THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 

 ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. xxx. July, 1913. No. 3 



BIRD MIGRATION RECORDS OF WILLIAM BARTRAM. 



1802-1822. 



BY WITMER STONE. 



links IX, X, and XI. 



There is preserved in the library of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia a well worn manuscript volume with 

 pages about four by six inches and a pasteboard cover upon which 

 is inscribed in almost illegible characters "Calendar of Natural 

 History, Memorable Events &c" while page one bears the heading 

 " ( .di udar for the Year of our Lord 1802." 



There follows a daily record of the state of the weather, the 

 blooming of plants and trees and the appearance of birds, insects 

 and other tonus of animal life, alter the manner of Gilbert White's 

 Calendar in his Natural History of Selborne. 



An insert informs us that this is the manuscript diary of William 

 Bartram during the years 1802 to L822, kept at the old Bartram 

 homestead on the Schuylkill in Kingsessing, now a part of the city of 

 Philadelphia, though at thai time several miles out in the country. 



The Bartram place established by .John Bartram, father of Wil- 

 liam, and like him a famous botanist, is now preserved as a city 

 park under the name of Bartram's Garden. Here one can still 

 Bee ill ■ old house buill by the elder Bartram with his own hands, 

 and can walk along the box-bordered paths and admire the various 

 trees, shrubs and herbs brought by the Bartrams from various 



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