The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-05
,lIGRATInN OF RIpn.
ETNaEEAELE SwITTNFSs or T-r-.
THE VINO.

The London Standard In "a Pace.
sue says Familiar as thfs r.s-r... -
birds is to MS, there is. Icrl., --- -
tiOu IN zoology move obscure r-. -
flights they take, and The ure-rs-.-
tainty with Which tles vino .r..
between the most distant place
ing and departing at The same ,.
year after year, are points n fl... ss-
Of birds Of passage as myste erfar- a....
are interesting. We know tr..
migrants fly after sUudorr r
many Of them select a InConrfrf.
to cross the MeliJgTrear u-.
their meteorological instinct fs .... '..
erring lis proved by the fact thai .
ands are every year drowned fr Ell.
flight Overthe Atlantic and 9th
y OrtheTn Africa and Western $50.
selected as winter quarters brfha-
of them. and they may be cf.er ---...
on their way thjlheT to hang r-ar...--
at night. puzzled, iu spite 0I tf.afr.-...--'
ience, by the shifting lights af trs.-.-..
and houses. The swallow Oh t.s-5..
ingaie may sometimes De DELAYED 1....-
expected circumstances. Yet f.=---
ly that they arrive and depart frar.-....
sooner OF later, one wear with arr+r..
Professor Newton considered rfa-,..
sea fowl satellites revolving around 81.
earth their arrival could hardly f..-.-
surely calculated 10y an aytra-.-...
Foul weather or fair, heat on e.r7 81
pufiins repair To some of Their -ta...
punctually on given day. as If ~.
movements were regulated Ir r.-
work. HE oWlituess of flight nrsT
characteli3es most birds enables -Ha-..
D
common black swift can tIg two Hr-.--.
and seveuty-six miles am Erur 2. ....
which ii maintained Tor less -F.ar -..--
day would carry Ia. bird from t-,,..-
TO lis summer quarters The Iar-.r..
pie swift of America is cag=fII. II. ...
greater teats on the wing TI. rl.
ney swallow is sl0Wer-uiu-t- r...... Fl.
hour being about the limits aI 81, ...-
eTs; but the passenger pigeon d.. u.
[ ultcd states can dccgmuii-ig "a f.---
OF one thousand miles between SINUS.
to sunset. It IS also true. as Tie sr-.-
ions Herr Iaimeu has ATTEMPTED ta Sos
that migrants during their lmr r....
may be directed by au experience r..---.
inherited and partly acquired lr t#.r-
dividual bird They often follow n.
coast lines of continents and irrars..-
take on their passage over The Ta..-
Taueau, one of three routes. Er. H..
theory VIII not explain how tE.rr.
themselves across Lold oceans a-r
iuvalidated hy the fact. familart.ar.-
oTnithOlOgIst, that the old and r.r-
birds do not journey in COMPANY. T-
variably, the young broC1s travel .H-..r-
er; then come. after an iuvaIra-. H.
parents and. finally. the rear is lrur-r-
up by the weekly, iuGrm uotu-. ...
brUken-winged, This Is the rule lg ar-
tumn. The return journey is aaa.--
plished IN the reverse order. Tie dis.
tance Travelled seems. m0veorer. l1 r..r.
no relation 10 the size Of the trlr-,.-
The Swedish llue-tlr6at performs a.
ma-crua. functions among the Iar,. and
enjoys its winter holiday among Theme
grOes OF The >Oud8u. while lie t.
ruby-throajed .hUmmiua-birl urre--.
annually from Mexico to NeWf1urf.f
and hack again, though one would ll-
inc That so delicate little fair. u-.
De more at home among the caerf and
aCaves of the Terra Calu.e than u--
the frs Of the North.