i 3 o BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



tended usually as in the case of those spar- 

 rows which are also summer residents of 

 Massachusetts. But in 1907 it reached 

 thirty-six days, from March 18 to April 22, 

 and in 1908 it reached forty-one days, from 

 March 14 to April 23. The species is little 

 seen on the Common in the spring. 



The Fox Sparrow quite regularly makes 

 some visits to the Garden in the southward 

 flight in October and November, and at 

 this season not infrequently has been found 

 on the Common also. When a dozen were 

 present in the Garden and on the Common 

 in the morning of November n, 1908, one 

 was seen on my way thither in a tall elm of 

 Louisburg Square. The first autumn bird 

 has twice appeared on October 17, namely, 

 in 1906 and in 1908. In 1907 the first ap- 

 pearance was on October 20, a single bird. 

 In the years 1903 and 1905 it was upon 

 October 27 and 26 respectively. The mi- 

 gration has extended to the middle of No- 

 vember for a single bird several times. One 

 was in the Garden on November 15, in 

 1905 ; one on November 12, in 1906 ; one on 



