THE DANGERS BY THE WAY 



Longspurs are hardy birds of the Far North 

 and no doubt can endure most severe weather. 

 But on March 13, 1904, when Longspurs were 

 migrating northward in great numbers through 

 western Minnesota, they encountered so heavy a 

 snowstorm that, becoming exhausted and con- 

 fused, they perished in vast numbers. In places 

 the surface of the snow was thickly dotted with 

 their bodies and a careful survey of the storm- 

 swept region through which they were passing 

 showed that several million Longspurs died on 

 this one night. 



THE LURE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE 



It would be pleasant to think that man could 

 in some way free the path of migrating birds 

 from danger, or that they might find refuge 

 from the storm with us. But, sadly enough, 

 man has added not a little to the perils of their 

 journeys. 



Telegraph wires, tall buildings, and electric 

 lights all prove fatal obstacles in the birds' high- 

 way, while the lighthouses which have been 

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