. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. the winter, being seen on the Mississippi nearly to New Orleans. They retire from their natal regions in the North in September, and early in October are seen to arrive in great numbers about Ipswich, Cape Ann, and Cape Cod, in Massa- chusetts, continuing to come till the month of November, and generally appearing in greater numbers after the occurrence of an eastwardly storm. In hazy weather they also fly low, an
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. the winter, being seen on the Mississippi nearly to New Orleans. They retire from their natal regions in the North in September, and early in October are seen to arrive in great numbers about Ipswich, Cape Ann, and Cape Cod, in Massa- chusetts, continuing to come till the month of November, and generally appearing in greater numbers after the occurrence of an eastwardly storm. In hazy weather they also fly low, and diverge into the bays and inlets. Many of these wandering flocks pass on to the South almost without any delay, usually in marshalled and angular lines, but sometimes in a confused gang, loudly gabbling as they proceed. Their stay here is commonly so short that it is necessary to ambuscade in huts on their route in order to obtain them. The course of their pas- sage is remarkably uniform, and instead of winding round the bays, they cross over the narrow necks and peninsuV^s of land which lie in their southern route, as if in haste to arrive at some particular 'lestination, or dissatisfied with the prospect of fare. They continue almost without interruption their inflex- ible course until, seduced by the mildness of the climate or the abundance of their food, they seem inclined to take up their permanent winter residence in the inlets of Long Island and the slieltered bays of New Jersey, arriving, according to Wilson, in lOgg Harbor as early as the 20th of September, or almost without the intermission of any interval, but for necessary food and repose, from the time of their leav- ing the shores of Hudson Bay. The first flights, still adven- turous and roving, generally remain here only a few days, and then pass on still faither to the South. Flocks continue, how- ever, to arrive from the North, and many individuals remain in the waters of New Jersey until the sever
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