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Swallows, and many sparrows and blackbirds. A drop in 

 temperature following the snowfall of the 18th and 19th in 

 Maine sent along a considerable flight of northern species, such 

 as Siskins, Fox Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, Juncos, 

 Kinglets and Hermit Thrushes. 



A Great Movement of Woodcocks. — During this cold wave, 

 which was general over New England, there was a great flight 

 of Woodcocks. On the 20th and several subsequent days many 

 of these birds were seen and shot, from the coast well to the 

 westward of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts. At the 

 same time, Woodcocks were reported as few in southern Con- 

 necticut, where, however, many appeared a few days later. 

 During the month there were unusual numbers of Golden- 

 crowned Kinglets that appeared from Maine to Pennsylvania. 

 A migration of Arctic Horned Owls was reported in northern 

 Ontario and an influx of Woodpeckers in Maine. There was 

 a great flight of Wilson's Snipes on October 5 at Block Island, 

 and on October 6 a small flight of Crossbills. 



November, 1922. 



November was generally pleasant, rather cool in southern 

 New England with frosty nights, which occasionally were quite 

 cold in northern New England, but there was little snow. Zero 

 was reached on the 27th in northern Vermont. The winds 

 were mainly northwesterly or westerly, with only a few warm 

 "southerly" days. During the first week a great flight of 

 northern water birds appeared along the coast of southern New 

 England. There were many Loons and Red-breasted Loons, 

 Kittiwakes, Black-backed Gulls, Eider Ducks, Red-breasted 

 Mergansers and Old-squaws. 



Birds Blown out to Sea. — Fresh northwest winds in northern 

 New England blew many migrating wild fowl out to sea. 

 Comparatively few Canada Geese appeared during the month 

 except off shore, where fishermen and sailors saw many migrat- 

 ing southward over the sea. It was only on our farthest sea- 

 ward outpost, Nantucket, that many Geese were seen. 



The still, cold nights of the last half of the month closed 

 most of the ponds and small lakes, and sent many wild fowl 

 southward or to the coast. In the last days of October Snowy 

 Owls appeared in the Maritime Provinces and a few reached 



