. The Oist . ember 2, the birds comiug from thedirection of Pomerania and Mecklen-burg, and following exactly the samecourse as their predecessors of a fort-night earlier date. The flock wns ofenormous size, numbering many thous-ands. Owing to the unfavorable weath-er the birds circled about unusuallynear to the groimd, and we were ableto note distinctly how the young oneswere placed in the middle of the flock,and carefully guarded on all sides bytheir elders. Some of the latter ap-peared to be detailed for the specialduty of keeping an eye on the tail endof the flock, and encouraging the stra
. The Oist . ember 2, the birds comiug from thedirection of Pomerania and Mecklen-burg, and following exactly the samecourse as their predecessors of a fort-night earlier date. The flock wns ofenormous size, numbering many thous-ands. Owing to the unfavorable weath-er the birds circled about unusuallynear to the groimd, and we were ableto note distinctly how the young oneswere placed in the middle of the flock,and carefully guarded on all sides bytheir elders. Some of the latter ap-peared to be detailed for the specialduty of keeping an eye on the tail endof the flock, and encouraging the strag-glers and loiterers by stiiking them atintervals with their wings. The mi-gration seems to have been conductedin a very leisurely manner, the distancecovered in twenty minutes time beingabout half a German mile, or less thantwo and a half English miles. ♦ The Oologist.—To new subscriberswho wish to examine The Oologist, thelast six numbers of the present volumewill be sent,postage paid,for thirty o[dqi0) rT Vol. V. JANUARY, 1881. No. II. Nesting of the Hooded Warbler. This species will always be remem-bered with pleasure by me, as myselfand a friend first found it as a summerresident in this vicinity, in the woodsbordering on the shores of Lake Onta-rio, in northern Cayuga County, N. Y. I say woods, but by this I do notwish it understood that this bird isfound in all the woods that one maychanceto penetrate in that vicinity; for,like many others of the feathered tribe,it has favorite spots in which to dwell. Hemlock woods interspersed withbeach and maple, and likewise rendereddense by the smaller second growth ofthese trees, seem to be its choice. Here in spots where a fallen tree ortwo has been over grown by rank weeds,and through which one can hardly pen-etrate, will the male bird often be heardsinging. In these same favorite localities it alsobuilds its nest. My friend, F. S. Wright,and myself have secured several of thesenests, three of which contained
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