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IN an interesting article (NATURE, November 10) upon bird migration and Mr. Power's recently published “Ornithological Notes”, Sir T. Digby Pigott expresses surprise at the latter's conclusions that in the large autumnal migrations the birds invariably fly “almost directly against the wind even when it approaches a stiff breeze”.
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HOLLIS, W. The Flight of Birds against the Wind. Nature 85, 107 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/085107b0
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