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��north, (linvtly in the face of the breeze, ami to Wat against it in orOer to reach the land at all.

Further Septonilier studies confirmed Ihie solution. For each out- jutting point of land to the east — WHeh Point. Pond Point and the lesser projection of Meadow's End — sheltered its resting or hovering companies of "monarchs" and dragonflies. Each point, too. was the launching place for one or another of the insects, or of Imtli; and. although some moved along the curve of shore, many took the more hazardous, hut shorter, route over the water. Even Charles Island, midway between the two arms of the cove, held its resting migrants or

���t Mllford some

��shore. Occ«- grntlng sontb-

��iti we-twaid flMug uuil^ which, owing to the small size of this land area mu>.t ha\f bien bred upon the mainland.

The continued northward flight of both birds and inseets, however, even after tlicy have gained the Connecticut shore, seems to require a further explanation. This missing factor may be found in the mere presence of the Stratford marshes and the broad Housatonic waters wliic'h they border. For, although some migrants pass directly west over Milford Point, over these meadows and the Housatonic River, others (birds and insects alike) sn'ee|) northward to circle this sub-

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