AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 19 lo 



One of the most interesting features of our 

 displays of Tobey Handmade Furniture is 

 the collection of pieces made from rare 

 woods. 



The logs from which these pieces have been cut represent 

 the forests of many countries. They were secured through 

 years of careful research in the world's principal markets. 



Among the different specimens are : 



Amaranthe Tonquin-wood Tulip-wood 



Marble-wood Philippine Rosewood 



Australian Plum Satin-wood 



St. Jago Mahogany Rare Curly Maple 



The beauty in each instance is wonderful, and is dependent 

 upon grain and natural coloring rather than upon a stain. 



These woods, in combination with the exquisite workman- 

 ship characteristic of Tobey Handmade Furniture, produce 

 efifects of unmatched charm. 



We invite you to see these displays. 



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BIRDS OF PASSAGE 



By B. S. BowDisH. 



ONLY in birds (unless we except 

 fishes) is true migration instinct 

 found. Erratic. semi-migratory 

 movements of insects take place; scarcity 

 of food or some other strongly compel- 

 ling cause induces, from time to time, 

 a semblance of migration among some 

 of the mammals, but only the winged and 

 feathered inhabitants of the globe exhibit a 

 seasonal rhythmic swing from south to 

 north and vice versa. 



Our modern knowledge embraces much 

 data respecting the actual migratory move- 

 ment, its date of commencement, duration, 

 and termination; tlie termini of the journey, 

 the route followed, and the manner in 

 which the traveling is performed. We have 

 accumulated a great mass of statistics con- 

 cerning the time in spring and fall when 

 certain feathered wanderers may be reason- 

 ably expected to appear at a given point 

 along their route. We know that the 

 method of performing these journeys varies 

 much between species, as in length of flight 

 that takes them from winter to summer 

 homes and return, whether they fly almost 

 continuously or by short, leisurely stages; 

 whether flights are mostly by day' or night 

 or both ; the route followed, and whether 

 this is changed by varying weather or other 

 conditions. We also know that certain 

 species may almost certainly be found 

 in summer homes along one route, and re- 

 turn to their southern winter homes by a 

 widely different course. It is well estab- 

 lished that some species flock and fly almost 

 entirely by themselves, that others are found 

 widely scattered among flocks of other spe- 

 cies, that in still other cases two or three 

 species may almost certainly be found 

 flocked together, while in some instances the 

 flight is performed more in an individual 

 and straggling manner. It is a fact well 

 known to many gunners that the course and 

 manner of certain species of migrating 

 birds has been changed materially within 

 recent years, perhaps permanently, and that 

 temporary changes of this character con- 

 stantly occur, due to easily recognized 

 causes. That class of birds whose life 

 cycle is, perhaps, best known is naturally 

 the one which includes those classed as 

 game birds. Notably, as regards migration, 

 these birds fall readily into three divisions : 

 the water fowl, including ducks, geese, and 

 swans ; the Limicolas or shore birds, prin- 

 cipally the sandpipers and plovers ; the gal- 

 linaceous birds such as the bob-white or 

 quail and the ruffed grouse or partridge. 



The southward fall migration of the first- 

 mentioned division may, perhaps, be readily 

 ascribed to search for wide and rich feed- 

 ing areas, where open water is assured ; the 

 northern flight to a similar seeking of ample 

 breeding grounds. While the southward 

 flight is in some few instances continued as 

 far as the West Indies and South America, 

 in the main the movement is only sufficient 

 and in general seems to conform to the 

 cause assigned. In suitable localities on the 

 New England coast and along Long 

 Island we find an abundant representation 

 of this division braving the rigors of winter, 

 while in the wonderful breeding grounds 

 along the coast of North Carolina, their 

 numbers seem only to be limited by the per- 

 secution of the gunners. The northward 

 journey of the members of this division, it 

 is true, is for the most part, extended well 

 into the Arctic or sub-Arctic regions, but 

 this is largely a matter of necessity, to se- 

 cure sufficient areas of suitable nature 

 where they may breed in peace. Where 

 birds of this division are not harassed in 

 late winter and spring by shooting, it has 



