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"On the afternoon of the 5th (Oct.) while walking on the 
Fitchburg R,R. between Waverly and Clematis Brook I saw a few (8- 
10) Whi t e - b e 1 1 i e d S wa 1 1 ows sailing high up in the air. This was 
at 3.20 o'clock. In a short time they collected together in a 
compact flock, mounting the while to a prodigious height, the number 
increasing to upwards of 40 birds. Their intricate movements dur- 
ing their upward flight produced ant almost kaleidoscopic effect. 
They then moved rapidly off to the S* by E, at such a height that 
they could only be discerned by the aid of the opera-glasses and 
the favoring white clouds which were floating through the sky. As 
they moved off, the course, of the flock as a v/hole was direct, but 
apparently the flight of each individual was not in a bee-line. It 
appeared to me that the wind, which was then blowing light from the 
N, W, was an important agent in impelling them toward the South. 
Shortly after the departure of these, others to the number of 40 or 
50 came upon the scene apparently from the north -feeding in the 
space lately occupied by their predecessors* I did not, see these 
depart but on my way back through" L over *• s Lane". (1/2 S, of the R.R. 
I saw probably these same birds about overhead. They gradually 
disappeared from view without my getting any clue to their course 
and a few were dispersedly seen up to 4.30 o'clock." 
