THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



were making an observation, and then it disap- 

 peared. 



On another occasion, this time in the fall, a 

 Myrtle Warbler flew aboard a great Atlantic 

 liner just after it left New York Harbor. 



Although the steamer's larder was stocked 

 with every variety of food the most exacting 

 passenger could demand, no provision had been 

 made for Myrtle Warblers. The bird made its 

 headquarters in the smoking cabin surely a 

 strange choice and in this emergency the pass- 

 engers who gathered there devoted their time to 

 hunting and catching flies for the little feathered 

 stowaway, who soon became so tame that he 

 readily took food from one's hands. 



But not all feathered waifs are so fortunate. 

 Sometimes they themselves become food for 

 larger bird passengers, and Gerald Thayer tells 

 of a Chuck- Will's-Widow which he saw catch 

 and swallow Warblers that were following a 

 steamer off the Carolina coast. 



Even in clear weather birds may lose their 

 way and perish at sea, and when they encounter 

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