ROBIN ROOSTS. 171 
July 3 247 July 16 1064 
mem SNe. LT, | ete 
Ooo 19" ost 
ee 765 His ee 1520 
oa, 970 AS Den 14538 
eat: ay pe ch od 2314 
After July 6th all the enumerations were 
made with the help of another man, though 
we stood side by side, and covered no more 
ground than I had hitherto attempted to 
compass alone. The figures of the 27th 
were far in excess of any obtained in’ 1889, 
and for a day I was disposed to take seri- 
ously the suggestion of a friend that some 
other roost must have been broken up and 
its members turned into the Melrose gather- 
ing. But on the evening of the 28th I tried 
a count by myself, and made only 1517 
birds! The conditions were favorable, and 
the robins came, as they had come the night 
before, in flocks, almost in continuous 
streams. The figures had fallen off, not be- 
cause there were fewer birds, but because 
I was unable to count them. They were lit- 
year, but occasionally I have detected an adult male.” 
He examined the birds at near range, and at rest, after 
they had come into the roost in the earlier part of the 
evening. 
