AUTUMN HUNTING WITH A FIELD GLASS 



NE of the most uncertain 

 of months is October, and 

 most difficult for the be- 

 ginner in bird study. If we are just 

 ^; :~r-, learning to enjoy the life of wood and 

 S field, we will find hard tangles to un- 

 ravel among the birds of this month. Many of the 

 smaller species which passed us on their northward 

 journey last spring are now returning and will, perhaps, 

 tarry a week or more before starting on the next noc- 

 turnal stage of their passage tropicward. Many are al- 

 most unrecognisable in their new winter plumage. Male 

 scarlet tanagers are now green tanagers, goldfinches are 

 olive finches, while instead of the beautiful black, white, 

 and cream dress which made so easy the identification 



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