THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



night of tiresome flight, and rest for the day in any 

 grove that chances to possess even moderate home 

 comforts. 



Birds of a New York Graveyard. — Some time ago 

 B. S. Bowdish made a careful study of the bird life 

 of St. Paul's Churchyard, in New York City. This 

 property is three hundred and thirty-three feet long 

 and one hundred and seventy-seven feet wide. In it 

 is a large church and also a church school. Along 

 one side surge the Broadway throngs. From the 

 opposite side come the roar and rumble of an ele- 

 vated railway. The area contains, according to 

 Mr. Bowdish, three large, ten medium, and forty 

 small trees. With great frequency for two years, 

 field glass in hand, he pursued his work of making a 

 bird census of the graveyard. No bird's nest re- 

 warded his search, for the place was absolutely 

 destitute of feathered songsters during the late spring 

 and summer, and, with a single exception, he never 

 found a bird there in winter. Yet it is interesting 

 to note that in this noisy, limited area, during the 

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