Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1921, Page 27

L) " THE E%EN'ING STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY.. OCTOBER 18, 1921. ° bird appeared in the clrcle of vision, | were seen, the‘tdentity of which could | 18.—A decreo has been entered in the ers to meet on October 25 st 10 aan. the observer sald, “ a number of spe- | w0t be determined. circuit court of Spotsylvania county i?.i.‘.flfi..’i%;’?{.}“‘"“ of thelr duties a3 cles” were identified. Morc of the ':""’"“"‘ M. G. Willls, George W.| " 'y imouth bridge case has here- red-winged blackbirds were recog- Shepherd, H. F. Crismond. 8. M. Jan- | tofore been removed from Stafford i e Sl Mot DETERMINE-BRIDGE PRICE ney and ‘H. K. Sweetser of this city | county to the eircuit court of Spotsyl- 8 tiania kind, as commissioners to ascertaln a just|vania county by Judge R. H. L. Ci in abundanco were meadow larks, of | commissioners Named by Court of | SOTPensation for taking over “the | chester. These procacdings conce:n BAND CONCERT. How Faets Are Learmed. Concert by the United States Bird Migration Little Guided |®“iiis. o = : S By Conditions of the Weather |issim Rty | gitie i80St { | 1 mako flights of 500 to 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico. birds come nearest to the earth, and 8. M. Zimmerman, directe 10 the use of small telescopes and field | | March, “Sons of Uncle Sam.” | | which several flocks were dis Falmouth bridge property by the |the bridge which spans the Rappi- - glasses where the passage of the birds MoCoy The purple grackle, sparro Spotsylvania County. state, to be used as a part of the|hannoc Falmouth, a portion . = - across the face of the moon or the mar-{ | Overture, “Orpheus”..Offenbach yellowhammer and onc specie | Richmond-Washington highway. hi carried away by ice Often Disregard Severe Storms in Starting Journeys— |row circle illuminated by it makes them | | Entracte—(u) “Love in April” | | duck were distinguisned, while sev- ® Shecial Dispateh to The Star. | The decree directs te commission 50, \'flsl“l::eofl?srp?vgu‘:lo(‘x:!. agolpostea (b) “The 1u',c!;\!\”l)" 1 {eral flocks of birds resembling gulls FREDERICKSB" . . r e B {riens | Do Most Flying By Night—Facts Recently himself in the vicinity of Three| | Gems from musical comedy, 5 Lakes, Wis.,, where he could the bet- “The Rainbow Girl”....Hirsch Learned About Habits. ter record the bird calls that he might | | Fox trot intermezzo, “Fancles,” hear in the dar The observa- tions weve - of Septemb E e cffort was Spencer pring, Valse de con Mushrooms Ornithologists declare it 1s almost) the next morning to appesse its | Terely to count”as ac b R anckes 3 tmpossible to tell what bird move- | hunger. curately as J the number o Star Spungled Banngr.” R o g nents will accompany weather condi- Fly About 40 Miles an Hour. bird calls in t e TSt i ¥ | ejuvenat]on inl‘ x]nndh-:p. mucyogu;n stem that lures with its templ- tions. One autumn it would appear | It 15 said that migrating birds do not lr:ta x:enrlllx;d ?‘rm O . T . = *a's; m:;:ldm _hfl:wnr.bm: uilp, a chocolate mushroom lavishly 3 g cration spoed | Fate i v crest In nature study in recent year: with crus ocolat the departure of the Lirds is hastencd by |fI¥ at their best. Their migration speed | L orqiq ™ | averag > 7 For = woman to look fresh and fragrant mbed cl te. that an Amer ornithotogist car- an. |18 usually from thirty to forty miles an : Sy | g 5 " ":: Sppeonch °'d“ """',';e:""“",'“fi:, o lana rarely i e ElRhtE| e L ried on observations during the last is not a matter of money. Garments that g,’:' ”{ more than a score of Milk A O D e e ight, alternating with | ornithologist compelled . . / ocolates ii conditlons, the flocks hang about the | ! 1.0\; l(:::rsc: :.;:et ;1(;1-‘;:“:\:2‘;0“:;: it o e iyt hn;e llaleen dm:arde;l can be made as crisp in a Cornwell Betty Box flclds and woods two or three weeks . ma sounds heard durin on_of the 5 a5 : ear autumn Inorning— : later. spring advance of birds vers slow, av- | night. when he calls wore at the rate k the moon,, The Oh: ‘: T:: “;_'l"; (L ‘(’: & Oue pound, $1.50 » s eraging for al pecies not more than | of thirty-six to the m 2 g ade le the moon | man ompany. . o One spring it may seem that the |twenty-three mile b d but with | At other times they 3 the Paitton tor tis waral tB A i pany. Matinee Mints, 55¢ ®dirds are held back by a heavy storm, |great v ations of dally ra among the | rate of two or three to the minute. 5 P TeCOT owed the passage ° 5 6 A i " ; e cen i o face jdifferent species. The highest record waus between 2 i e the disk of the J Call Main 4724-4725-472 Aromatic, savory, cooling the g G s and 3 o'clock in the morning J taste with their pungent mint of more unfavorable condit birds come north by the thousands. They often fail to leave E nnot be ascertained until tagging wnd to arrive in spring, when cir-lor banding of birds by metal rings_is Sumstances are propitious MOVO | carried out on a far more extensive In myriads when conditions are ad- [scale than has yet been p verse. The fact is. except in com-| Night migrants probably ave 936 calls were recorded durii 4 - was ¢ q 2 flavoring. Covered with milk or hour. The observer said. “At times that being the time I H 3 dark chocolate. the air seemed to be alive with hirds | 4 e glued to the as their calls rang out in the sile the 4 T . of night now sharply and then o CORNWELLS oo paratively few instances, bird mi- |distances in most of their fi and RN §75 parently farther away. There were : e ating moments when a flock secmed s iwBERIGh 5 mew ofinc | 2 of 4 gration doesn't proceed ~uniformly, |this is known to be the case with some | N€ar that the presence of the birds se in t to students of bird life. e¢ 3 415 H Sirect but In a series of advances inter- [species. The purple martin during the | COuld almost be felt. though dark-|especia pertains to their habits | | spersed with periods of rest and in- |spring of 1884 performed almost entire | N€8S veiled the procession from sight. | of migration over the land areas in activity. migration from New Orleans to Lake | Many varieties of bird voices could be | he northern half of the western hem- Many Migrate by Night. Winnipeg during twelve nights, an av- | Fecognized—the harsh squawk of the| (gphere. Brief as was the time each erage of 120 miles for each hight of | water fowl, the honk of the goose, Some birds migrate by day, but g8l & L GYCS 0T 1ot | migrants, | the musical chink of the bobolink, the most of them seek the cover of dark- |lika the ' gray-cheeked thrush, must | shrill notes of the warblers and the ness. Day migrants include ducks|Mmake still greater distances at a single ] sparrows as they passed southward in r! . |flight. =~ That most of them can fly | their journey all that night. and geese, which also migrate bY |several hundred miles without smpy The migratory movements of birds night; hawks, swallows, the night |ping is proved by the fact that they | has become a matter of so much in- hawk and the chimney swift. The | oo last two combining business and vleasure, catch their morning and | evening meal during a zigzag flight || that tends in the night direction. It Is said that daily advance of such wi g only a few miles, e hody of water is | s around rather ¥ pass an The night migrants include all the great family of |}l varbl the thrushes, fly catchers. ircos, tanagers, shore birds and most of the sparrows. They usually be- . gin their flight soon after dark and 2 . end it before dawn and go farther The Star delivered by regular carrier to your tefore than after midnight. | * . Night migration probably results home every evening and Sunday morning for 60 tn more casualties from natural ||} : causes than would occur If the birds cents a month costs you about 1} cents a day and made the same journey by 'da but, o the other hnd, theo is & decided | | 5 cents Sundays. &£ain in the matter o ‘ood supp! . For instance, a bird feeds all da: Telephone Main 5000 and on llho ?lm-x: uhrre of ‘1’1\9 \;;nf of ki Will S exlco; then, it waited until next lk (h morning to make its flight across . ivery wi tart at ce the gulf in the daytime it would ar- ive on the Mexicun coast at night- full and would have to wait until | % o varal THE SURETY OF ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY -Qgtez'n/ufiloch Suits and Overcoats for autumn are not a mere collection ashions. but a deliberate selectionr- hey sum up the well~weighed preferences of men of affairs, arrived or arriving. in whose appearance and activities flippancy plays no parts cur Breakfast Table. UTH'S SCRAPPLE! What mem- ories that word does awaken! - Memories of hot, stinulating break- fasts on shivery cold mornings. Mem- exies of countless tempting meals made frem this pure, wholesome pork prod- wet, so richly spiced and generously i - You can now enjoy those appetizing breakfasts DAY if you wish. 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