Now T come to the most argued part of the sub- 

 ject -the titles for classes 3 and 4. I am decidedly 

 in favor of the terms summer visitant and winter vis- 

 itant. They seem to me to be far better than the 

 corresponding uses of the word resident. For I think 

 that the argument that a bird does not reside in a 

 locality unless it actually remains there throughout 

 the year is a very good one. Quoting from the edi- 

 torial in the May-June Condor we rind: "The latest 

 etymological authority, Webster's New Interna- 

 tional Dictionary, defines the word resident as fol- 

 lows: 'Dwelling or having an abode in a place for 

 a continuous length of time. 2. Of birds, not mi- 

 gratory; nonmigratory.' Birds are either resident 

 or migratory; if they migrate they cannot be resi- 

 dent; hence such an incongruity as winter resident is 

 impossible!" 



I think for both groups 5 and 6 there is one word 

 which is uniquely appropriate. This is the word ////- 

 settled. Birds of this class are always unsettled, 

 though not necessarily transient. They visit not 

 cross over. Then compounded I offer the terms un- 

 settled summer visitant and unsettled winter visitant 

 respectively. Is this not distinguishing enough? 

 Can there be any confusion as to the meaning or any 

 perplexing similarity to terms 3 or 4? 



Class I think is fully and appropriately described 

 by the word transient. That is all that the birds of 

 this class are, merely those which are crossing over or 

 going through a certain locality. 



Summed up, my terms for the various groups are: 

 (1) individual resident; (2) resident; (3) summer 



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