The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
MIGRATION or BIRDS.

~ 900. ,henn arriyey Who has eyer seen then
Jen,rts they have II time TO come. and
q time TO depart; and they move altogether
c We find them with MS, some brig6t amt
A.. CHEEKY morning in the latter part Of March
~ or early in April. We may fee! sure the,
!. were not here the preceding morning, WheI
r did they come? Who saw them arrive?
,. A friend, who has carefully studied th
/ problem, gives Us his slow but very decided
/ conclusion. 1t is this: Our migrating bird
chiefly so and come IN the htght. His obser
f walton has led HIM also to me belief that thl
G annual migration, norm ana south, Is du'
I less TO instinct Than to instruction, and q
sort OF tradition, actually impaired TO tht
hos's Oh young Dlfas by lhe ola ones. lie
mas reacAed me conclusion mat the young
; ones; porn ana brought up mere IN the north
woulu not know Dy instinct mat long and
dreadful season c oi ueauiy coiu win drifting
SUNS anu lcaitut sto' ms was coming, iFoI
""i|n an se!i1'Tl. :. oit"e mus nee, ana seek
III more Gen.hi i'tiouo at, 'le'l winter home
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i TINS "no ',ir'"'h WIN Us over winter
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m '.n l S''I @ hraS oId ohcs
"ro n'u ,r Tt." ,'iu ooiolo inc previous
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however 'his part Oh our lricnds theory
may DE re@ar"eo, proofs OF Inc tac' that MI
gration vi DlTuS Is cAiehy performed IN The
hlShI - sullclth'iS aounUah'' we NlhK, TO
Set''e mat point Inc via See>e-Whose al
Vahceu squaufohS are already passing north
ward over Conneclicut-maintaIn their long
nlSht ailke III the NafkheSs ana Tue daylight.
50 possibly may The other, smaller birds,
ana these may escape our observation because
Dl their shauhVss- lhat ln'y 90 however,
hy IN the night Is abundantIy proved by the
revelation OF the astronomers telescopes, rs
ven us me slaughter OCCASION" ny me niruS
lashihg heeuIessiy against lh' lanterns Oh HE
lighthouse on the cuasD
Inc astronomer Mitchell tnow ueceasedD
speaks OF seeing bIfuS cross the hcId 81 his
lass, when thiS was directed 10 me moon, In
The dead hours ol t"c night. We have con
'erSed with 9thcra ronomcrS who affirm that
IN september ana october, Judging from the
numbers which cross the field of their tele-
scopes, the whole air seems to be literally
hllcd WIN Dirus nyinS soNihward at night;
'uu "5"'A III !.,o s'i'o re-
1ppcais, 'Ie any "'N'teNCc oIinT ma VIC
v htc'loh Ut hISht Is reversed INC iish'-
,louseS oc"t lllc SUM- tcSt'ItonI MIS- lhaN'
'Gi IN hT' Cha'"iihS oooh % lie on Inc Isles
VI onoaIs; says
oonle'1a'es III autumn Always ID spring,
Whch pii'ls are migrating, thcy are destroyed
III SUI Pnant'.es oy 'hiS means 'ha' 1t Is
painiu. !, 10 reflect upon. Inc Keeper al the
lSIann thfre years ago iodine that he picked
up tnree huhuF,H ahH seventy-HTe In one
''oI mn at ' nv ,oG' ., ue lighthouse, All
NI"u' ny nS , I' 'n ~. 'o,et a9athst 'he