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bers present are diminishing gradually to 

 one or two birds only. Some stragglers 

 come along in May, having their nesting- 

 places still beyond them; for the species 

 does not nest in the Garden Thus, in 1904, 

 one was recorded on May 20; in 1905, one 

 was present from April 26 to May 2, and 

 another appeared on May 12 ; in 1907, one 

 was present on May 9, three on May 10, 

 and two on May 13. These late migrants 

 extended the season of migration in 1904 

 to a period of fifty-eight days; in 1905 the 

 migration covered fifty-six days; in 1907, 

 fifty-eight days; in 1908, forty-five days; 

 and in 1902 and 1903, also forty-five days. 

 In 1906 the migration was small and of 

 short duration, lasting only twenty days. 



Song Sparrows show a preference for the 

 Garden over the Common, although the 

 latter usually receives some of the visitants 

 in the successive movements of migration. 



Regularly in October a few Song Spar- 

 rows are seen in the Garden, and four of 

 the years furnish November records. Two 

 were present on November 8, 1903 ; one on 



