THE OOLOQI8T 



477. Blue Jay. Permanent resident. 



Very common in summer. 

 488. American Crow. Very common 



permanent resident. 



494. Bobolink. Very common sum- 

 resident. 



495. Cowbird. Very common summer 

 resident. 



498. Red-winged Blackbird. Very 

 common summer resident. 



501. Meadowlark. Very common sum- 

 mer resident. 



50G. Orchard Oriole. Eare summer 

 resident. Not seen since 1918. 



507. Baltimore Oriole. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



510. Rusty Blackbird. Very common 



spring migrant. 



511. Purple Grackle. Very common 

 summer resident. 



517. Purple Finch. Very rare spring 

 visitant. 



529. American Goldfinch. Permanent 

 resident. Very common in sum- 

 mer. 



English Sparrow. Very common 

 permanent resident. Extending 

 its nesting range into the open, 

 away from buildings. 



540. Vesper Sparrow. Very common 

 summer resident. 



554. White-crowned Sparrow. Rare 

 summer resident. 



558. White-throated Sparrow. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



560. Chipping Sparrow. Summer res- 

 ident. Not common here. 



567. Slate-colored Junco. Common 

 during spring migration. 



581. Song Sparrow. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



587. Towhee. Rare summer resident. 

 Often common during spring mi- 

 grations. 



593. Cardinal. Very rare summer 

 resident on Buffalo Creek, but 

 rather more common on the 

 Maquoketa River near Manches- 

 ter, la. fin an adjoining county). 



595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Rare 

 summer resident. 



598. Indigo Bunting. Rather rare 

 summer resident. 



604. Dickcissel. Common summer 

 resident. 



608. Scarlet Tanager. Rare summer 

 resident. Seen only during 

 spring migi'ations usually. 



611. Purple- Martin. Summer resi- 

 dent. Common in towns but not 



613. 



614 



617. 



622. 

 629. 



found in the country around 

 Buffalo Creek. 



Barn Swallow. Very common 

 summer resident. 

 Tree Swallow. Rather rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



Rough-winged Swallow. Very 

 common summer resident. 

 Loggerhead Shrike. Ra,ther 

 common summer resident. 

 Blue-headed Vireo. Very rare 

 visitant. Seen only in the fall 

 of 1919. 



THE WARBLERS 



With the exception of Maryland 

 Yellow-throat, all of the Warblers are 

 seen only as transient visitants, al- 

 though doubtlessly some of them re- 

 main to nest. With the exception of 

 the Myrtle Warbler which is always 

 very common in migration, they all 

 seem to appear in about the same de- 

 gree of abundance; some springs cer- 

 tain species are rare or missing al- 

 together, and the next spring they are 

 common. 



636. Black and White Warbler. 

 655. Myrtle Warbler. 

 657. Magnolia Warbler. 

 659 Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 661. Black-poll Warbler. 

 667. Black-throated Green Warbler. 

 672. Palm Warbler. 



674. Oven-bird. 



675. Northern Water Thrush. 



681. Maryland Y^^low-throat. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 

 685. Wilson Warbler. 

 687. American Redstart. 

 697 American Pipit. Very rare visi- 

 tant. 



704. Catbird. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



705. Brown Thrasher. Common sum- 



mer resident. 



721. House Wren. Very common 



summer resident. 



722. Winter Wren. Rather common 

 visitant and' perhaps a resident. 



726. Brown Creeper. Rather com- 

 mon (permanent?) resident. 



727. White-breasted Nuthatch. Com- 



mon permanent resident. 



728. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Rare 

 permanent resident. 



731. Tufted Titmouse. Rare. Seen 

 during migration only, as a rule. 



