I50 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



grounds. So he could usually day by day 

 be found there. If he wandered to another 

 section, he did not fail to return again 

 soon to his wonted area. He was not shy 

 during his stay and constantly afforded 

 fine opportunities for careful observation 

 of his markings. His great activity of 

 movement presented the only difficulty of 

 remaining near him. He showed a prefer- 

 ence for the trees which were as yet more 

 thinly foliaged, the elms, the cottonwoods, 

 and the willows, rather than for the maples, 

 the horse-chestnuts, and the hawthorns, 

 and was often in the lower branches. He 

 was once seen on the turf at the border of a 

 bed of yellow tulips. 



On another occasion in the early morn- 

 ing, with desire for a bath he dropped down 

 upon the granite curbing of a basin inclos- 

 ing a small fountain and tried to reach the 

 water, but it proved to be too far below the 

 stone edging to permit him to make use of 

 it. So presently, perceiving that he could 

 not get his bath there, he flew to the heavily 

 dew-laden grass and with shakings of the 



