54 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



nature, have been witnesses of interesting 

 occurrences. The list contains the names of 

 one hundred and sixteen North American 

 birds, arranged in the order adopted by the 

 American Ornithologists' Union and under 

 the nomenclature most recently revised by 

 its committee, and it concludes with the 

 names of two introduced species and two 

 species of the Eastern hemisphere repre- 

 sented by individual birds which had un- 

 doubtedly escaped from captivity. 



