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Boston parks such a number of birds as these reports show. The 

 numbers are increased by starlings, which are found in Pros- 

 pect Park practically all the year. With this exception, how- 

 ever, an observer in Boston might secure nearly as large a list 

 as that of the Victors' in Brooklyn. 



Horace W. Wright, in his " Birds of the Boston Public Gar- 

 den," published in 1909, gives a list of 116 native species, 2 

 introduced and 2 foreign species. Since this list was published, 

 many besides myself have seen there another native species, — 

 the hooded warbler. Dr. and Mrs. Victor have recorded 162 

 species for Prospect Park. 



Respectfully submitted, 



. EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



State Ornithologist. 



