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15^/ OW little do we appreciate our opportu- 

 nities for natural observation ! Even un- 

 der the most apparently discouraging 

 and commonplace environment, what a neglected 

 harvest! A back-yard city grass-plot, forsooth, 

 what an invitation I Yet there is one interroga- 

 tion to which the local naturalist is continually 

 called to respond. If perchance he dwells in Con- 

 necticut, how repeatedly is he asked, " Don't you 

 find, your particular locality in Connecticut a spe- 

 cially rich field for natural observation ?" The 

 botanist of New Jersey or the ornithologist of 

 Esopus-on-Hudson is expected to give an affirm- 

 ative reply to similar questions concerning his 

 chosen hunting-grounds, if, indeed, he does not 



