RECORDS VOJAJME XI, FEU., 1911). 'il 



THE FALL MIGRATION OF 1918 



AT 



Monhegan Island, Maine, 



COMPILED BY CHARLES F. JENNEY 



FROM LETTERS OF 



Bertrand H. Wentworth 



O F O A R D I N E R , MAINE. 



[N-^te by Editor. Mr. Wentworth is a careful obser- 

 ver; ore who errs on the s'de of caution; and one who 

 is not an opt'mist in his identifications. A considerable 

 experience with him has taught me to rely on his field 

 observations, although 1 am not unmindful of the possi- 

 bility of error in all such observations. Even competent 

 authorities have made mistakes with the bird in hand. 

 Mr. Wentworth is out of doors throughout a large part 

 of the year and has had an extended experience in 

 central and northern Maine as well as at Monhegan. 



The notes were in the forms of letters, and not in- 

 tended for puJjlication; but were made for my records 

 of Monhegan birds, which I hope to arrange when more 

 complete; but the migration shown by these letters was 

 of such interest, although perhaps not unusual for Mon- 

 hegan, except in its lateness, that it seemed worthy of 

 special note. 



Except as necessary in order to make connected 

 statements, I have used the words of the letters. Be- 

 cause not intended for publication many of the records 

 of species do not give the numbers observed in a given 

 day, but I have given them as written. 



The time included is from SeDtember 29 to Novem- 

 ber 1.1 



