Last week several thousand robins, wrens and starlings, migrating from their winter homes, were lost in a fog off New York Harbor. Happily, they found refuge on the steamship, Elbro, anchored near Ambrose Light. Some were killed by dashing themselves against the cabins of the ship. Bird-lovers were touched but, most of the world knew naught of feathered events, at a time when French birdmen had found no refuge and U. S. birdmen were preparing to migrate across the Atlantic.
Nungesser & Coli. More than eight days...
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