. Birds and the war . Plate 17.—A Stork . . acquired the habit of meeting our aeroplanes (p. 138). [145 Migration in War-time Carnot, pointed out in 1916 that in placeswhere fighting occurred the birds becamegreatly disturbed, screeching and flying aboutin all directions, unable to settle down any-where, day and night. Among the migratorybirds, those which dwell south of the warzone carried out their flight to the warm landsin the customary direction, but began itsomewhat earlier than under normal condi-tions. As regards migratory birds dwelhngnorth of the war zone, they skirted the lineof the
. Birds and the war . Plate 17.—A Stork . . acquired the habit of meeting our aeroplanes (p. 138). [145 Migration in War-time Carnot, pointed out in 1916 that in placeswhere fighting occurred the birds becamegreatly disturbed, screeching and flying aboutin all directions, unable to settle down any-where, day and night. Among the migratorybirds, those which dwell south of the warzone carried out their flight to the warm landsin the customary direction, but began itsomewhat earlier than under normal condi-tions. As regards migratory birds dwelhngnorth of the war zone, they skirted the lineof the front and, instead of flying throughFrance, flew through Switzerland and example. Blackbirds, which from Ger-many and Scandinavia fly southward annuallyin huge flocks through Burgundy, did notappear there. Similarly, no Larks were seenin October 1915. In Flanders and Hollandthere were neither marsh nor water birds(Times, Literary Supplement, ). According to the observations of Russiannaturalist
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