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Other blossoms, as well as beautiful flowering shrubs. Pear trees 

 spread out their fruitful branches there, and close by our windows 

 was a tangle of raspberry bushes, now nearly exterminated. Hither 

 came every year during the migratory season many wild birds, and 

 all through the summer might be seen and heard such birds as 

 remained in the citj' during that season. Now% those who made the 

 garden and loved it are gone, and the once lovely place has become, 

 as compared with its former state, a barren spot inhabited by Eng- 

 lish Sparrows and even less desirable tenants. Still, the wild birds 

 come to it, though not in such numbers as formerly. It may inter- 

 est some of the readers of the Journal to know how many different 

 kinds have been seen there. The list is as follows: Robin, Fox 

 Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, 

 Chipping Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Hermit Thrush, Wilson's 

 Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, Black-billed Cuckoo, Baltimore 

 Oriole, Catbird, Phoebe, Least Flycatcher, Humming Bird, Yellow 

 Warbler, Parula Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Nashville Warbler, 

 Canadian Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black and White 

 Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Redstart, Northern Yellow-throat, Oven- 

 bird, Northern Water Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Downy Wood- 

 pecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, Chickadee. Winter Wren, Junco, and the Great Northern 

 Shrike. 



The time during which these birds remain in the garden varies 

 from a few moments to a day or two. Usually the Warblers flit 

 about from tree to tree and bush to bush, sometimes stopping to 

 preen their feathers, and then pass on, but occasionally they are 

 about for an hour or more. The Thrushes make the longest stay 

 of any of the visitors. The English Sparrows which nest in the 

 elms about the house try to drive away all other birds, and as a rule 

 they finally succeed in doing so, but I am glad to record that an 

 Olive-backed Thrush that came to the garden in May showed a 

 proper spirit, and when attacked by the vSparrows, turned upon his 

 assailants and utterly routed them, I cannot express the pleasure 



