Plate IIL 



One of the homes the martins deserted in August, 

 1901, from a photo taken Sept. 7. 



The foliage surrounding the base of the pole is a 

 bed of canna lilies, which, at the time the birds left 

 for southern climes, were in the zenith of their beauty, 

 some of the bloom-studded spikes reaching eight 

 feet in height. To the left and back of the cannas a 

 vine arbor stretches away to the southward. 



