Cvanocitta cristata . 
Lake tlmbagog, Maine. 
1395. At about eight o’clock this morning I was standing on the 
Sept. 2©. hemlock knoll watching some small birds when I heard directly 
overhead a sound as of a gust of wind blowing through pine 
woods. As there was no wind at the time I concluded that an 
Eagle or Blue Heron had swooped down through .the trees. But 
an hour later the mystery was explained when happening to see 
a dozen Blue Jays rise abbve the trees I watched them closely 
Closing in together like so many Blackbirds they ascended in 
a compact flock by a spiral course to a height of several hun« 
dred feet and then half closing their wings dashed down a 
steep incline like so many Falcons at the same time making the 
loud rushing sound I had heard earlier in the morning. I 
think that In both occasions they were intending to start on 
migration but made "false starts" changing their minds for 
some reason or other-.- 
Cvanocitta cr istata . 
V 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
Migrating. 
1897. Early in the afternoon witnessed a migration of Blue Jays. 
Sept.22. They came from the woods on the north side of the meadow (Cur¬ 
tis Meadow) and rising to a height of from 100 to 500 feet 
passed out of sight over a wooded ridge to the south. There 
was one flock of forty-three , another of ten; the others were 
scattered birds or parties of three to five or six. Some of 
them turned back and plunged down headlong into the woods from 
a considerable height as I have seen them do at Pine Point. 
