INTRODUCTION 



It is hoped that these "Bird Observa- 

 tions" by Ellen Drummond Farwell may 

 be welcomed by bird students, because of 

 the accuracy and extent of their observa- 

 tions and the possibility that they may 

 supply some new data, particularly as to 

 bird songs. By Mrs. Farwell's personal 

 friends they will also be welcomed as 

 bringing back to them the thought of one 

 whose mental ability, true Christian love- 

 liness and nobility of character created a 

 personality always uplifting and strength- 

 ening in its influence. 



Partly through the influence of Mrs. 

 Sara A. Hubbard, to whom many can trace 

 their first interest in birds, and partly, it 

 sometimes seemed, because of a kinship 

 between the birds, the least earthly of the 

 animal creation, 



"Whose habitations in the tree-tops even, 

 Are half-way houses on the road to 

 Heaven," 



and her own deeply spiritual nature, she 

 turned more and more to bird study with 

 much interest and pleasure. Like most 



