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nished no daily records as large as those 

 given above, thereby indicating the year 

 1900 to have been one of the exceptional 

 years in respect to the number of migrant 

 birds passing through the Garden. 



Some other notable days in the last five 

 years have furnished comprehensive lists. 

 These follow. 



On May 20, 1904, the record day of the 

 season, twenty- three species of migrant birds 

 were present and forty-seven individuals 

 were enrolled, including thirty-three war- 

 blers of twelve different species. The list 

 was : one swift, one purple finch, two white- 

 throated sparrows, one song sparrow, one 

 Lincoln's sparrow, two swamp sparrows, 

 one female towhee, one female black and 

 white warbler, one Nashville warbler, one 

 northern parula warbler, four myrtle war- 

 blers, three magnolia warblers, two black- 

 poll warblers, two black-throated green 

 warblers, two oven-birds, three northern 

 water-thrushes, seven Maryland yellow- 

 throats, six Wilson's warblers, one Canadian 

 warbler, one catbird, one brown thrasher, 



