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monly half a dozen Swifts may be seen 

 and heard. 



In the morning of May 26, 1908, thirty 

 Swifts were counted in the air over the 

 Garden, and on June i a half-dozen were 

 still about. 



24. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 



Trochilus colubris 



I have found the Hummingbird a very 

 infrequent visitant to the Garden. Indeed, 

 in two seasons only have I records of the 

 species, namely, 1905 and 1908. In the 

 former year on May 13 and again on May 

 18 a single bird was observed in flight, and 

 on May 21a female bird was seen perching. 

 In 1908, on May 24, a Hummingbird 

 visited the Garden. 



Friends have two or three times men- 

 tioned seeing a Hummingbird in other 

 years, but later in the season than my ob- 

 servations had extended. 



