io8 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



singing. It is likely that more were present 

 than were seen and counted. The numbers 

 recorded mark the visitation of White- 

 crowned Sparrows on that day as most un- 

 usual. It is possible that conditions tended 

 to concentrate them within this city park 

 area, for a walk with careful observation 

 through Wellesley Hills and Farms the 

 same day with a companion whose eyes and 

 ears were searching everywhere like my 

 own revealed not an individual. Several of 

 these birds of the I2th remained, while 

 most of them at once passed on. The rem- 

 nant gradually diminished until on the 17th 

 and 1 8th there was present one bird only. 

 The singing of the first day was continued 

 and in generous measure upon the follow- 

 ing days. 



Three autumn records of the White- 

 crowned Sparrow have been obtained, all 

 being of a single bird in the plumage of the 

 female or immature male, namely, on No- 

 vember I, 1904; on October 28, 1908; and 

 on November 2, 1908. 



An incident which came under observa- 



