Seasons of Birds 
MAY 15 TO JUNE I 
Increased numbers of foregoing group; Yellow-bellied Fly- 
catcher, Mocking-bird, Summer Tanager ; and the Blackburnian, 
the Blackpoll, the Worm-eating, the Hooded, Wilson’s Black- 
capped, and the Canadian Warblers. 
JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 
In June few species of birds are not nesting; in July they 
may rove about more or less with their increased families, search- 
ing for their favorite foods ; August finds them moulting and mop- 
ing in silence, but toward the end of the month, thoughts of 
returning southward set them astir again. 
AUGUST 15 TO SEPTEMBER 1 5 
Bobolink, Cliff Swallow, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-bellied 
Flycatcher, Purple Martin; the Blackburnian, the Worm-eating, 
the Bay-breasted, the Chestnut-sided, the Hooded, the Mourning, 
Wilson’s Black-capped, and the Canadian Warblers; Baltimore 
Oriole, Humming-bird. 
SEPTEMBER 1 5 TO OCTOBER 1 
Increased numbers of foregoing group ; Wilson’s Thrush, 
Wood Thrush, Kingbird, Wood Pewee, Crested Flycatcher; the 
Least, the Olive-sided, and the Acadian Flycatchers; the Marsh 
Wrens, the Cuckoos, Whippoorwill, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 
Orchard Oriole, Indigo Bird; the Warbling, the Solitary, and 
the Yellow-throated Vireos; the Black-and-white Creeping, the 
Golden-winged, the Yellow, and the Black-throated Blue War- 
blers; Maryland Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Redstart. 
OCTOBER I TO 15 
Increased numbers of foregoing group ; Hermit Thrush, Cat- 
bird, House Wren, Ovenbird, the Water Thrushes, the Red-eyed 
and the White-eyed Vireos, Wood Pewee, Nighthawk, Chimney 
Swift, Cowbird, Horned Lark, Winter Wren, Junco; the Tree, 
the Vesper, the White-throated, and the Grasshopper Sparrows; 
the Blackpoll, the Parula, the Pine, the Yellow Palm, and the 
Prairie Warblers; Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse. 
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