. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE RECENT " REMARKABLE MIGRATION ; It is not often that the phenomena of migration are brought so forcibly before the general pubhc as they have been within the last few weeks, by the wholesale destruction that occurred on the night of March 29-30th, 1911, in the south-east of Ireland. The daily Press duly chronicled the event, and, as might be expected, the story lost nothing by repetition : and all sorts of theories, more or less fanciful, were suggested as the cause. The most trustworthy account would seem to be that which appeared in the I
. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE RECENT " REMARKABLE MIGRATION ; It is not often that the phenomena of migration are brought so forcibly before the general pubhc as they have been within the last few weeks, by the wholesale destruction that occurred on the night of March 29-30th, 1911, in the south-east of Ireland. The daily Press duly chronicled the event, and, as might be expected, the story lost nothing by repetition : and all sorts of theories, more or less fanciful, were suggested as the cause. The most trustworthy account would seem to be that which appeared in the Irish Times for March 31st, and, stripped of its journalistic embellishments, is shortly as follows : From the night of March 26-27th to that of the 29-30th, Curlews and Starlings were heard passing over the town of Carlow ; on the latter night Curlews in " immense flocks " were heard passing .â [apparently] to the north-east from 10 till after mid- night ; while during the same period some hundreds of other birds were also passing over, and numbers of them were killed â¢against telegraph wires, etc., being found dead in the morning in the streets, Starlings, Redwings, and Thrushes being identi- fied. Between the same hours on the same night, similar â occurrences took place at New Ross (co. Wexford) and Kil- kenny, Starhngs being specifically mentioned at the first locality, and Curle\\s, Thrushes, Blackbirds, and " Sparrows " at the second. To those who are in any way familiar with the subject of migration, and have taken the trouble to study the Reports â of the Migration Committees of the British Association and the British Ornithologists' Club, there is no need to conjure up fanciful theories to account for this " remarkable phe- nomenon," or, as even the Field heads it " Remarkable //iflux of Birds in ; The species concerned are all well- known autumn-migrants to, and winter-residents in, Ireland ; the localities co
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