120 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



ANSWERS TO APRIL PUZZLES. 

 Migration Queries. 



1. Migrants — The warblers, vireos. thrushes, wrens, swallows, finches, 

 buntings, sparrows, blackbirds, larks, and some others. 



2. Migration occurs in the spring and fall, largely in April. May. Sep- 

 tember and October. 



3. Some go, upon the approach of winter, to warm climates, to Florida. 

 Central and South America, and to tropical islands ; others come from their 

 summer homes in the far north to spend the winter in the northern states. 



4. Migration is governed partly by the food supply, largely by some in- 

 stinct produced from food supply and other conditions among their ances- 

 tors centuries ago. 



5. They possess a sense called orientation, the sense of direction, and are 

 guided by outlines of rivers, large bodies of water, mountain ranges, light- 

 houses, etc. 



6. In the spring the birds put on the perfect plumage, and are in the 

 best voice, ready to court their mates. In the fall sober colors are assumed 

 again, affording greater protection. 



7. In the fall the songs become infrequent, the seed-eating cedar birds 

 become flycatchers, the bobolink becomes the rice bird, and many birds 

 change their habits with the passing of summer. 



8. Migration is chiefly by night. 



9- As a rule, they travel in large families, closely related families travel- 

 ing together. 



10. They often times return to the identical nest of the previous year. 



11. Yes, the time of return rarely varies more than five or six days. 



12. The Humming-bird, which travels l.OOOmiles to its summer home. 



13. Danger of storms, fogs and birds of prey. Many lives are lost by 

 the flying against the lighthouses in foggy times. 



Double Beheadings. 



1. Sparrow-arrow. 2. Thrasher-rasher. 3. Thrush-rush. 1. Robin- 

 bin. 5. Quail-ail. 6. Pipit-it. 7- Loon-on. 8. Brant-ant. 9- Ibis-is. 

 10. Ani-I. 11. Pewee-wee. 



Gleanings. 



The more things thou learnest to know and enjoy, the more complete and 

 full will be for thee the delight of living. 



Lubke. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 

 Charles D. Robinson. Waterville. Me. 

 Minnie L. Smith, Evansville, N. Y. 



