Marsh Hawk*s and. pressed close against the under side of the tail. I had. 
carried 
stretched out 
behind 
during 
flight 
Flocks of 
Night-hawks 
migrating 
at sunset 
supposed that all Hawks carried the legs doubled at the 
tarsal joint and the feet buried in the feathers of the 
belly or rather, breast. This bird was skimming over the 
open water on set wings and in the usual slow, effortless 
manner. 
A few minutes after the sun had set this evening, 
while I was standing at my landing watching the gorgeous 
coloring of the clouds in the west, a Night-hawk suddenly 
appeared nearly overhead, coming from behind me. Turning 
quickly I perceived no less than thirteen others, all flying 
in the same general direction (towards the west). The flock, 
for such it evidently was, spread over the whole width (150 
yards) of the river and its numbers kept at approximately 
even distances from one another and flew with a steadiness 
and directness very unusual to these erratic cre.atu.res, al¬ 
though the temptation to turn aside to seize some tempting 
insect prize was not always resisted and once one chased 
another back and forth, pursuer and pursued doubling and 
twisting like startled Snipe. One bird uttered several times 
a flat, squiaky paap « Evidently these Night-hawks were mi¬ 
grating and following the course of the river. I watched 
until dark but they did not come back as feeding birds would 
surely have done. They were followed after a brief interval 
by a smaller flock of nine individuals. The appearance of 
the larger body strongly (and strangely) suggested a cavalry 
