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* OOLOGIS 



VOL. VI. 



ALBION, N. Y , OCT., 1889. 



NO. 10 



liist of the Winter Birds Found in 

 Kalamazoo County, Mich. 



(BY SCOLOPAX.) 



For III )out twenty yeiirs I have care- 

 fully recorded the Ijirds to be found or 

 o(H'a.sioually -seen in my nalive county. 

 This list, from its thoroughness I think, 

 is MOW sufliciently complete to publish, 

 and although I do not consider it as 

 perfect, it will, I believe, not be uuich 

 increas(^d for some time to c(nne. 



I embrace here permanent residents, 

 tliose species that live within our boun- 

 daries summer and winter, and are al- 

 ways to be found. Second, winter vis- 

 itants, those birds which arrive from 

 the North and either remain with us 

 dui'ing the winter months, or pass 

 through oiu" territory going or coming 

 to or from the Scnith either during De- 

 cember, January or February. Third, 

 half-hardy, those species Avhicli remain 

 with US during mild winter or occur 

 during late Jalauary and February, or 

 leave us not till after the first of De- 

 ceml)er. 



PERMANENT KESIDENTS. 



1. Parus atiHcapillus, Chickadee. 

 Abundant at all season of the j^ear. 



2. ^iUa caroUnensis. White-bellied 

 Nuthatch. Common all the season. 



3. Gyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. 

 An abundant length resident. 



4. Picus villosus. Hairy Woodpeck- 

 (sr. Abundant resident in some cases. 

 M(jstly go North in spring. 



5. PicUi> pubtsccn^. Downy Wood- 

 ])ecker. Abundant during winter and 

 a lew remain during sui\uucr. 



6. Hypto)iius pilcniu^. Black or 

 Pileated Woodpecker. A rare species 

 Occassionally seen in v.'intt'r, nmre 

 rarely in summer. Tin:-, :^])e-^ii's was 

 once a resident but i>^:i.y now better l)e 

 styled an accidental vifsitant. 



7. Asio nineriranvf-. American 



Long-eared Owl. Not a very rare spe- 

 cies in some tamarack woods. 



8. Strix nebulosa. Barred Owl. 

 An abundant species. Found everj' 

 month in the yeiu-. 



',). NijclaJe acadic'i. Sawwbet Owl. 

 A rare I'csideni:. 



10. Scojh^ ((sio. Screech or IVIolticd 

 Owl. Not a rare species. 



11. Buix) virginiaims. Great Horned 

 Owl. Our most abundant resident resi- 

 dent of the Owls. 



12. Melcar/ris gnUojjai'o. Wild Tur- 

 key'. N<^w a rare resident. Once 

 abundant. 



13. B) net's a iimballii^. Ruffed 

 Grouse; A common resident still. 



14*. Bonasa iimbdlvs ini}h.:IIoi(](:ii. 

 Gray Ruffed Grouse. A rare resident. 

 Perhaps a straggler from tlu^ north, as 

 the}^ are not observed every season. 



15. Cupidnnia cupido. Prairie Hen. 

 A rare resident. Greatly tliinned tlie 

 last twenty years. 



26. Ortyx virginiann. Bobwhite; 

 Colin; Quail, Not a sure resident. 



WINTER VISITANTS. 



17. ]j((.niu^ borealis. Northern 

 shrike. An uncertain sojourner froni 

 the north. Often goes further south 

 almost proving it to be half hardy. 



18. Ampelis garrulus. Northern 

 Waxwing. A rare and luieasy migrant, 

 occasionally apjjearing here from the 

 north. Only once visited Kalamaxoo 

 County to my knowledge. 



li). Binii-ola eiij/etcntor. Pine Gros- 

 beak. A rare and imcertain visitant. 



20. Lnxid cnrviroslra amcricana . 

 American Crossbill. Not rare some 

 Avinters, usually appear in December, 



"What I have called B. KmhtUoides 

 may be only a peculiarity in coloration 

 of the commoner form. Have seen 

 none of late and may be mistaken. 



