146 NEWS FROM THE BIRDS. 



taken by a violent storm ; and this sometimes 

 occurs. 



It must not be thouo-ht that the various 



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species travel separately. Of course, some of 

 them do act a little selfishly in this respect, 

 but many species take passage together in their 

 nocturnal journeys. This has been proved by 

 the fact that in a single night warblers, vireos, 

 thrushes, flycatchers, and other species have 

 dashed themselves to death against lighthouses 

 during a storm or a dense fog. You wdll also 

 hear many different kinds of chirpings as the 

 migrants pass overhead at night. 



Some birds do not seem to go by stages in 

 their migrations. One writer, who ought to be 

 good authority, says that the large birds, like 

 the cranes, herons, geese, l)rant, and the like, 

 fly steadily night and day from Florida to the 

 far North without rest, food, or water, and at 

 a rate of speed that is almost beyond belief. 

 This may be true, yet it is also a well-known 

 fact that wild geese often stop at our northern 

 lakes and at smaller inland bodies of water for 

 rest and food, thus breaking the severe strain 

 of a continuous voyao-e. 



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Some one has asked me to tell when the 

 birds begin their pilgrimages. They do not all 

 come or go at once. Some tarry much longer 



