Weihaiwei, Aug. 8—The first stragglers which precede the autumn migrations have already inspired me to re-read the notes of Henry Seebohm who was the first real ornithologist to survey the great breeding-grounds in Siberia. Seebohm had originally acquired a number of theories about migration from his observations in Europe: he practically considered migrations as "wanderings" and denied the existence of "highways" or "fylines"; but his Siberian experiences some sixty years ago changed his views and enabled him to lay-the foundations of our existing knowledge which traces the routes taken by birds passing with great regularity, up and down, through China and its seaboard. Among other theories, he became very interested in the suggestion that Southern forced to leave their ancient homes in order to survive. This glacial period, he remarks, lasted about 120,000 years... time enough for
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