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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



the extreme 

 Long Island. 



southwestern corner of 



September 22. Sotithwest ivind of consid- 

 erahle strength. 



1 P.M. A "monarch" is flying about the 

 western edge of the Point, and traveling 

 southwest. Two others are floating here and 

 there above the dunes. A Junonia flies from 

 the grasses and travels southwest. Colias 

 philodice flies here and there above the sand 

 hills. Some Pieris rapie rest among the 

 grasses, one Libelhda pulchella hawks back 

 and forth, a Tramea laccrata flies south 

 along the western edge of the shore. Papilio 

 asterias rests on the lee side of a dune. No 

 constant direction of migratory movement 

 is noticeable. 



September 30. A storm on the previous 

 day is followed by clearing, a drop in tem- 

 peratui'e, and a powerful northwest wind 

 which becomes a gale at the shore. Upon 

 leaving the train at Coney Island a proces- 

 sion of "monarchs" is seen to lie traveling 

 down Atlantic Avenue toward the west. 

 Seven are seen within a space of fifteen feet 

 about the station exit, others come from the 

 east in scattered flights of a dozen or more. 

 This procession continues westward all the 

 wav to the Point. 



Hunter's butterfly resting while on migration. This species (Pyramei 

 hvntera) is a quite common autumn traveler on Long Beach 



Here the gale sweeps so powerfully down 

 the Narrows and across the bay as to keep 

 the butterflies in shelter. The lee side of a 

 clipped hedge surrounding the house which 

 fronts the immediate Point, is spotted with 

 the red wings of "monarchs." Others clus- 

 ter in characteristic bunches on the orna- 

 mental shrubbery of gardens or even on the 

 shade trees of the avenues. Grapta also 

 rests on the hedge with Colias philodice. 

 Otlier specimens of Colias shelter themselves 

 in the grasses where Junonia is found. 



Swallows flocking from the east breast the 

 wind, fly high or low, then dip lower still, 

 and by skimming just above the waves are 

 able to leave the shore and find their way 

 across the bay toward Staten Island. 

 Hawks appear from the east beyond the 

 lighthouse, strongly breast the wind, are 

 lilown back to land, only again to attempt 

 the water passage. They ti-y one air level, 

 then another, and finally work their way 

 out of sight across the bay. 



"Monarchs" occasionally leave their 

 shrubbery shelters, fly west toward the 

 shore, feel the full force of the wind, and 

 aie blown back to land. A Junonia flies 

 against the wind and is blown back like the 

 liawks. It tries again, is once more cast 

 landward ; then mounts higher still and flies 

 fully fifty feet over the water, only, once 

 more, to feel the full strength of the wind 

 which carries it back 

 to the beach where it 

 is lost to sight among 

 the bushes. 



Farther to the east 

 a few Ana.v Junius 

 and one Tramea lacc- 

 rata are traveling 

 toward the Point. 



October 1. It is 

 milder than yester- 

 day and the wind has 

 abated its force, but 

 is still from the 

 northwest. 



?..30 P.M. While the 

 train halts in the 

 Coney Island Rail- 

 road yards, two 

 "monarchs" and two 

 Anax Junius come 

 from the east, fly 

 over the train, and 

 continue west. A 

 scattered procession 

 is moving down the 

 avenue. 



At the Point itself, 

 a great migration of 

 thousands of the 

 small dragon fly, 

 Sympetrum rubicun- 

 dulum, is in progress 

 along the shore and 

 toward the extreme 

 tip of the land. "Mon- 

 archs" follow the 

 same course. Some fly 



