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departed sometimes before May 27 or 28, 

 although May 22 to 24 has been the time of 

 their disappearance in six of the nine years. 

 The last birds have sometimes been sing- 

 ing males and sometimes a lone female. 



The species was more abundantly pre- 

 sent in 1905 and 1907 than in other sea- 

 sons, the larger number appearing after the 

 middle of the month in each instance. This 

 is true of other seasons also. The Parula 

 Warbler is commonly in song. There were 

 two singing birds on the Common on May 

 12, 1908, while there were three in the 

 Garden. 



The first autumn records of the species 

 were obtained in 1908, a Parula Warbler 

 being noted in the Garden on October 9 

 and another on October 17. 



75. CAPE MAY WARBLER 



Dendroica tigrina 



A male Cape May Warbler appeared in 

 the Garden in the morning of May 1 1, 1902, 

 and remained four days, at times singing 

 freely. He frequented one section of the 



