lo BIRDS OF THE 



many visitors, when the early hours of the 

 day have passed, urges them sometimes 

 into somewhat more of retirement and re- 

 quires of those that feed upon the ground 

 more alertness and change of location ; but 

 the house sparrows seem to interfere little 

 with the comfort of these migrant birds, 

 although once in a while it happens that 

 there is a severe chase of a warbler or other 

 small bird, if it shall have offended by song 

 or in some other way and roused the jeal- 

 ousy or the temper of these permanent resi- 

 dents. 



From danger from human agencies and 

 from their natural enemies of the wild they 

 are free. Even cats from the surrounding 

 dwellings come little within the inclosure 

 and seem to offer but slight menace to the 

 safety of the visitants. These often show 

 very little shyness and in many instances 

 change their location only slightly during 

 their visit. A quiet approach and generally 

 cautious movements on the part of the 

 observer usually result in successful obser- 

 vation; and oftentimes the visitants are 



