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seasons, namely, in 1902, 1904, 1905, and 

 1907, it made two successive appearances. 

 In four other years it was not recorded. In 

 1908 two birds were on the Common on 

 May 12, a day of very large migration, but 

 none was in the Garden. The earliest ar- 

 rival of the species was in 1902, May 5. In 

 other seasons the first visitant has been 

 noted on May 13 or 14. The second vis- 

 itant of the season has three times come 

 on May 19 or 20, once on May 15 and re- 

 mained to the second day. The other vis- 

 itants have been recorded on one day only. 

 In three instances the bird was singing. 



73. TENNESSEE WARBLER 



Helminthophila peregrina 



On May 16, 1905, when the number of 

 species within the Garden summed up 

 forty-one and the number of migrants was 

 nearly one hundred, a male Tennessee 

 Warbler was seen. The bird was not sing- 

 ing. It moved among the branches of a 

 large English elm. 



Again, in 1908, on May 24, a second re- 



