few years the beautiful birds have been reported as 
occurring elsewhere in ever-increasing numbers, especially 
while migrating southward in eaxly autumn through Massachu¬ 
setts and the Middle Atlantic States. Whether or not there 
has been corresponding increase throughout their breeding 
grounds in northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 
such as New Brimswick and Nova Scotia, it would be interesting 
to learn. 
Blue Jay 
Migration 
The south-bound flight of Blue Jays coming from 
further north was exceptionally heavy this year. Beginning 
about the middle of September, if not somewhat earlier, 
it reached its maximum height between the 20th and 25th of 
the month when, for three or four days in succession, 
the loud-voiced birds were so abuadant and wide-spread that 
one could not go anywhere without having them almost con¬ 
stantly in sight or hearing. During this period they 
especially frequented our deciduous woods through which 
they roamed ceaselessly in small, scattered flocks, seeking 
food which must have been rather scarce for most of the 
trees had suffered too severely from the attacks of gypsy 
moth and other larvae to mature fruit of any kind. There 
was, however, a single large scarlet oak, growing in an 
open field, which having been protected by spraying bore 
a plentiful crop of acorns and on these the Jays feasted 
