228 THE WILSON BULLETIN—NOs. 76-77. 
years at Morgan’s station, a place where Cheesiquake creek 
flows into the lower bay. It was a few miles further to the 
southwest of Morgan’s station that White stationed himself 
each spring, and remained there day after day, until the very 
laggards of the flight had passed along. . . . Since the pre- 
ceding lines were written I have learned that the flight of 
hawks which passes northward over what is known as the 
Crow's Nest, a prominent height to the westward of the 
semi-mountain overlooking Mountclaire, was very much in 
evidence there on April 26. Ordinarily nearly every variety 
of hawk known is found in this annual flight. 
In 1898 the same sportsman writes: The flight this sea- 
son commenced the last Saturday in April. The first saw 
the vanguard straggling along one after another at slow 
intervals. The next day found the main body in full advance. 
The birds do not come in flocks; instead, it is a continuous 
current of birds, one following ancther with the regularity 
of clockwork and the precision of machinery. The greatest 
number ever seen at one time this year was ten, and these 
separated at about qual distances. Why they shculd follow 
the coast line is a puzzle. On the other hand, why should 
the birds leave the coast at one particular point and turn in- 
ward? To my certain knowledge this has been the case for 
thirty years past. The spot where they male this detcur in- 
land is a little south of Atlantic Highlands and over what is 
knowr as Mount Mitchell. If by chance a few of the birds 
pass that point and fly along the coast until Sandy Heck is 
reached, they invariably turn back and make use of the usual 
passageway. Possibly the birds are daunted by the long 
width of the waters of New York bay. Another thing that 
impresses one is in the fact that the returning flight south- 
ward in the fall does not take this direction. The movement 
is only in the spring time. 
The birds fly in a straight line over the spot where the 
men locate themselves, and, with the exception of the larger 
birds, show no fear in their approach, even when the shooter 
stood out perfectly unconcealed. The big fellows appear to 
