CHAPTER XXVII 



MR. Hutchinson's account ("Cornhill") 



Referring to Mr. Hutchinson's account in 

 the Cornhill, re bird migrations in connection 

 with the war, the Globe says : 



" We have a vast collection of facts as to 

 when and where birds migrate, but we can 

 only conjecture how they accomplish their 

 remarkable feats. The routes pursued by 

 migratory birds, both in spring and autumn, 

 are unchanging ; they have been observed, 

 mapped out and recorded. But the war has 

 already brought great disturbance into a 

 region of natural life where for many years 

 everything has been normal. Some unusual 

 phenomena were observed last autumn, and, 

 rightly or wrongly, the changes in the habits 

 of various species of birds were attributed to 

 the war. As yet, however, it is impossible to 

 say definitely what has been the effect of the 

 war upon the autumn migration. . . . 



" Those birds which have made several 

 nocturnal visits to our shores and the shores of 



