Excerpt from The Wilson Bulletin, 1898, Vol. 10: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Birds in the Field To the lover of birds, no place about the metropolis is more attractive than the low reclaimed area which, according to the wish of Congress, is soon to furnish Washington with a most beautiful as well as extensive park. Here the tide of avian migration surges back and forth twice each year, and thousands upon thousands of birds make it their home, some for a short, others for a longer period, and many, no doubt, are resi dents for life. If one views this area from the Washington Monument it appears as an extensive meadow, girt on all sides by sea walls, washed by the Poto mac River, and crossed by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad near the upper end. But how different does this area appear when one seeks a closer acquaintance with the premises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.