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been present eight or ten days, but he then 

 disappeared. 



One late autumn migrant has been re- 

 corded, namely, a young male or a female 

 bird on October 12, 1907. 



97. AMERICAN PIPIT 



Anihus rubescens 



No spring records have been obtained. 

 The species is a much rarer migrant through 

 New England in the spring than in the fall. 



On October 23, 1904, an American Pipit, 

 or Titlark, was heard calling as it passed 

 over the Garden in the early morning. On 

 October 13, 1907, a flock of eleven birds 

 was counted, as they passed in flight, and 

 again on October 19 of the same year an- 

 other flock of twenty-one birds as they flew 

 over. On October 27, 1908, a single Pipit 

 was seen flying over southward. 



98. CATBIRD 



Dumetella carolinensis 



Catbirds regularly come to the Garden 

 and pass on during a period of two or three 



