The sun., 1894-10-14

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rrr aioro ,r,i,hoi,,,,soi i,,os GOV, h.yo nr,ba.
blv nevcr bcen mn z1led by tbe o,,es,,ons yoved
In o,,on soosor eih,s 1,ha, ,s 90 sa,, ,,o,, have
held ,o vour hovhood,s s,mnlo copclusion that
Hill ,,,,r,.,o Sooo,,.o ,ha,, ,htnt ,hoy ,,o,,,d
aniov a change ~ scoro food ara climate aud
lot a oo a. that mt ,bo bioblv scientiao
orni,boioois,s won, Ia, /, On At that or At sny.
thing e,se FOR that matter Tbev keep taIk,nV
and writing away in ,bo most industrious and
p,z,Icd ,pannor Tbov ask not univ vvbv Tho
bir,is r,iorota but also bo,y tbov banpen IN
tno,v enouob IN 90, ,vhoro tbev want IN mn tn
ond ,ho, chor,, ,ho h,-,,. ~, irtoronco ,v,,b
NO, l. Lno,,,no onouoh o., ,,o T., ou, ~ tbe rain
almost
Tbe cors,rrc,,o, NJ rrr.u,,,v tail and bril
lion, liobtbouses ard n, e,roat obsorya,oriea has
hoo, a ,ror,ondo,,a ho,,, g., ,ho htr1 atobt s,u
dents bocanso a has Given thon, oroat addi-
,,onoi ,oci,,,,o. tor ,,,oi. .,,sios and ho. ro-
s,,,od In f,rnishin,, n rooorl ~ ,ho r,nosi,ior
NJ tho mtora,in, socLs TlJs rocord has boon
r,ado In n yarv tragic nonnor and copsists ~
,bo lie, ~ doad ga ,,,o,,ndo, hird. ,bat boyo
dosb.d ,hoi- hoods oro,n., I,oh,ho,.o. and oh
servotorIcs II sowoti,nos ho mons In Tho matter
-, scIon,Iec disorso,or ,hat ,ho ,,oro focI,itio.
which ~, ,,yorod 90 oxrIa, ,ho ,,otn,s ~ issuo
tho mora ,h,so ,,oir,. di,,oroo 4, ,bo nureIv
sc,on,iec rrinds since tho ,,,igrotino b,rds bnve
iIlod he Jog a,ainat ibortvia
,orch on ro1lo,,,s isiand a. ,Ie rooo-I rato ~
more than n thorsand a niybt ono enthusias,,o
s,udont hos w-,,on hiS hoou on,i,,ed An
Attomn, 20 Redrco Avio, Season EiI,hts 10
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I'll t,r,,is, Asso,,,,;o,, ,o- ,,o .a,.,roo,,or.
~ Scienco h,s f,rnod n c,,rr,i,,oo % oolloct
do,o n, tho subioct ,,i,o1 fro,,, ,i,h,bouso.
onJ ohsorya,orios ,,,, r,c,hod. ,,hicb aro conied
In most details fr,m thnse pursued NV our own
Apricul,urnl Dcnar,ncnt ot yasii,,,o, In
cnIIcc,Inr, sir,ilar infnrrnatio, From, po,lo,v,s
ts,.nL Tia nnror,r,o,,, s,,,,i,os ,,,o S,ntra
-, r i,o,,, ,;,,,,t -, III, ,,au,,. o..
ol h,Der'y hsht keepers win pinnks 10,
monthly reports concerning the Killed ana
wounded birds, and with envelopes for spec
nn.,. ra . ,ho "' ., ,hodig"ron. " ran.,io.
rr,inn ,,,,h ,ho bo,,r ,yha, 4, ,,,s Lro,,n ,ho
h,Iiirs' win inc hour wheI II was KNOWN .he
character OF the weather and any other infor-
nation that might aid ornitholoUists in making
up their minds scientifically why birds did not
STAY in one place all the time instead of going TO
SOME other place.
many others furnished by other lighthouse
keepers to scientific societies, shows that birds
select for ocean passages the same kind of
s.v ,yo,,,d nrotor ,or nm .y.nin, s,i, On ,ho
sex "ould prefer ior an evening SAL on the
ocean or on Central Park lake, and that is clear.
i,.i a., ..,.,nat, .ai,,i,, 60, a..
merely merely human @ noiut OF visw that on, T !. really M
quite surprised to learn the amount Of interest
~ oxci,cd anon, ,ho sci.n,isc Th. rcror,s
further show that the birds pursue their migra-
tions in greatest number when they have n head
wind or wind aoatt the peain' ana IN smallest
number when they would have the wind with
thcin' Mna. 70 a yach. Wou'u oe iaVo raoie
"Inu, ruines o'ru iea,hers ana 'ires hiin'
Before they began taking observations at big
were supposed not TO migrate but the light
house Observations have reduced this list Very
That lust as ali other roads lend 10 New York
30 do the two principal paths followed by
least converge here. One of these paths is FOL.
lowed by the New England birds, which travel
the path s n,,psned NV the Wonsdian ada o"e and SeS
York birds which travel south along the Mo-
hawk and Hudson River valleys. These paths
meet iust before Bedlow's Island Ia reached nnd
continue as one down along the Atlantic sea-
coast That describes the fall migration. In
path. bunt their heads AGAINST the IIaht.
house, and then those which are not
brought them together in the autumn. Then
other things were discovered. The birds which
OF those specics With the least pewep y of hight
such as the thrush, the wren. and many varie-
ties of warhprs The tlrnugh H. nv -lnylight
birds are swallows crows Einviishers hawks
mnd|this really seems amazing Nhumming
birds. How The night flights are observed in
order TO Obtain Mi iris Information was told by
one OF a party of scientists who passed the night
Of nee 81 1SoI M the base OF the Iiberty
statue and in the torch
"The weather WAS most favorable for our pur-
nose " he said From the balcony nj the base
Of the statue we saw the first bird enter the rays
of light thrown out Inv the torch This was
about \ o'riocE Turing tho next two hours
birds were constantly heard and many were
and ,nos, ~ ~ ;"itancmi . a nart ed incroasa
in the number Of birds about the light was no
ticed At ii o'clock we mounted 10 The torch
aud continued onr watch from the haicony there
Some OF the birds appeared Tor a moment in the
militant halo and were then swalIowed nm bv
the gloom beyond Others hoyered before us
like humming birds before n flower: then
wheeling, they would retreat a short distance
and Teturn only 10 repeat the same nerformance
or pass by like the first class Others still
though the number was comparatiyely small
struck the torch either slightly or with sufficient
force IN stun or K I'M them Durinp the two hours
wa snent i'm the torch less than tvSenty out ~ the
we saw were killed. Throughout the |