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down, and many alighting and then hurrying on through the trees. All 

 seemed to pass within a distance of one hundred yards east from the crest 

 of the hill, as I saw very few further east and still fewer at the base of 

 the hill on the west. This flight was in progress when I arrived and con- 

 tinuing when I left, but the largest number passed between 6 and 6:30. 

 Black-and-white, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, and 

 Black-poll Warblers, Ovenbirds, Redstarts, Northern Yellow-throats and 

 Wood Pewees were among the species noticed. 



Sept. j6, 1904. — Clear, cold and calm ; 49 at 8 a. m. ; after two cool and 

 showery days with fresh northwest winds. 5 : 20 to S a. m. A few Hawks 

 flew west about 5:30. Warblers appeared at 5 : 35, and new from south 

 and south-southwest to north and north-northeast till 6:30; none seen 

 flying at the base of the hill and none further east. A few Flickers 

 appeared between 6 and 7. 



Sept. 22, 1Q04. — Clear and cool with light north wind ; 35 at 8 a. m. ; 

 after clear and cool day with fresh north-northwest wind, following cloudy, 

 warmer weather. 5 : 40 to 8 : 15 a. m. About 20 Hawks passed flying 

 west. A great flight of Flickers occurred between 5:45 and 6:30, these 

 birds appearing chiefly from the south, alighting, and then flying down 

 the hill north ; birds in the air constantly, and often a dozen or more 

 sitting in the trees at once. Also a few Phcebes and a number of War- 

 blers flew north and traveled north through the tree-tops. 



Oct. 1, 1904. — Clear and cool with light northwest wind ; 53 at 8 a. m. ; 

 after warm and cloudy day with hard wind changing from south to north- 

 west, following slightly cooler weather. 5 130 to 7 :4s a. m. One Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk flew west-by-south at 5 :3s ; a few Warblers flew north at 

 5:47, and others flew into the tree-tops from the south later; a few 

 Flickers appeared from the south between 5: 50 and 6: 30; and a small 

 flock of Cowbirds flew south high in the air, probably from their roost in 

 the Quinnipiac Marshes. 



Oct. y, 1904. — Clear and cold with light northwest wind; 35 at 8 

 a. m. ; after a clear and cool but warmer day with fresh northwest wind, 

 following similar weather. 5 : 40 to 8 : 30 a. m. A great migration of 

 Warblers, Kinglets, Robins, Sparrows and Towhees, all flying or travel- 

 ing through the trees and bushes north ; a few Marsh and Sharp-shinned 

 Hawks flew west ; large flocks of Robins flew north between 5:50 and 

 7; and about 50 Flickers flew north. The bushes and trees were full of 

 small birds as I climbed the hill, but none were seen or heard flying until 

 5 : 50, after which frequent flocks of Juncos, Warblers and Kinglets flew 

 north and others traveled north through the trees and bushes. The road 

 east and a brush-lot were full of White-throated, Song, and Field Spar- 

 rows and Towhees which flew before me along the road, none taking the 

 first turn to the south, but many disappearing in the woods to the north, 

 and most of the rest taking the first turning in the road to the north just 

 beyond the woods. 



Oct. 14, 1904. — Clear and cool with fresh north wind ; 40- at S a. m. ; 



