hawk. 



6. Ketl-tuiled Hawk. 

 9. American Crow. 

 9. Lonjj-eared Owl. 



10. Bluebird. 



17. White-bellied Nuthatch 



18. Broad-w-inired Hawk. 



19. Duck Hawk. 



20. Kobin, 



2.'). Purple drackle. 

 2!). Mournin<^ Dove. 

 M.iy 1. Cooper's Hawk. 

 2. Fish Hawk. 



2. Soujr Sparrow. 



3. Cardinal. 



5. Cowbird. [In Son;;; Spar- 

 row's nest. ] 



May 5. Black-crowned Niglit Heron. 



6. Green Heron, 

 fi. Wood Duck. 



7. Kiuijffisher. 



8. I5arn Swallow. 

 8. PiKebe. 



10. Clapper Rail. 

 10. Killdeer. 

 10. Rufl'ed (Jrou.so. 

 10. Sparrow Hawk. 

 10. Savanna Sparrow. 



10. Vesper Sparrow. 



11. Flicker. 



11. Louisiana W^ater Thrush. 



13. Red-headed Woodpecker. 



14. Chipping Sparrow. 



14. Towhee. 

 lo. King Rail. 

 1."). Virginia Rail. 

 1"). Meadowlark. 



15. Field Sparrow. 



* The time of the departure of these birds varies greatly during diflferent 

 years. Should the season be an exceptionally mild one, many of them will re- 

 main until late in December. 



