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MTMOIRS IM- rUl- Nl TTM I OKNllMlOl.CHIKWl. Cl.ri?, 



IxUtoin to the wiro ;iiul Kk>ihh1 at tlio top to the oiiils of long, flexible giwdoii 

 stakes. \\ lu-n the eat gets a little above the wire her weight cavises the tips 

 of the stakes to beiul over towards her ami she i^resentlv tiiuls herself hanging 

 baek ilownw.iiii beneath a strip of loose, swaving fabvie whieh alTonls ber no 

 nieans of further vipwanl progress. If the seine be tarrevl ,uul kept under einer 

 lUning the winter it will last a dozen or more years. 



Despite its limited area and the faet that it lies ne.u the heart of a large 

 city, ourartiheial forest is frequented .it iMie or .mother season bv a eonsiderable 

 number and variety of birds. It is true th.tl none of the speeies eharaeteristie 

 of retired woodlauils — e.\eeptii\g possibly the Solitary \'ireo — have bred in it 

 as yet, but very man\ >if them visit it during migration, as is shown by one of 

 the following lists whieh inelude all the speeies that h.tve been noted at every 

 season during the past five years. 



Pin/s //<>/.</ /« Oitr C,u;/t-H, fgoo~/(^y. 



Summer (ineluding Permanent) Residents. 



I. Screech Owl, 



Oeeasionally noted in the breetUng season, 

 but not known to h.ive nestetl aetuallv 

 within the grounds, 



t,^ne pair every season; nest found in 1004. 



Regularly one jxiir nesting in or near the 

 g'aiilen. 



I'sually one pair, nevermore; nest in 1003. 



One or two pairs tlyiiig overhead daily 

 through June, lulv and August. 

 6, Kuby-throateil Hummingbird, Seen cveasioiiallv in June, but no nests 



found. 



One or two jxvirs nesting near but not within 

 the ganmds. 



One or two p;\irs nesting in the neighbor- 

 ho<xl and seen daily. 



One or two jxrirs nesting. 



Several birds frequenting the jMaee, but not 

 nesting there. 



Seen tor the last time in the breetling sea- 

 son in 1000. 



From one or two to live or six fxiirs. 



2. Yellow-billeil Cuckoo, 



3. Black-bilU\l (."uekoo. 



4. Northern l-'lieker, 



5. Chimney Swift. 



7. Least Flyeateher. 



S, American Cnnv, 



9, Baltimore Oriole, 



10, Brouied Crackle, 



1 1 . Purple Finch, 

 1.;, House Sparrow. 



