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bird-life within the Garden and have al- 

 ways been civilly responsive in my com- 

 munication with them. 



Finally it may be said that should the 

 records herein set forth lead others to ob- 

 tain future records and continue the study 

 of migratory life within the Garden, a 

 fuller knowledge of its facts and a broader 

 basis for deductions than the author's nine 

 years' experience affords will result. The 

 pursuit will be all pleasure and the result so 

 much gain. 



HORACE W. WRIGHT. 



BOSTON, January 25, 1909. 



