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roost upon the branches of the tree and 

 have become so tame that they alight upon 

 the shoulders and arms of visitors who 

 come to feed them and scarcely remove 

 themselves out of the way of passers-by. 

 On the Common a similar flock lives just 

 within the grounds near the Park Street 

 subway station and affords much pleasure 

 and interest to visitors who bring them 

 food and linger to enjoy their beauty and 

 confiding tameness. 



The annotated list which follows this in- 

 troductory chapter includes the names of 

 species which have been observed in the 

 years 1900- 1908, and of six additional spe- 

 cies seen by other observers in earlier years, 

 namely, American golden-eye, American 

 woodcock, barred owl, saw-whet owl, belted 

 kingfisher, and winter wren (the last in 

 the Granary Burying-Ground). No at- 

 tempt has been made to gather older re- 

 cords, although many observations must 

 have been made, perhaps casually, by per- 

 sons who, always moving through out-of- 

 doors with their eyes and ears open to 



