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after that date floods of Myrtle Warblers and Black-polls 

 passed southward. On that day Myrtle Warblers reached Long 

 Island, New York, in numbers. These two species were still 

 moving across Long Island Sound up to the 16th. On the 

 IGth and 17th, in all the New England States and on Long 

 Island there was a very widespread migration, which included 

 most of the later sparrows. After this flight there were few 

 birds left in some sections of northern New England. The 

 flight was larger than that of September, but decreased much 

 during the last week of the month, when warblers, sparrows, 

 thrushes, Robins, Bluebirds and Flickers, which had passed 

 in great numbers, were no longer generally abundant. Their 

 places were taken in part by Juncos, Fox Sparrows and Tree 

 Sparrows, Horned Larks, and Snow Buntings. Pine Siskins 

 and Pine Grosbeaks were heard from in numbers in some parts 

 of the Provinces and in northern New England, and they 

 had begun to come into southern New England in increasing 

 numbers. 



Immense Flights of Waterfowl. — There were immense flights 

 of cormorants and ducks, and large flocks of all three scoters, 

 mostly on the coast. L'nusual numbers of Blue-winged Teals 

 had passed. Geese were moving all through the month, and 

 there were reports of Brants in the interior. During the third 

 week of October an immense number of Woodcocks appeared 

 locally near the Maine coast. Elsewhere no large number was 

 reported, but there was a very great flight of Wilson's Snipes. 

 Hawks were moving all the month. The great flight began to 

 arrive at Block Island about September 25, and continued 

 during the first three weeks in October. The peculiarity of 

 this migration at Block Island was that Duck Hawks were by 

 far the most numerous species, and thej^ were more common 

 than usual elsewhere. Barred Owls and Horned Owls began 

 to appear in the Provinces. 



Migrating Swallows blown out to Sea. — On October 3, 4 and 

 5 many hundreds of Tree Swallows were seen in Plymouth 

 County, Massachusetts. They disappeared on the 6th. On the 

 9th about 300 Tree Swallows were seen on Cape Cod, and 

 another flock was noted on the 10th. For several days after- 

 ward there was a strong northwest wind, but on October 14 



