THE NIGHT FLYERS 



A NIGHT IN A LIGHTHOUSE 



It would be a far more thrilling experience 

 to pass a night in a lighthouse when many birds 

 were migrating. Then you would see sights such 

 as you never dreamed of. A lighthouse having 

 what is called "a fixed white light" attracts many 

 more birds than one that flashes, or revolves, or 

 shows a red light. 



When the Statue of Liberty was erected on 

 Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, it was 

 at first fitted with a strong light which proved 

 a deadly lure to many birds. While it was 

 thus lighted I went with several other orni- 

 thologists one night, during the height of the 

 fall migration, to spend the night on the island. 

 Soon after dark we began to hear the calls of 

 passing birds. The air seemed filled with them 

 but they were flying too high to be attracted by 

 the light. All was going well for the night 

 flyers and they were making rapid time on their 

 journey toward the south. But at eleven o'clock 

 the sky became clouded. Distant thunder was 

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