A WARBLER SHOWER. 



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casional bluebirds and robins, but I noticed only one 

 chebec, who arrived May first, while the chewink, who 

 came yesterday, evidently said hail and farewell on 

 the same day. The purple finches, who have bright- 

 ened our garden for the last two weeks, were unex- 

 plainedly absent. Later in the afternoon I saw the 

 veery in a neighbor's yard. 



May 6, 1905. 



