THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



more were picked up on the ground at the base 

 of the light. 



Many of them were Warblers. These little 

 feathered gems all migrate by night and for this 

 reason, as well as because of their abundance, 

 they always figure largely in the list of killed 

 and wounded migrants at the lights. 



Of three hundred and ninety-five birds which 

 were killed by striking Fire Island Light, Long 

 Island, on the night of September 23, 1887, over 

 half the species represented were Warblers, and 

 of these no less than three hundred and fifty-six 

 were Blackpoll Warblers. 



LOST BIRDS 



I might give many more sad facts of this kind, 

 and then not tell of half the dangers which bird 

 travelers encounter. When hundreds and thou- 

 sands die we are apt to know of it, but of the 

 many thousands of single birds which lose their 

 way and, in the end, doubtless die, we know but 

 little. 



When we do find them we call them "Acci- 

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