SOUTHWARD BOUND 



ALTHOUGH it is the 20th of September, the 

 autumnal migration of birds, as seen in this 

 neighborhood, is still very light. Robins 

 are scattered throughout the woods in loose 

 flocks a state of things not to be wit- 

 nessed in summer or winter ; the birds ris- 

 ing singly from the ground as the walker 

 disturbs them, sometimes all silent, at other 

 times all cackling noisily. Chickadees, too, 

 are in flocks, cheerful companies, good to 

 meet in any weather ; behaving just as they 

 will continue to do until the nesting season 

 again breaks the happy assembly up into 

 happier pairs. 



My wood pewee a particular bird in a 

 grove near by whistled pretty constantly 

 till the 17th, and a warbling vireo was still 

 true to his name on the 19th. I have heard 

 no yellow-throated vireos since the 6th, and 

 conclude that they must have taken their 



