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 r Birds and Seasons 187 SUMMER RESIDENTS WHICH LINGER UNTIL DECEMBER Woodcock, Killdeer, Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Bronzed Grackle, White- throated Sparrow, Towhee, Robin, Bluebird. FALL MIGRANTS WHICH PASS SOUTH IN DECEMBER Mallard, Canada Goose, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, American Pipit, Myrtle Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. DECEMBER AND JANUARY BIRD-LIFE AT GLEN ELLYN (NEAR CHICAGO), ILLINOIS Bv Benjamin T. Gault A marked feature of our winter months are the daily movements of the Crows as they go to and from their roosts. The Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, with the White-breasted Nuthatches and Chicka- dees, contribute their share in rendering our orchards and woods attractive, while the Shore Larks and Lapland Longspurs serve well in a similar capacity for our fields. Visiting the osage hedges and sprout-woodland pastures, we may find, to our delight, small parties of Juncos, Tree Sparrows and Goldfinches busily plying their vocation of seed-gathering. The Northern Shrike, Rough-legged, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, together with the Screech and Short-eared Owls, and occa- sional Redpoll Linnets, are more or less in evidence during these months. In late January we may chance to hear the cheering notes of the Meadowlark, or perhaps stumble upon a belated or over-zealous Red-headed Woodpecker or Flicker, or, possibly, in some sheltered retreat, find the Robin. However, these are incidents not always to be expected or depended on. A reference to the haunts of the Prairie Hen has been omitted ; altogether of a local nature, one must sometimes search long and diligently to find it. Such then, briefly, are the main features of our winter bird-life, which, to be more thorough and explicit, naturally tabulate themselves beneath the following headings : PERMANENT RESIDENTS Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Hen, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Barred Owl, Screech Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Prairie Horned Lark, Blue Jay, Crow, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Chickadee. WINTER VISITANTS Regular. — Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Horned Lark, Lapland Long- spur, Tree Sparrow, Junco, Northern Shrike. Irregular. — Canada Goose, Long-eared Owl, Red-headed Woodpecker, Flicker, Meadowlark. Rusty Blackbird, Evening Grosbeak, Redpoll, Cedar Waxwing, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Robin.