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THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS
did we see, save only the wreckage—the feeble that fell out by the way." On April 10th a sudden bitter northerly gale sprang up, and two hours later the steamer was the goal of hundreds of birds, no longer able to face the adverse wind. These were blue-headed wagtails, swallows, martins, pipits, wheatears, nightjars, and lesser kestrels. He thinks that the strong ones may have passed on but all the others perished (12).
