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which they feed were numerous. In many places squirrels 

 found so much nourishment in the abundant pine seeds that 

 they neglected the cornfields, doing little or no injury. Through 

 the eastern coast States October was remarkable for mild and 

 pleasant weather and high temperatures. The storm that 

 came the last part of September continued for about two days 

 into October, with gales on the 1st. Heavy rains fell in New 

 England and 7 inches of moist snow in Algonquin Provincial 

 Park, Ontario. Although these rains early in the month flooded 

 the Connecticut River, there was very little precipitation there- 

 after in New England until nearly the last of the month. 

 There was little frost in southern New England and few frosts 

 in the northern sections. On the 10th twenty-seven varieties 

 of wild flowers were gathered on Cape Cod. On the 18th and 

 25th an observer at St. Lambert, Province of Quebec, picked wild 

 flowers of at least six species. Vegetables were still untouched 

 by frosts in the gardens of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 

 and raspberries and strawberries were being harvested during 

 the last week in the month. Trees held their foliage as long 

 as there were few frosts, storms or high winds to strip them, 

 and the wooded hills were clothed in wonderful colors. 



A Great Flight the First Nine Days. ■ — • Land birds were mov- 

 ing almost daily or nightly nearly all the month, but the great- 

 est flight occurred during the first nine days. Several Cuckoos 

 were reported in southern New England during the first week. 

 Most of the smaller passerine migrant birds seem to have 

 gone south long before the close of the month. Shore birds 

 continued to pass in some numbers, and water birds slowly 

 increased along the New England coast. Six Swans were re- 

 ported from Maine October 11. A flight of Canada Geese, un- 

 usually large for October, was noted on the Massachusetts 

 coast from the 12th to the 26th, comparatively few being seen 

 in the interior, and many passed far out over the sea. A 

 flock of Snow Geese was reported. A flight of Great Blue 

 Herons passed Block Island, Rhode Island, on October 30. 

 There was a large flight of Wilson's Snipes the latter part of 

 the month. 



Hawks were drifting southward as usual throughout this 

 month, but no great wave of any species was noted. There 



