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Marsh Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks and Cooper's Hawks, all 

 immature birds. Other birds observed were a Duck Hawk 

 seen, and a Lincoln's Sparrow shot, by W. E. Saunders [the 

 latter specimen being the only one seen by the writer] and 

 the Carolina Wren observed by Wallace. 



September 19 — To-day the Kinglets were scarce and most 

 of the smaller birds seemed to have left in the night. Olive- 

 backed and Gra3'-cheeked Thrushes were common, and Mr. 

 Saunder§ saw an Osprey, a Duck Hawk, and two Whip- 

 poor-wills. There was an increase of hawks, the commonest 

 bird on the Point to-day being the Sharp-shinned Hawk. 

 They commenced migrating this morning and came down the 

 Point by the hundred. ]\Iany of them no doubt crossed over, 

 while others spread over the Point and looked for small birds, 

 which were scarce and in hiding. 



September 20 — Saunders and I walked to the end of the 

 Point before daylight this morning and found the hawks al- 

 ready arriving from the north. Those who have never read 

 an account of these flights should read Taverner and Swales' 

 description in Wilson Bulletin, No. 60, p. 92. Saunders 

 climbed the watch tower near the end of the Point, while I 

 walked to the extreme end of the zone of small trees and sat 

 behind a small cedar that concealed all but my head. Faster 

 than I could count them they came singly and from the north 

 (or base of the Point). As the wind was strong most of them 

 flew low and on out to the end, then straight away to the south 

 about in a line with Sandusky. As I sat perfectly still many 

 of these birds flew so close and low that I could touch them 

 with my hand, while many of them seemed tired and alighted 

 on the dead trees and bushes, some within a few feet of where 

 I sat. After a time I also climbed the tower, and as we stood 

 there in plain view we could see hundreds of hawks coming, 

 always from the north, and passing above, below and all around 

 us, often within a few feet of our heads. Most of those ob- 

 served were Sharp-shinned Hawks in the striped plumage, 

 but we saw at least fifty Marsh Hawks, also immature, two 

 Duck Hawks and two Pigeon Hawks. The hawks came 



