PREFACE 



The object of this pamphlet is to furnish a list of 

 birds that may be seen in this vicinity if one goes afield 

 to make the acquaintance of the feathered songsters, and 

 to give the approximate time of their arrival. 



It is not its object to be technical or classical or to 

 give descriptions, for all have access to books that fur- 

 nish abundant knowledge of birds. What I offer is a 

 careful record of personal observations and experiences, 

 hoping to stimulate a desire in others to learn something 

 of ornithology from nature, for it can not be satisfac- 

 torily learned from books alone. 



My natural ear is attuned to music, so many of my 

 remarks will be on the songs of birds, for to me as to 

 John Burroughs "What is a bird without its song? It 

 seems to me that I do not know a bird till I have heard 

 its voice." 



