The OoLOGiST. 



Vol, XXXVII. No. 11 Albion, N. Y., hoy. 1, 1920. Whole No. 403 



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MIGRATION 



The golden month of October and 

 the following month of November are 

 the best fall months for observing 

 migration. Trip into the field, woods 

 and swamp will amply pay any bird 

 student for the time spent The won- 

 derful little understood instinct of mi- 

 gration is asserting itself in the mind 

 of the feathered tribe. That which 

 causes the delicate shore bird to brave 

 more than two thousand miles of open 

 stormy sea which causes the sturdy 

 gander to lead his flock through hun- 

 dreds of miles of flying snow amid the 

 clouds; that magnet which compels 

 the tiny wren and warbler to leave 

 summer home and cross the wild Gulf 

 of Mexico at one flight is in operation. 

 A half day spent with these strange 

 wanderers will disclose perhaps some- 

 thing new to the observer and if so 

 that is worth while. 



— R. M. Barnes 



