152 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



views of the little visitant were obtained, 

 making its identification sure. It made 

 constant sallies from the boughs into the 

 air after the manner of flycatchers. Later 

 it moved in the top of this and other trees in 

 so hidden a way that it required patience 

 and persistence to find it again. At length 

 it passed by an extended flight over to an 

 old willow in the vicinity of the Arlington 

 Street Church. Quickly from there it rose 

 into the air and apparently was leaving the 

 Garden, as it took its flight out over Boyl- 

 ston Street and its buildings. But presently 

 it was seen to turn in its course and come 

 back into the Garden, alighting in the 

 southeast quarter in an American elm. But 

 hardly had it rested there, when it rose 

 again and, passing over the centre path, lit 

 in one of the large willows which stand be- 

 side the pond in the northeast quarter. 

 Here it remained, restlessly moving among 

 the boughs of this and other neighboring 

 trees, furnishing ample opportunity for 

 successively arriving observers to view it. 

 The pursuit had been a lively one and had 



