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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  glass 
  windows, 
  cats 
  and 
  thoughtless 
  boys. 
  Especially 
  during 
  the 
  migration 
  

   season 
  many 
  birds 
  are 
  killed 
  in 
  every 
  city 
  and 
  village 
  by 
  flying 
  against 
  the 
  

   plate 
  glass 
  where 
  they 
  see 
  a 
  reflection 
  of 
  the 
  landscape. 
  Thousands 
  are 
  

   also 
  killed, 
  or 
  hopelessly 
  maimed, 
  by 
  flying 
  against 
  wires 
  which 
  are 
  strung 
  

   along 
  the 
  streets 
  and 
  railroads 
  ; 
  these 
  wires 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  hight 
  as 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  Woodcock, 
  Pheasant 
  and 
  many 
  others, 
  form 
  deadly 
  

   obstacles 
  against 
  which 
  they 
  break 
  their 
  necks. 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  many 
  

   instances 
  of 
  such 
  birds 
  falling 
  victims 
  to 
  the 
  telegraph 
  wire 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   is 
  true 
  of 
  ducks 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  smaller 
  birds. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  known 
  of 
  

   upward 
  of 
  a 
  dozen 
  small 
  birds 
  being 
  killed 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  month 
  by 
  flying 
  

   against 
  the 
  wire 
  netting 
  which 
  formed 
  the 
  back 
  -stop 
  of 
  a 
  tennis 
  court. 
  

   In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  wire 
  and 
  plate-glass 
  victims, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  percentage 
  

   which 
  are 
  noticed, 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  personal 
  

   observation, 
  it 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  many 
  thousands 
  are 
  thus 
  sacrificed 
  

   annually 
  in 
  our 
  State. 
  If 
  the 
  disagreeable 
  truth 
  must 
  be 
  told, 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  

   also 
  that 
  tens 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  birds 
  yearly 
  fall 
  victims 
  in 
  our 
  State 
  to 
  the 
  

   domestic 
  cat, 
  while 
  dogs 
  kill 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  number. 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  coast 
  many 
  birds 
  fly 
  against 
  lighthouses 
  and 
  towers 
  while 
  they 
  

   are 
  migrating 
  at 
  night. 
  Sometimes 
  several 
  hundred 
  birds 
  are 
  picked 
  up 
  

   in 
  a 
  single 
  morning 
  by 
  the 
  keepers. 
  While 
  migrating 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  May 
  

   yth, 
  1905, 
  a 
  bushel 
  basket 
  full 
  of 
  warblers, 
  sparrows, 
  vireos 
  and 
  wrens 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  1 
  7 
  different 
  species 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  striking 
  the 
  Washington 
  

   Monument. 
  During 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  September 
  23, 
  1887, 
  356 
  Blackpoll 
  war- 
  

   blers, 
  among 
  others, 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  Fire 
  Island 
  Light, 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

   On 
  December 
  3d, 
  1888, 
  40 
  Scaup 
  ducks 
  were 
  killed 
  against 
  the 
  Montauk 
  

   Light 
  Tower; 
  on 
  December 
  17, 
  1890, 
  24; 
  and 
  on 
  November 
  15, 
  1890, 
  13 
  

   struck. 
  Against 
  the 
  Fire 
  Island 
  Light 
  59 
  of 
  these 
  ducks 
  were 
  killed 
  on 
  

   January 
  6th, 
  1888; 
  on 
  the 
  12th, 
  27; 
  and 
  on 
  February 
  25th, 
  1894, 
  40 
  struck 
  

   [see, 
  Dutcher, 
  Water 
  Birds, 
  ms 
  no. 
  148]. 
  Accounts 
  of 
  smaller 
  numbers 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  Long 
  Island 
  lighthouses, 
  both 
  of 
  Scaup 
  ducks 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  species 
  

   of 
  birds, 
  are 
  scattered 
  through 
  Mr 
  Dutcher 
  's 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes. 
  

  

  