The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31
SLAUGHTER or MIGRATING BIRDS
The Destruction or winged Game In Connccii-
cut's Turning Woods.

STONY CREEK. Conn, Oct. 3O.-pcrsons who
do NOT make n study of the matter have but
little concupiion of the magnitude OF the flight
of wild birds NOW pnssin, from north Ia sou,h
across lower New England and out over the Sc,
in obcdicncc 10 the mvstcrious instinc, of mi.
grafton. At no time, save during II protractcd
mani,, ,c ,as,a,r,. ,.aIo, ,oos ,hc ,roo, si,n -
rci'"' VI '"9''lil E"'''' ~ =, y ''@t V.
the Hight become known. Then the progress OF
! the irnihcrcd columns is checked and they are
,,ri,an In ., Elm sh,r,s NJ No ,,oirI,n1 ,h.ro
uri'eh III ct 'hc s'ofeSo Vi IL i'a''i'nu' 'n'r'
| to drop into woodland or water and bidc their
lime until , favorable ,rrn of the wind shall set
-, ,nai, w., 1..t. =, i,a, 49,, ,ima,hat
lhcii On 'hc'r way again IL Is W IN UNIV 'h"t
the huntsmun shoot big bags of golden plOvrr,
vrloN los. and ot hcrs nf the wadinr and swim.
, n, !, hir5s ard ,nn, H." ,o,r,c,nrns orn;,,,,a"i
'h'hH "iru7' i" 'h"I 'h' 'o'''t'o' VI o'"i'hoioHl'
cal pCC.mcns is in his element.
The birds that pass the southern edge Of Con.
h'''t'"t III 'he h'snt nnNt oCch meeting win
unusual slaughter this fall. They have been
,ha n,r,. ,r,, hn:. frn,,, tnros, ,irn. and ~ ~
INC names anu hcA. from IolcsI hr's anu 'he
glare OF lighthouses and OF lamps and lanterns
in and about dwellings, Somc or tho old duct.
." -
hunters at stony creek say ihey never Knew OF
mt a fire of any moment ncrurs in Inc opcn
""s ".'. ~, ~" a, ore"
country at night nowadays but wild birds are
; drawn toward it and finally swallowed up by it.
Cnspcr Uousmor of North Dranfotd had mart NJ
his woodland burned over the other night.
While the fire. irhters were Mt work they ,lw n
Al, - I'LL, ,,..a. u r., -.
hocN u ucinteu 'IoNet r'S' from Il ih"rSl near NJ
hand and wheel toward the fire as II intending
TO mass over #. But their calculation
f,.r, - 49,. II. 80
was "t ihE'' OF Csc inc char'h pos
scsscd Ivy the flames was 100 strong, for
when right over n blaze which was fed by
wiurovs Of try leaves they were seen TO nlunre
ECndlon. to dcstruC,ion in the NAV of Inc IRE.
There vas htyslaCs lire on the salt meadows
below NurtA Haven on the Uuinnipiar River a
fcw nights later, TO which snail SOM birds am,
Quail We're attracted. Nam we're .ynilowed nm
Nv Lpndr,ds in tho flames Two mr. thrcr
s:or"S"d n,lil were tnunI ~ilf,lcss nv thr sifn nj
The chm rrcd stack on me followin ,ay.
4 innitor M n Vale University building n fcvv
n;chts ago picked IN two wUoICuck which had
flown AGAINST the building during the prcyinus
nirht and had bccn killed. Ii il sIIunoscd ihn,
the birds were draw n toward the structure nv
Tho hriyhtnc.s of the lights inside.
Jnin Henderson of Springfield has bccn on n
dnrLin- tour of the Thimhie Islands or stony
Croet ;nr ,Nn ycrta On saturday niTht Will
he Inv in his bunk in one of the LITTLE island
house, he heard the notes and calls OF a flight ot
orihrrn.h0nn heron ducks mud Mover nvcr
head lie went out. but could sec nothing. and he
ben, over TO Set his boat lantern ont OF view &C
thnt is lirt, would not obscure his sight A,
he arose A sound like the swish OF A bullet mad.
MIN dr.w hark and the next instant he fcIt tL,
wind from moving wings. Then n nrir Of wild
pigeons shot with n crash into the lantern
smashing ii and killing themselves. A night