catching his prey. About April 20, the towhees, king- 

 lets and white-throated sparrows had gone, and the 

 garden became alive with migrants. The myrtle 

 warbler was recorded on March 18. 



From October, 1914, to May, 1915, I listed thirty- 

 seven species including residents and transients : Car- 

 dinal, crested flycatcher, blue jay, brown thrasher, 

 redstart, red-headed woodpecker, catbird, mocking- 

 bird, oven bird, black-throated blue warbler, flicker, 

 ruby-throated hummingbird, yellow-bellied sapsuck- 

 er, Carolina wren, gold finch, wood pewee, red-eyed 

 towhee, white-throated sparrow, ruby-crowned king- 

 let, cedar wax wing, hermit thrush, myrtle warbler, 

 tufted titmouse, hooded warbler, chipping sparrow, 

 parula warbler, woodthrush, red-eyed vireo, Mary- 

 land yellow-throat, summer tanager, swamp sparrow, 

 chimney swift, white-eyed vireo, scarlet tanager, 

 black-poll warbler, black and white warbler, orchard 

 oriole. There were two or three other species which 

 I could not identify. 



My greatest "find" was on May 3, when I saw two 

 male scarlet tanagers in full nuptial plumage. They 

 staid only a few moments. The tree ranging warblers 

 found the tall live and laurel oaks greatly to their lik- 

 ing, while the ovenbirds, Maryland yellow-throats 

 and hooded warblers enjoyed the thick undergrowth. 



By May 16 the tide of migration had passed and 

 bird life was almost normal. Among the permanent 

 residents breeding are the brown thrashers, four nests ; 

 blue jays, five nests; mocking birds, one nest; cardi- 

 nals, one nest. The only summer resident breeding 

 is the catbird. There are two nesting pairs of these. 



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