thoughtful brotherly kindness, a morsel of food and hop over toward the 

 clamoring stranger and drop it in his mouth— after this to stand back and 

 sa}' : "There baby, how did you like that ?" This trait was not shown 

 by a chance exhibition but became a regular habit and was still followed 

 when the older bird had attained to fly-catching. It upset all ones no- 

 tions about instinct and made one think of a Golden Rule for birds. — W. 

 L. Dawson, Obolin, O. 



Notes from Oberlin, Ohio. — The summer which has just gone has 

 been a profitable one from an ornithological standpoint. Many things of 

 special interest have been noticed, some of which may go into a special 

 bulletin. 



Flights of Birds. — Nighthawk. — From August 22 until September 

 16, Nighthawks passed over Oberlin in a southerly direction in companies 

 of six to ten, every evening about an hour before sunset. They flew low 

 over the fields and meadows, but rose to several hundred feet when pass- 

 ing over the village There was an interval of about four minutes be- 

 tween the appearance of each of the several companies. The largest 

 number of birds counted on any one evening was 150. There were 

 usually about 100. In no case was the flight direct, but the birds were 

 feeding as they traveled. 



Crow. — Throughout the summer crows were seen in the usual numbers 

 singly, in pairs or small companies during the day. On September 7, at 

 5 o'clock in the evening, 398 were seen, flying in a north-westerly direc- 

 tion. They were in two companies, with an interval of eight minutes 

 betw^een the two. Each company was first noticed in a field of corn, 

 feeding on the green kernels. The flight took the form of a line of 

 march fully two miles long and an average of four abreast, with skirm- 

 ishers far out on each side. These skirmishers were the only individuals 

 to stop as long as the birds were in sight. The line of march presented 

 a ragged appearance, and sometimes broken, when the birds in front of 

 the break in the line would be gathered into a small company. I have 

 no doubt that the birds were on their way to a roast for the night. On 

 the succeeding night about the same number were seen going in the same 

 direction, but all in one company. On several difterent occasions snd at 

 as many difterent joints numbers of crows were seen flying in a westerly 

 direction. By tracing these several lines of flight it is found that they 

 converge at a point about eight miles west of Oberlin, on a wooded river 

 bottom. It has been impossible to visit the spot to determine if the sur- 

 mise that the birds roost there is correct. 



Chimney Swift. — The Swifts have a rendezvous in a large chimney of 



