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coming from Haddonfield way, 15 or 20 alighting in top of big 

 gum over spring. 5.20: about 60 Swamp Blackbirds (or are 

 they Cowbirds ?) fly swiftly clear over and beyond roost (not 

 seen again). 5.30: a Dove came in. (A clear, calm, hot night 

 this; fine for observations. ) 5.40: a dozen Crow-blacks from 

 Haddonfield way go to big gum; many warblers in swamp, 

 scolding and calling; many Night Hawks appear above trees, 

 circling about, not migrating? 5.45: about 50 Crow-blacks 

 leave roost, fly toward Haddonfield, also the Dove. 5.54: 

 Blackbird flocks coming from Haddonfield way, together with 

 3 Robins, also first Starling from that way. 6.15: 100 Crow- 

 blacks and 4 Starlings. 6.20: 20 Doves in twos and sixes and 

 150 Crow-blacks, with 30 Starlings, all from Haddonfield way, 

 being first to settle down and begin palaver in roost, also some 

 Flickers, Robins and Brown Thrushes come in. 6.38: 15 

 Doves, many Robins continually dropping in, mostly from 

 -Haddonfield way, also Doves in twos and threes, continuously 

 from same point, about 18 more in all. 6.40: 150 Crow-blacks 

 and another 109 from a new point, viz., eastward. 6.45: large 

 flocks from Haddonfield way, continue ; big bunch Starlings 

 from Audubon way, viz., westward, also more Doves, all of 

 which latter appear to settle among pine-scrub on sandy knoll, 

 away from Blackbird roost, most Robins settle in and around 

 same locality, the Blackbirds confining themselves to central 

 portions of taller wood, over space of 2 acres; getting dusk, bats 

 flying, 100 Crow-blacks from east; see a planet; Robins increas- 

 ing, dashing in low from all points; Brown Thrushes, Veery and 

 Chewinks calling in bush margins of wood. 6.50: Doves and 

 lot of Crow-blacks in continual streams, just over tree tops, 

 dropping in, the latter quite noisy. 7.05: scattering Robins 

 dashing in close to me, out of the dusk. 7.10: no more birds 

 appear to come in, so I leave the roost for home." 



Unfortunately, two weeks intervened between my first visit 

 and the next one. The second visit was made on the afternoon 

 of September 15th. The weather was clear, cool and hazy. I 

 arrived at the roost on my bicycle about 4 p. m. , and took five 

 ■photo-views of the roost from various positions. My notes on 

 4his visit run substantially as follows : 



