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far as I have been able to obtain information; doubtless 
many cross the St. Lawrence and join the eastern flight of 
mixed species, and probably many take the westerly course 
until Wisconsin offers an unobstructed passage south. At 
Godbout, Quebec, Napoleon A. Comeau writes that the re- 
turn or southern migration is in the first week in October. 
Some years it is very abundant. This was especially the 
case in the fall of 1904, when hundreds were seen daily. 
In the migrations it flies high and nearly every one keeps 
to the same line of flight. J. H. Fleming noted a flight 
along the ridge north of Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 21-22, 1905; 
and various writers report flights of regular occurrence in 
the province. 
iA visitation of Broad-wings occurred at Middletown 
Springs, Vt., in the fall of 1904, but W. S. Hickox informs 
me that it did not compare to the invasion of Goshawks in 
the fall of 1906. Dr. Shufeldt, commenting on the large 
mixed flights of annual occurrance in Connecticut, says: 
“The latter part of October is a good time to see it, es- 
pecially after there has been a sharp frost or two. Any 
high, cleared land is the locality to be sought, and if the 
movement is on and the day clear, one will soon be struck 
by the number passing. They do not fly very high as a rule, 
and here the trend is westward, while after they arrive on 
the Atlantic coast the flight is southward. They seem to 
pay but very little attention to objects below, and one may 
shoot at them all day without very materially changing po- 
sition. On they come, flying in undeviating files, and often 
the individuals not more than five or ten minutes apart, or 
even less. They come at random, regardless of kin or kind, 
and they keep coming until the sun goes down.” 
In certain sections of Rhode Island, according to Dunn, 
large flights of hawks may be seen during the latter part of 
August, and through September and October, whenever 
there is a stormy N. W. wind. They seem to follow the 
coast, as three miles back from the shore only a few strag- 
glers can be found. Specimens of the Marsh, Sharp-shinned, 
