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swallows were seen resting at noon. After a few minutes they 

 took wing and disappeared. Chimney Swifts, Robins, Tan- 

 agers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Catbirds and cuckoos were 

 noted in migration. There were large flights of the smaller 

 sandpipers. A male Blue Grosbeak was reported during the 

 month in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and another in 

 Maine. 



Evening Grosbeaks appear early. — Ninety-five Evening Gros- 

 beaks also w^ere reported (mostly from Massachusetts) and 30 

 Pine Grosbeaks from Rhode Island. 



September, 1921. 



The weather of September was fine and warm, but early 

 migration continued. Two Holboell's Grebes were reported 

 September 14 from New Hampshire. Loons were common 

 locally during the latter part of the month on the Massachu- 

 setts coast. Large flocks of Black Ducks and Scoters and a 

 few Green- winged Teals appeared. 



Many Ducks and Geese. — Geese were reported here and 

 there in small or large flocks. Thirty flocks were reported 

 passing Marthas Vineyard early in the month, and during the 

 week of the 15th thousands of ducks and geese were seen 

 nightly flying southward in Ohio. 



The month was notable, not so much for the large number 

 of individual birds, as for the considerable number of species. 

 On the 17th Blue Jays were reported as abundant in the north- 

 ern Ontario woods; Jays were next seen passing southward in 

 Vermont, and on the 18th, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 

 a considerable migration of Blue Jays was observed, all going 

 south. The great flight of warblers appeared to have passed 

 during the first half of the month. Only one flock of Evening 

 Grosbeaks was reported during the month, and that was in 

 southeastern Maine. A Blue Grosbeak was reported Septem- 

 ber 23 from Essex County, Massachusetts. Chickadees in- 

 creased in number. 



The Flight of " White Herons.'' — From Southern New Jersey 

 to Maine about 150 "white herons" were reported between the 

 middle of July and the middle of September. From the re- 

 ports received, it is probable that there were many duplications, 



