136 FROM BLOMIDON TO SMOKY. 



9.20. Young dips 39 times from 13 holes. 

 9.22. Goes out on limb. 



9.26. Male comes, dips 15 times from 9 holes. 



9.27. Male drills a new hole. Hummer comes and 

 goes ; gets nothing. 



9.28. Young flies north. 



9.30. Male catches insect on the wing, goes on limb. 



Catches another insect on wing. 

 9.32. Hear a hummer. Male drums. 

 9.34. Male dips from four hole. Flies west. 

 9.44. Male returns, dips 9 times, 7 holes, goes on limb 



drums, preens. 

 9.47. Hear drumming. 



9.50. Female comes from north, they chatter. Male 

 flies north. 



9.51. Female dips, goes on further side of tree and drills. 



9.52. Comes to cups, tastes syrup in one. 



9.53. Flies away, east. 



10.01. Male comes from north, dips 17 times, 12 holes. 

 10.03. Flies north. Hear a hummer. 



10.09. Female comes from east, dips in drills and then 

 from cup No. 1, 4 times. 



10.10. Flies east. 



10.37. Female comes. 



10.38. Male comes. Female dips 4 times in cup No. 1 

 and goes east. 



10.39. Male dips in 5 holes, taps on bark, preens. 

 10.42. Goes out on limb, scratches and preens. Seems 



to have lice. 

 10.45. Young comes. 



10.47. Male goes to another tree, undrilled, and begins 

 drilling. Young dips in 40 drills. 



10.48. Hummer comes. Young drives it off. 



10.50. Young stands on cups and dips in a few holes 

 many times. 



