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purpose of sliootiny- all Sapsuckeis seen there. I found last 

 year's tree again in use and those in use July 34 and 35 tempor- 

 arily ahandoned. From 10 to 10. 48 the Sapsuekers seen spent 

 all their time catching- insects on the \ving, sometimes flying fifty 

 teet lor them. Hunnninghirds were numerous, and, as I had 

 noticed was the case with this orchard, were unmolested even 

 when dipping within a foot of a Sapsucker. At 11.15 ^ iii'cd 

 while a Ilunnner and young Sapsucker were l)oth dipping and 

 and killed the Woodpecker. 



At 11.47 ^ tried again and killed a Sapsucker and male Hum- 

 mer with the same charge. At 1 3.13 a female Hummer came 

 and dipped for forty seconds. At 12.27 I shot another young 

 Sapsucker and at 12.34 '* fomlh. As T left the orchartl a female 

 Hummer was dipping. 



On August 10 I spent from 5.30 p. m. until 6.30 at Orchard 

 No. 4. A young Sapsucker and Ilunnner were in the drilled 

 tree during the entire hour. Although I climbed into the tree 

 to put maple syrup in the cup, the Woodpecker did not leave the 

 branches. Neither bird took any syrup. 



On Aug. 13 I reached Orchard No. 3 at 6.40 a. m. At 7.09 

 a Hvmimer buzzed in my face so near that I was startled antl 

 waved her oft'. At 7.15 a Hummer was dipping in a canoe 

 birch near by. At 7.17 I fired at her but missed. She dipped 

 again at 7.29. At 7-3^ I fired again and failed. At 7-37 '^'^^ w^'f^ 

 dipping again and then perched near by. She dipped again at 

 7.45 and 7.49 and I tried a third shot which was successful. At 

 7. 58 a female hummer was dipping in the same spot. At 8. 07 



1 left without having seen a Woodpecker but with the certainty 

 that more than a single pair of Hummers used Orchard No. 2. 



On Aug. 14 at 3 p.m. Hummingbirds were using Orchard No. 



2 but the supply of sap was diminishing and no Woodpeckers 

 were to be seen. I shot away a small limb which I noticed the 

 the Humming birds perched upon, and a few moments later one 

 returned and flew in zigzag lines near the spot, searching for the 

 missing twig. The same or another bird repeated the search a 

 few minutes later. At 4 p. m. I reached Orchard No. i which 

 seemed deserted, nothing coming during an hour and a half. 

 Great streams of frothy sap extended down the bark to the ground 

 and formed a moist spot on the leaves and mould. The trees 

 smelled sour and the lower sap tasted sour. I climbed to the 



