New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-27

not who bers pftcously for ''just one more
cateruillar'' But mother hirl is memorable, and
STANDS litue ways out Of reach With the juic-
Test uorscl she can find once out ne never re-
turns. no matter il we catch the little bird
before be finishes his first flight and replace
him. the magic spell o. home is broken, and he
Is out again the instant our hand frees him.
What "a change The first night brings, And yet
with uufa.-Lus instinct he s4uats on some tHis.
tufts Up has feathers. tulA- hIs wee head behind
his wing. and So. Us the sleep " bis first adult
birlhoo8 as soul1.y as il this position of rest
had heeE familiar TO him since De broke through
Els shell.
We admire has aptitude for learning: how
quickly has wings gain strength and -hil- how
soon hc manages 10 catch bis own dinner bur
how All this pales before TIE ao.o17pil. d uaut of
e youug brush turkey or mouudbuLGer Of the
snjip05es Matched SIX or eight feet under
ground merely by the heat denying yegstlti BEE.
10 fond parents administer 70 his wants. Not
only must be escape from the shell ia the
pressure and darkness OF mis- underground
prison chow We cannot jelD. but ne is then oorl-
PEELED 10 Gig through SIX feet Of leaves and
mould before De reaches the sunlight He finds
himse.f vel feathered. and at once spreads his
small but perfect wings and goes hun"lns oil
10 seek has DsIug alone and untauIAt
the birds Weeks ago the first migrants started
on their southwark journey. the more deli. ate
insect eaters going first. before the gal1HnChes
anI other Iate uesters had haf finished house
keeping The northern Warble-s drft past Us
southward-the maEuoIian. hackaurnian, Cana
dan Gy-cat,hing blalk-thrOated green and otl-
ers. bringing Uh.Gs OF spruce and balsam 10
those Of Us Who have lived with them III The
Canadian forests.
IT'S getting too cold for tho Attc fellows
SAYS the u.is.acre who sees sou watching the
smaller birds as they pass sguth"ard- is il,
thouShs What OF the tUy winter wren which
ere,.ss the zero weather with US. His coat ls
10 v.7-rue- than those birds which have gone 10
the f.r tropics. And what ~ The ho.ks OF
birds which We occasionally come across III mo-
winter OF species which generally migrate TO
Brazu2 Ar il is not the cold which ceIriHes
Us Of our summer friends CT al least the great
majority OF them. ID is the decrease IN 1000
eur1ly. Insects disappear. and only those birds
Nhi.b feed on seeds and buds or CLEAN an m
Set diet from the creyices Of fence and tree
trunk can abide.
This is the month 10 climb out on the roof
~ ,olr house. Die or your back and listen lie
IS a stolld person indeed who as not moved by
the chirps and twItteTs which come down
through the darkness There Is no better Nay
20 show what a wonderful power sound has
uuaH or memories There is robins note, and
s--ing seems here again: through the night
comes a Whitethroa.'s chirp, and We see again
she FOG dimmed fields OF a Nova Scouan up
laus. a sAncpiper 'peets." and the scene ~ or
minds eve as Instantly changes and SO on
when the moon rises turn your telescope on IL
or an of,era glass viii answer admirably. Now
sir,, comes to tie aid OF our ears and dots OF
tlarlz fash across the bright surface When
my ewes become accustomed 10 the glare these
ha,-o-,e more distinct and We realize that the
rnoon's face cuts a minute sWath through The
horde OF migrating birds passing over Us. What
q revelation II We could see as In daylight foT
n few rromentsi The sky would be pltied Win
thousands upon thousands Of birds, Tying from
a few hundred yards 10 as high as three OF
four miles above the earth
II only ADDS 10 the interest Of this phenom-
eDop when We turn TO our learned books on
birds for an explanation Of the origin OF migfa-
tion and the whence and whittier OF the long
goyrneys 10y day and night, and hnd-no answer!
This is one Of the greatest OF many mysteries
OF the natural world OF which little is known
although much is guessed, and the bright sep
tprnter nights may reveal 10 any OF Us Se kho"