W'liisHiii;/ Sir(!:is. 



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oiil 1(. Iliciu. Kvriiliially llir.v \v(-rf ImiIIi sIm.I l.y ii Viiii.hil wliu so lar luis 

 ("^(•apod jiKstkc. 



The Ki-ont flocUs passed over Del mil in tlic iiii;lit dmin^^ I Ids faH's ini;,'ra- 

 lioii. It was iiK.st imi.rcssivc Id licnr in llic <larkiicss (.f iMldidicliL their 

 vcifvs iii((M-iniii.i:liii.u and hlciidiim \'.in<\ .i.>iit;ldfiill.v, as they wiiif^'od their 

 way over the vast inilfai,'c ot their uinnaikeil aerial lii«h\vay. What inner 

 ka(.\vUMlj,'(> is it liial holds these birds and ..lliers on the eorrecl c.urse 

 witluKit siirn marks, witheut heaeuns or raii-e li;;hls or without the aid 

 .fa more or h'ss uncivil station aireulV l>o«'s not each bird hold within 

 I he recesses of his heart a true conipassV I >oes he not also hold in that 

 heart of his a coni|ilele calendar which tells him when it is time to 

 : tart north ov south acccrdini,' to the time ot the year? l>ayli«ht or 

 darkness are alike to him and he keeps on hi-< uuvaryMiir way thron^h 

 >inishine or the hhiekness of tlie moonless niuht. 



Tlie stork has certainly heen kind to the lailies of the swan fannly, 

 and with the prot(>ction «d" two ].alernal iio\ crnmeids it would seem that 

 lh(\v will asain he able to raise their ymnii; and a^ain become ([uite coni- 



It W(ndd be interest in.t; to learn if there has been a corresi)ondin.u- increase 

 in the number of Trumpeter Swans (Ohu- buccinator i . Tliese birds former- 

 ly were uot strangers in the Lake re.tii(Ui althouuh they were never as com- 

 mon as the AVhistlinu: Swans: but during eadi spring and fall migration 

 an occasional one was noted. 1 last heard one almut IH years ago in May. 

 the month in which they were most apt to be seen. One still morning on 

 Crand Traverse Bay. just as the rosy light was creeping oxer the water 

 putting to flight the delicate hues f)f manve. green, and andier. burnishing 

 the silver surface ()f the wat(>r and changing it to pinkish gold. I was 

 startled and awakened from slumhei- by the glorious call of tlH> .great 

 Trumpeter Swan, — "Ah-ah-ah-way. ah-ah ah-way". Far cut on the lovely 

 water swam this heautifid bird, alone save for his reflection on the silvere(l 

 surface. Like a ghost he was. a ghost (d" all the wonderful comi>any cd" hi-< 

 kind that had gone hefore. 



