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(An unusually reliable list for so young an observer. Compare with the following 

 data.— A. H. W.) 



Average and Earliest Dates of Arrival 





Wayne County, Ohio 





Eastern Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey 



Kingfisher 



March 





Rare in winter. 



Flicker 



Permanent Resident 





Mar. 25. 



Whip-poor-will 



May 





Apr. 22. 



Swift 



Mar. 28-Apr. 21. Av., 





Apr. 15. 





Apr. IS- 







Hummingbird 



May i-io. 





May 12. 







r Washington,D.C., Apr. 



J 2g. 



1 White Sulphur Springs, 



"" 



Kingbird 



Apr. ig. Av., May 3. 



^ May 6. 







I W. Va., Apr. 24. 



J 



Bobolink 



Apr. 21. Av., May 1-8. 





May 1-15 



Cowbird 



Mar. i6-Apr. i. 





April. 



Red- winged Blackbird. . . . 



Feb. 25. Av., Mar. 7. 





Feb. 6— later. 



Rusty Blackbird 



Mar. 2s-May 8. Av., 

 Apr. 15. 





Mar. i-Apr. 15. 



Purple Grackle 







About Feb. 20. 



Bronzed Grackle 



Feb. 25. Av., Mar. i. 





Uncommon. 



Goldfinch 



Permanent resident. 



Alfred, N. Y., Apr. 25. 



Permanent Resident 







f French Creek, W. Va., 



^ Mar. 30. 





Mar. 21. Av., Apr. 1-8. 



J Mar. 26. 



Waverly, W. Va., Mar. 

 l 30. 









Junco 



Leaves late in April. 

 Mar. i8-Apr. 6. 





Leaves Apr. 15-May 



I. 

 About Apr. 18. 



Towhee 





Blue Grosbeak 







Reported to have 





bred in Cumber- 









land and Lancas- 









ter Cos., Penna. 



Indigo Bunting 



Apr. 24. Av., May 7-14. 





About May 10. 



Scarlet Tanager 



May 1-7 





May 5-18. 



Purple Martin 



Mar. 25. Av., Apr. 1-8. 

 Apr. g. Av., Apr. 20. 

 May 1-15. 



French Creek, W. Va., 



Apr. i-io. 



Barn Swallow 



Apr. ig. 



Black and White Warbler. 



Apr. 25-May 15. 







Apr. 13. 









["Washington, D. C, 



1 



Magnolia Warbler 



May 11-22. 



< Apr. 30. 

 t_Beaver, Pa., May 5. 



>May 10-20. 







f Washington, D.C., Apr. 

 French Creek, W. Va., 



-Apr. 12. 





Apr. 21-30. 







L Apr. 3. 









r Washington, D.C., Apr. 





Maryland Yellow-throat... 



Apr. 23-May 7. 



i 21. 



LBeaver, Pa., May 4. 



-Apr. 25. 



Yellow-breasted Chat 



May 17. 



French Creek, W. Va., 



May I. 

 f Washington, D.C., Apr. 



May 5. 

 1 



Redstart 



Apr. 30. Av., May 7. 



1 



i 23- 



>Apr. 30-May 20. 





[Beaver, Pa., Apr. 2g. 



i 



Catbird 



Apr. 26. 



Apr. i-few days later. 





May 5. 



Brown Thrasher 



Apr. 22. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 



Apr. ig. Av., late in Apr. 





Rare summer resi- 

 dent, southern N. 

 J. 



Reported from 















southern Pa. 



Robin 



Feb, 5-27, usually before 

 Feb. 15. 



Berwyn, Pa., Feb. 14- Mar. 15, also a per- 





Mar. 7. manent resident. 



Av.= average. 



The Goldfinch is more abundant during spring and fall in places marked "Permanent Resident. 



The above data are taken from: A Preliminary List of the Birds of Wayne Co., Ohio, Ober- 

 holser, i8g6; Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Stone, i8g4; Migration of Warblers 

 Sparrows, Flycatchers and Thrushes, Cooke, see Bird-Lore, Vols.VI-X. 



