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and it now remains to be seen whether the birds will have any con- 

 siderable effect in preventing the ravages of the codling moth. No 

 other orchard in the neighborhood will produce any fruit this sea- 

 son, with one exception. The nearest orchard, situated directly 

 opposite on the estate across the way, has not been ravaged by 

 the canker-worms. This exemption is due principally to the efforts 

 of the owner, who has banded his trees with tarred paper and has 

 used tree ink faithfully and well upon the paper. He has also 

 taken pains to clear the nests of the tent caterpillar from the trees. 

 This orchard, being nearest to the one visited by the chickadees, was 

 also an object of their attention, and this may account somewhat 

 for the reduction of the pests in this place. 



The record of these observations, incomplete as it is, is given 

 for what it is worth as a contribution to the literature on this most 

 interesting and important subject. 



