CHAPTER XII 



NATURAL HISTORY SKETCHES 



FROM among the many art'icles recording his obser- 

 vations upon natural history subjects that were 

 contributed by Mr. Boardman to the special journals and 

 magazines devoted to ornithology and natural history as 

 well as to the local newspapers, a few have been chosen 

 as representing the minuteness of his descriptions and 

 his graphic and interesting style. These published 

 sketches extend to many scores, all of which are equally 

 entertaining while but few can be used in this volume. 

 The minor notes originally contributed to The American 

 Naturalist and to Forest and Stream are reproduced 

 with their dates of publication as forming a record of the 

 time when such were made public. 



Winter Life in Florida 



The first consideration to the winter visitor to Florida 

 is the climate, which is delightful. I do not think so 

 agreeable a place can be found in the United States. I 

 am not so good a judge of the winter climate of Cali- 

 fornia, having spent but one winter there, and think the 



