162 ROBIN ROOSTS. 
of one fellow, who came from the south at 
a great altitude, and went directly over the 
wood. When he was well past it he sud- 
denly pulled himself up, as if fancying he 
had caught a signal. After a moment of 
hesitation he proceeded on his northerly 
course, but had not gone far before he met 
half a dozen birds flying south. Perhaps 
he asked them the way. At all events, he 
wheeled about and joined them, and in half 
a minute was safe in port. He had heard 
of the roost, apparently (how and where? ), 
but had not before visited it. 
This count of August 18th was the last 
for nearly a month, but I find a minute of 
August 27th stating that, while walking 
along the highway on the westerly side of 
the roost, —the side that had always been 
the least populous, — I saw within less than 
two minutes (as I calculated the time) more 
than eighty robins flying toward the wood. 
Up to this date, then, there could not have 
been any considerable falling off in the size 
of the gathering. Indeed, from my friend’s 
observations upon the Belmont roost, to be 
mentioned later, it seems well-nigh certain 
that it was still upon the increase. 
