io6 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



The late records of the species in the 

 spring are of a bird on May 13 and 14, 

 1904, none having been observed in the 

 intervening time from April 24; of one on 

 May 12, 1905, none having been seen since 

 May 4; of two birds on May 10, 1907, 

 while seven were seen on the Common the 

 same day, three of them singing ; of two on 

 May 13 and one on May 14 of this same 

 year; and of one bird on May 10, 1908. 

 The dates indicate how late some individ- 

 uals of a species arrive, most of the indi- 

 viduals of which have come and passed on 

 much earlier. 



The records of 1904 show the migration 

 of this species through the Garden to have 

 covered thirty-four days, namely, from 

 April 1 1 to May 14 ; those of 1908 show that 

 the period covered was forty-one days, 

 namely, from March 31 to May 10. 



The only autumn records of the Savanna 

 Sparrow are of a bird in the Garden on 

 October 28, and another on October 31, in 

 1908. 



