TIIK HIi:i»-l.IKK OF A VKAIi. 25 



uloiis crit's of iimiiat iir<' I l;ili iiiiorc ( )i-i()l('s arc cluir- 

 aflci'istie* of the season. 



lUUDS or rilK .MoXTII. 



Pkrmanknt Ki;<ii)i:nts {<vv jmgt' 6). 



SlMMliK Ki>ii)i:nts (>vi- p.-ip' 10). 



AlCilST. 



Willi tlic Ilia ji»i'it y of our iit'stiuii- Itirds, fainih' 

 cares are ended in August, aixl at this season tliev 

 coin[)letely I'enew tlieir woi'ii ])liiinaii-es by moltiiiii-. 

 As evei'V keeper of cage-1)ii'(ls well k'liows, this is a 

 tryiiio- ])(^i'io(l in a ])ir(rs ]ife. AVild birds molt more 

 (jiiickly than eai^'ed ones, and it is ])ossil)le that the 

 physical strain to which the ;j;'rowtli of new feathers 

 subjects them may be more severe. However this 

 may b(\ bii'ds Avhen molting are less in evidence than 

 at any other time. What becomes of many of our 

 birds in AuLinst, it is ditHeult to saw Haltimore 

 ()ri(^les, for example, aj'e I'arely scmmi from Anii'ust 1 

 to 20, but aftei' the latter date they reappeai' clad 

 in new ])liimai:-e and ai'e then in neai'l\' full soul:'. 

 So apparently complete is the <lisappcai'aiu'c of 

 birds ill AuLiiist that before the fall miii'i'ation dail\' 

 briiiL^s new ari'i\als from the north, (Uie ma\' spend 

 hours ill tlie Woods, and li»'ar oiil\' tlie Kcd-cNcd 

 \'ireo and Wood I'ewce, Alliilist's own Soni^'st(M'S. 

 bate in the month, miiirants from the nortli w ill be 

 b»und travelling- thi'ou<ih the woods in small com- 

 |>anies. but the charactei'istic bii'ddib' of .ViiLjust 

 will be b)und in the mai-shes. There the Swallows 



