24 RECORDS VOLUME XI, FEB., 1919. 



ing about on errands to the village and across the 

 Albee pasture. While that is hardly enough to justify 

 any general conclusions, I think it safe to say that 

 many thrushes and robins have left. The flight, as a 

 whole, presented no marked change other than that. 

 A southerly storm seems imminent so I do not like to 

 leave my other work, wishing to be free if surf fol- 

 lows. By the same token the birds present are likely 

 to wait over a day for my next observations. 



October 21. The s. w. gale of yesterday increased at 

 night. Cloudiness and rain came. Before morning the 

 wind increased and shifted to the n. w. The rain con- 

 tinued. It began to clear between 8 and 9 a. m., the rest 

 of the day bemg partly cloudy but mostly sunny. 



I was surprised this forenoon under these condi- 

 tions to find a marked decrease in the numbers of birds. 

 I had no time to scour the island to see whether they 

 were elsewhere. 



October 22. The n. w. gale continued through the 

 night and day, diminishing towards night when it be- 

 came clear and cold. 



October 23. The night was clear. There is a gen- 

 tle n. w. to w. wind and it is warmer and clear. More 

 birds went than came, through this period. 



October 24. Night clear, day with gentle northerly 

 wind, warm — one of the finest days of the season. 



October 25. The night became overcast some time 

 after 11 p. m. The day: drifting fogs — partly cloudy — 

 gentle southerly winds — clearer. The wave seemed to 

 be of the first order and at its height on October 24. 

 It came to an abrupt end and today land birds of all 

 kinds are scarce, the most notable contrast of that kind 

 I ever knew. 



That you may not be misled by the records I have 

 sent you, I add the following comments: 



1. The record as to water birds has no value for 

 comparison with what you saw earlier. I did not try 

 to cover that part of the field. 



2. I have not noted many of the hawks that I have 

 seen, glasses not being strong enough to give me a 



