xii PREFACE 



ing his name associated with my own in 

 this entire story of migration through the 

 Garden and the Common, the bird-life of 

 which he so delightfully set forth twenty- 

 five years ago in his book of essays entitled 

 " Birds in the Bush." I count myself happy 

 in the association of our names as past and 

 present students of ornithology within this 

 public domain. 



The illustrations which are presented in 

 this volume are from photographs obtained 

 in the month of May by my esteemed 

 young friend Mr. Gordon Boit Wellman. 

 The subjects were selected as illustrative 

 of the composition of the Garden, but with 

 more especial reference to scenes connected 

 with the visits of some of the rarer individ- 

 ual birds or of collective flocks. 



My obligations are also acknowledged 

 to the Department of Public Grounds for 

 information furnished and courtesies ex- 

 tended by its superintendent and his sub- 

 ordinates, and to members of the police 

 force, who have often mentioned to me 

 something of interest pertaining to the 



