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wings succeeded in throwing the dewdrops 

 over himself and obtaining the refresh- 

 ment he sought. Then well wetted, he rose 

 into a double-flowered peach tree and in 

 happiness finished his morning toilet. It 

 seemed a pity that there was but one ob- 

 server of this dainty proceeding, but so it 

 was. Upon other days and at other times 

 there were many interested observers, who 

 availed of the rare opportunity of becom- 

 ing acquainted with a full-plumaged Cape 

 May Warbler often voicing himself in song. 



A second record of the species was of a 

 female bird seen on May 26, 1905, and not 

 remaining to a second day. 



In 1908 a third Cape May Warbler came 

 to the Garden on May 16, a female bird, 

 and was seen by a group of interested ob- 

 servers after I had discovered its presence. 

 This bird moved through the Garden with 

 exceeding restlessness and rapidity. It was 

 first seen in trees of low growth near the 

 Everett statue, from which it quickly moved 

 into the large white willow at the northwest 

 corner of the pond. Repeated momentary 



