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They were usually single birds wheeling and soaring, seemingly 

 in a vain search for food, as there was no evidence of a united 

 gathering at any attractive center. Once I saw three on the 

 ground across a large field. They were close at the edge of a 

 thicket, and being curious to know the attraction, I tramped 

 across the crusted snow but found no evidence of any food ; 

 a few tracks in the softened snow and nothing more. Pos- 

 fiibly they may have taken shelter from the fierce wind on the 

 Bunny side of the thicket, or there may have been some food 

 there prior to the snow-fall and not yet uncovered. 



Leaving Dover, I took the evening train for Lewes, and next 

 morning started for the marsh and woods at the rear of Hen- 

 lopen light-house. 



Crows and Turkey Vultures were abundant, three or four of 

 the latter wore picking at the solidly frozen carcass of a long de- 

 funct horse, two stray Titlarks were by the roadside at the edge 

 of the town and presently a Hock of twenty or thirty flew from 

 a wind-swept lot where there may have been some scant 

 pickings, two or three flew close alongside of a small dwelling 

 and seemed to find good hunting at the kitchen drain outlet, 

 where they walked about tipping and swinging until a door 

 opened and they flew to join the main body. A single Flicker 

 flew from an old willow tree by the roadside and three or four 

 Savanna Sparrows were under the lee of a snow-drift. Two 

 small flocks of Meadow Larks and several Song Sparrows were 

 along a hedge row in sheltered places. The cheery "chuck, 

 chuck" of a Carolina Wren was heard and later two others 

 were seen. A single Robin flew across a lot and lit at some dis- 

 tance and as I went along the overgrown fence row, to pay my 

 closer respects to him, I roused a dozen or more Bluebirds that 

 went floating and murmuring ahead of me, others were seen 

 later, and some thirty Robins were observed during the walk. 

 Several White-throated Sparrows hopped out and chirped that 

 they might get on the list and an occasional Tree Sparrow flew 

 on down the hedge. A pair or more of Chickadees "zee-deed " 

 and presently, when close by the edge of the marsh, I found 

 myself quite surrounded by Mj'rtle Warblers — the first one fly- 

 ing from the dead and dry reeds over the marsh when I shook 



