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tanager from four to twelve days ; red-eyed 

 vireo from five to thirteen days ; warbling 

 vireo from four to nineteen days ; black and 

 white warbler from five to seventeen days ; 

 Nashville warbler from seven to nine days ; 

 yellow warbler from six to nine days ; chest- 

 nut-sided warbler from four to nine days ; 

 black-throated green warbler from six to 

 eighteen days; oven-bird from three to 

 eight days; Maryland yellow- throat from 

 four to nine days ; American redstart from 

 four to ten days ; catbird from six to eight 

 days ; brown thrasher from five to ten days ; 

 bluebird from eight to fifteen days. The 

 testimony of the Garden seems, therefore, 

 to substantiate very strongly Mr. Brew- 

 ster's belief that in general the earliest 

 arriving birds are summer residents and 

 that the later arriving birds are migrants 

 bound farther north. 



The summer absence of the author leaves 

 in some measure of uncertainty the matter 

 of what species nest in the Garden and on 

 the Common. The regular nesting of three 

 summer resident species has been an estab- 



