THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



of birds have been seen by one person on one 

 day. This was at Oberlin, Ohio, a place through 

 which many birds pass. For we have seen that 

 there are certain lines of flight, or highways, 

 which are followed by birds in their travels. 

 On the Atlantic coast it is rare to see more than 

 one hundred different kinds of birds in a single 

 day during migration. 



The first days of May will bring the Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, and Scar- 

 let Tanager, all famous colorbearers. Then we 

 may look for the great Warbler cohorts. These 

 active little wood-sprites are the most beautiful 

 and the most numerous of any of the members 

 of the great feathered army. Over thirty dif- 

 ferent kinds and an incalculable number of in- 

 dividuals will march by us. How few people 

 know that every year we are visited by these 

 gems of bird life! Although among the smallest 

 members of the army, as a family they make the 

 longest journeys. 



The greater number spend the winter in the 

 Tropics and the summer in northern New Eng- 

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