THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



tains of Vera Cruz, Mexico, I have seen flocks 

 containing thousands of Hawks migrating north- 

 ward. Although closely massed they did not 

 move onward in a solid body like a flock of 



HAWKS TRAVELING. 



Hawks migrate by day and generally travel in scattered com- 

 panies strung out through the sky. A "flight" may last all day. 



Blackbirds, but, like a swarm of bees, circled 

 about and among each other in a most remark- 

 able and confusing manner. However, in spite 

 of their wheeling they all passed rapidly north- 

 ward and were soon out of sight. 

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