...in Minnesota, and many flocks pass still farther north. The most remarkable feature of this movement is found in the sex of the migrants. It is the females that migrate, leaving the males to brave the winter's cold. Mr. Miller, of Heron Lake, Minn., fairly states the case when he says : "...

...in Minnesota, and many flocks pass still farther north. The most remarkable feature of this movement is found in the sex of the migrants. It is the females that migrate, leaving the males to brave the winter's cold. Mr. Miller, of Heron Lake, Minn., fairly states the case when he says : "...

...reports of Chickens being killed by flying against telegraph and telephone wires. WW Cooke, in "Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley, 1884-5," P- 104-6,...evening for a period of about two months in the spring. March 24 — Saw about a dozen Chickens "booming" for the first time this spring, upon a low, flat-topped...

...an early cold snap immense flocks come from the northern prairies to southern Iowa, while in mildj open winters the migration is much less pronounced....evening for a period of about two months in the spring. March 24 — Saw about a dozen Chickens "booming" for the first time this spring, upon a low, flat-topped...

...in Minnesota, and many flocks pass still farther north. The most remarkable feature of this movement is found in the sex of the migrants. It is the females that migrate, leaving the males to brave the winter's cold. Mr. Miller, of Heron Lake, Minn., fairly states the case when he says: 'The...