A WINTER CROW ROOST i yj 



as it was growing dusk they glided into the evcr- 

 greens for the night. 



The last day of the year 1916, I spent with 

 Dr, W. M. Tyler in the dunes. The wind was 

 fresh from the northwest — the temperature was 

 5° Fahr. at 6.30 a. m., 18° at noon and 20'^ at 

 6 p. M. As early as one o'clock in the after- 

 noon a few crows were seen struggling north over 

 and close to the surface of the dunes. Others 

 were noticed flying high and towards the south. 

 This southerly flight came from over Castle Hill 

 to the north, passed the roost and continued on 

 over the dunes. At half-past three some of these 

 birds, which were apparently turning their backs 

 on their usual night's lodging place, met with a 

 large company coming from the south and all 

 settled together in the dunes about two miles 

 south of the roost. Some of the birds coming 

 from the north, however, settled on the bare helds 

 by the roost, and their numbers here were aug- 

 mented by a stream from the west. This con- 

 course on the hillside set up a great tunuilt ot 

 cawings just before four o'clock. At live min- 

 utes after four, the united multitude ot north- 



