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BULLETIN 1165, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



During the 10 years 51 different species of birds have nested 

 on this tract, the number present in any one year varying from 27 

 to 39, and the number of nesting pairs from 48 in 1911 to 105 in 1917, 

 the maximum to date. (See Table 5). 



Table 5. — Birds nesting on 55 acres at Viresco, Va. 



Species. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Bobwhite 











1 



1 







1 



1 

 1 





Mourning dove 













1 



1 





fScreech owl 















Yellow-billed cuckoo 

















1 



1 



Hairy woodpecker 









1 







1 

 1 

 1 

 2 







Downy woodpecker 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 

 1 

 2 



1 



1 

 2 



\ 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 5 

 1 

 2 



1 



Flicker 



1 



Whippoorwill 



1 



1 





1 



1 



1 



Ohimnfiv swift .. 



1 



Hummingbird 







1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



1 













Kingbird 





1 



...... 



1 



1 







1 

 1 

 2 

 5 

 3 

 1 

 2 



1 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 7 

 1 

 1 



1 



Crested flvcatcher 



1 

 2 

 2 



1 

 1 

 3 

 1 



1 

 3 

 2 



2 

 1 

 1 



3 



*Phoebe 



2 



*Wood pewee 



3 



Acadian flvcatcher 



5 



Blue jav 





1 



Crow 





1 





1 



1 



tMeadowlark. 





1 



tOrchard oriole 









1 















tPurple grackle 















1 



■""2" 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 1 







Grasshopper sparrow 



1 



1 

 1 

 3 

 6 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 2 

 3 

 2 







1 

 2 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 8 

 2 



2 

 2 

 1 



1 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 1 

 4 

 ...... 



i 



3 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 6 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 7 

 ...... 



1 



1 



Chipping sparrow 



1 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 9 

 5 

 3 

 2 



1 

 7 

 3 



I 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 7 

 2 

 2 

 3 



3 



*Field sparrow 



3 

 6 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



6 





7 



*Chewink 



1 



*Cardinal 



4 





7 



*Scarlet tanager .-^ 



1 





1 





8 



Yellow-throated vireo 



1 



*Wliite-eved vireo 



1 





2 



t Worm-aating warbler 





jf arula warbler 





1 





























1 



8 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 7 

 2 



1 

 5 



5 



i 





3 



4 



4 



6 



6 



9 



6 



tLo lisiana water-thrush 







4 

 2 

 1 



1 

 3 



4 

 2 



2' 

 2 



5 



1 

 1 

 2 



4 



1 



3 

 3 



1 

 2 

 5 



5 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 7 



4 

 2 



2 



4 

 5 



1 



6 

 2 



1 

 3 

 7 

 1 



1 



5 

 6 



? 



*Chat 



4 



Hood'='d warbler 



2 



*Redstart 



5 



*CatInrd 



4 











1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 ...... 



1 



1 





1 

 1 

 2 



1 

 2 



1 





2 



1 



1 

 1 



1 

 2 



""2 



1 



1 



1 

 2 







9 



*Tufted titmouse 



1 



1 



3 





1 







3 



2 

 2 



4 

 4 

 2 



3 

 2 



i 



4 

 1 



1 



.2 



Robin 



1 



2 



Bluebird 





1 





1 



1 











Total number of species 



27 



48 



30 

 53 



32 

 63 



29 

 74 



34 



81 



36 

 95 



38 



105 



37 



SI 



36 



85 



39 





100 



Present every year. 



t Present only one year. 



Rantoul, III. — On a 400-acre tract near Rantoul, 111., counts were 

 made in four years, from 1916 to 1920. There are two small orchards, 

 together amounting to about 5 acres, with a garden near the house 

 and hedges and large trees about the buildings. Of the remainder 

 of the tract, about 300 acres were planted each year in corn and oats 

 and 50 acres were in permanent pasture and meadow. The birds 

 found breeding here have varied from 231 pairs of 35 species, to 340 

 pairs of 48 species, averaging 293 pairs and 42 species on the 400 acres, 

 or 73 pairs per 100 acres. 



