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 i86 Bird- Lore More or less regular in southern Xezu Jersey in zvinter, oceasional near Phila- delphia : Killdeer, Turkey Vulture, Kingfisher, Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Phoebe, Red-winged Blackbird, Purple Grackle, Cowbird, Vesper Sparrow, Savanna Sparrow, Ipswich Sparrow (on coast), Sharp-tailed Sparrow (on coast). Myrtle Warbler, Long-billed Marsh Wren, Short-billed Marsh Wren, Carolina Chickadee, Robin, Her- mit Thrush, Bluebird. DECEMBER AND JANUARY BIRD-LIFE AT OBERLIN, OHIO Bv ProI'. Lvnds Jones Winter does not come upon us with any severity until late in December. It is rarely true that snow covers the ground for more than a few days at a time during the entire month. Frequently the weather is mild until well toward the New Year, with only an occasional sharp day. On account of this mildness many birds which go southward when winter really comes remain with us until Christmas time. January is also a varied month, frequently opening with severe weather and snow-covered landscape. Toward the middle of the month there is usually a thaw which may take away all the snow and be so spring-like that the birds begin to sing and mate, but none come up from the south. It is during the last week of December and the first week or ten days of January that the most of the winter birds visit us, many of them remaining to or beyond the end of January. Following the thaw the winter settles down again in even greater severity, the month closing with a zero temperature and not a little snow. But however the weather may be, the January birds are permanent residents and winter visitors, none of them birds from the south. Sometimes an ice-storm follows the January thaw, covering everything with a thick ice-coat, and then the birds may be driven south. This often happens to the birds of prey, especially the Hawks. The Owls seem able to survive in any weather. PERMANENT RESIDENTS Herring Gull, Bob-White, Ruffed Grouse, Mourning Dove (rare). Marsh Hawk (uncommon). Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk (uncommon), Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk (rare), Bald Eagle, Pigeon Hawk (rare). Sparrow Hawk, Barn Owl (rare), Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl (rare), Barred Owl, Saw-whet Owl (rare). Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl (rare). Hairy Wood- pecker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Flicker (not common), Prairie Horned Lark, Blue Jay, American Crow (not common), Meadowlark (not common), American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Cardinal, Cedar Waxwing (not common) White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee. WINTER VISITANTS Horned Grebe (rare), Iceland Gull (rare), Old-Squaw (rare), Goshawk (rare). Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle (uncommon), Snowy Owl (rare). Hawk Owl (rare). Horned Lark, Purple Finch, American Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill (rare). Red- poll (rare). Pine Finch (rare), Snowflake, Lapland Longspur, Tree Sparrow, Northern Shrike, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper (uncommon), Golden-crowned Kinglet.