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gradually gained. The records are, there- 

 fore, to be regarded as the result of system 

 and thoroughness. Yet the author would 

 not be understood as desiring the reader to 

 think that no visitant within the Garden 

 has escaped his notice and that he has an 

 absolutely complete record of all of the mi- 

 grant bird-life therein during the term of 

 the nine years. In the days of May often 

 two hours, sometimes nearly three hours, 

 have been employed before the breakfast- 

 hour, arrival in the Garden dating from 

 five or five-thirty o'clock. The freshness 

 and beauty of the early morning have given 

 added charm and zest to the pursuit defi- 

 nitely in mind. 



Daily visits to the Garden have been 

 resumed upon returning to the city on or 

 before the middle of October and have been 

 extended to the end of the season in No- 

 vember, with casual visits after the migra- 

 tion-flights had ended. No winter residents 

 have been found in the Garden, with the 

 single exception of the chickadee, a pair 

 of which twice have spent the winter there. 



