CO''CORD 
lO 
1911 
October 31 
Remarkable 
dlnr ia.l 
migration of 
boblas a id 
Grog 
* 1 c'-birds 
'f¬ 
lu the early morning wheru the sun was striving to 
shl e dimly through thin clouds and there was not a breath of 
wind, I witnessed a rather remarkable and very unmistakable 
mi,;r tiou of Crow '"1 ckbirds aid Robins* shortly before 8 
o*clock ns I was standing near our barn, I heard a confused 
medley of Haokblrd voices in the distance towards the north¬ 
east a.id re ently saw the birds afar off and very high in 
air (certainly not less than 1000 feet) coming directly 
towards me and flying (as is their wont when on migration, 
with exceeding swiftness and directness and without trace of 
the undulating curves which are so characteristic of their 
ordinary flight. The flock wan by far the largest that I 
have ever beheld. There must have been fully 1000 birds and 
they literally crowded at least an acre of sky* affording a 
truly inspiring si ;ht as they swept directly overhead, heading 
straight for the south-west, and quickly disappenring in the 
distance over Punkatassett Hill. 
I had no more than lost sight of them when another 
flock, containing about 150 birds and "pursuing the same 
course at about the same elevation,followed them, to be 
followed in turn only a minute or two later by a flock of 
about 50 Robins which were almost e lually high in air and 
similarly bound for the southwest* 
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