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billed Cuckoos that were coming and going all the time I was there, 
and they were eating large quantities of larve. ‘The young would take 
a larva and work it over with the bill for a long time, and then swallow 
it. The old ones would take a larva, beat it on a limb a few times, and 
swallow it. Most of the birds were gone by 8.30 a.m. ‘They were 
most plentiful between 5.30 and 7 a.m. The Cuckoos and Chickadees 
were coming and going all day.!. When we came in sight of the place 
after dinner we saw nine Crows fly to the edge of the stripped patch, 
and alight in the trees that were partially stripped, but when we tried 
to get near them, they flew away. When I went into the colony I 
found there were still two Crows there. I saw one of them eat three 
pups, then they took flight. Several species that were not seen to eat 
the moth were heard in the woods outside the stripped area. Among 
the number were the Red-eyed Vireo, Indigo Bird, Wood Thrush, Che- 
wink, Maryland Yellow-throat, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chest- 
nut-sided and Yellow Warblers. 
Juty 12.—In the morning, when I came in sight of the place, I 
found the whole flock of Crows there, and could hear them feeding 
their young very frequently. When I tried to get near enough to see 
what they were doing, they all flew away. The Grosbeaks were back 
again to-day. They kept on the farther side of the tract, and were eat- 
ing both pups and larve when they could be observed. The Black- 
billed Cuckoos were eating great numbers of the larvae, as was the case 
yesterday. There were three of them in sight at one time, and they 
were coming and going all day. The Blue Jays were around the col- 
ony all the time, just outside the stripped area, and when seen were 
eating both pup and larve. They are so shy that it is very hard to 
get near them. There were a great many Chickadees 
flying back and forth through the colony. Each one 
would stop now and then, take a larva from the trunk, 
take it to a branch, and with its feet on the larva would 
pull it to pieces and eat it. A pair of Phosbes came to 
the colony about 8 o’clock and remained-nearly two hours, and caught 
all the male moths that came near them. One of the Great-crested 
Flycatchers was in and out of the colony at intervals all day, taking 
food to its young in a hollow apple tree near by. I saw the pair take 
all forms of the moth to-day, — caterpillar, pupa, and male and female 
moths. They would hop along on a branch, and at a distance might 
be taken for Robins. I saw them take five pups, two larvee, and two 
female moths, besides a great many male moths, and carry them to 
their young. A Kingbird also came, remained nearly half an hour, and 
took many male moths. 
JuLy 13.— The Crows were in the colony when I arrived, and all 
+ Most birds leave the defoliated woods during the hotter part of the day, re- 
tiring to the cool shade, and feeding in the stripped woods mostly at morming 
and night. 
