220 A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



Papilio troilus (Fig. 298), rears its young on the spicebush. 

 Epeira gigas, Neocosoma arabesca (Figs. 304, 305) are character- 

 istic spiders hanging their webs on the taller shrubs, though 



they are even more abundant 

 in the oak-hickory associa- 

 tion. 



This forest is the home of 

 many birds. The ovenbird 

 builds its overarched nest on 

 the ground. The wood pewee 

 calls plaintively from the 

 quiet deeps of the woods. 

 The evening song of the wood 

 thrush lends charm to the 

 quiet hour. Both these and 

 the red-eyed vireo, the scarlet 

 tanager, and the great crested 

 flycatcher nest in the shrubs and low trees. During migration 

 the tree tops are alive with warblers; the black and white creep- 

 ing and the yellow warblers remain to nest. The red-shouldered 



FIG. 294. The horned Passalus and 

 its larva, Passalus cornutus. 



FIG. 295 



FIG. 296 



FIGS. 295, 296: Fig. 295. Fungus beetles: a, Diaperis maculata; b, Pisemis 

 humeralis; c, Boletotherus bifurcus; Fig. 296. The wood frog, Rana sylvatica. 



hawk, together with some other hawks, nest early in the taller 

 trees. At dusk the call of the little screech owl, a wavering 

 minor whistle, and the hoot of the great horned owl are heard. 

 These nest in February in the hollows of the trees. 



