Sept. 21, 1914 
Birds and Chestnut Blight 
413 
seeded with bacteria that it was impossible to get a reliable count of 
the number of fungous colonies, or even a test of the presence of colonies 
of Endothia parasitica. 
little or no trouble. 
TaBLE I.—Results of tests of birds Nos. 1 to 36 as fungus carriers as shown by cultures 
In most instances, however, the bacteria caused 
Number 
Number 
Locality where| __ . Number erential vaca of | of Endo- eon eg 
No. | Date. shot (Penn- | Kind of bird, | of cul- thia para- 
sylvania) tures and | fungous | ““sitica | Not Endo- 
. : yeasts colonies. | cionies. ar Pate: 
1912 
x | Dec. 1x] Tyrone........ Hairy wood- ee eres eee ere ie ear Oot ee aia ce i 
pecker. 
1913. E 
2 ‘eb. 21 | Martic Forge. .| Downy wood- 18 | 7,600, c00 156, 600 ° 12 
pecker, 
3 | Feb. 28 |..... WO iisreie sexi Junco..... ane 12 | 1,800,000 80, 000 ° 9 
Ade. cdOs cys .do. 12 56, 500 125,000 10, 000 14 
s | Mar. io ict 18 62, 500 642; 500 30; 000 Io 
6 | Mar. ro | West Chester..|..... d6...... 12 950, 000 1737333 73) 333 6 
9 loa sOs 6 vs e/staseve fies dds aitgas (RBS hr ae acetates 12 Hy 819 1735648 pes Bl 
B [ac cdOss vale scan Diwaccsdaen[ineisiee oO. on 12 76,000 328, 000 2, 000 O 
9 | Mar. 24 | Martic Forge... Flicker........ 12 |12, 910, 000 60, 000 ° 10 
ro | Mar. 28 |..... Ons aie Blomns eon 18 69,827 812, 164 757,074 6 
pecker 
xz | Mar. 3x |..... GOs. 835 en sane -wood- 18 190, 625 262, 500 15,625 mr 
pecker. 
x2 | Apr. 2 | York Furnace,|..... ce teats ne 12 | 2,964,444 444) 444 31,11 6 
13 fz-.do....[...5- 6 ooo iia iO, 8.5569 12 |18, 300,000 285,000 25,000 7 
14 fone dOe. dco = Oz os ae White breast 12 225,000 90, 000 ° 6 
ed nutha' 
1s | Apr. 4 | Martic Forge.. Duway wood- 12 (2) (2) (2) (2) 
pecker. 
16 | Apr. 7 |....- fs (sSoeamear eee Brown creeper. 12 40,000 80, 000 5 
I a a biteares (: (earner Golden - crown- 12 32,849 85,357 6, 566 5 
7 |...do.. : a ringiet 
e A 
18] Apr. 10 | 9 miles west of Sapsucker..... 12 170,000 145,000 51000 9 
Philadel 
hia. 
19 |...do. cee GO ie 05s093 babe tamara 12 96,045 33900 5,655 
ed nuthatch. 
20 |...do. smiles west of | Downy wood- 12 130, 000 130, 000 ° 
Philadel pecker. 
phia. 
80 6 
there Forge. .|....- Gs. csesssies 12 | 3,740,000 121,387 re 
a ao 7 es do..... ae Sapsucker..... 12 344,936 337) 584 7) 502 2 
23 | Apr. 18 | West Chester.. Brown creep- 14 102, 309 304; 004 254,019 
er. 
24 | Apr. 21 | Martic Forge.. se sino 14 |14, 925,000 90, 000 ° 4 
white creep- 
er. 
2s | Apr. 25 |....- do....... es Dewy. wood- 16 | 358,437 | 1591638 27,108 9 
pecker. a 
ic Forge..|...-- GO. wcsiediens 14 64; 338 657, 169 59) 742 
Fe ae = ae aes Re WO sisisraisinisieis 14 | 6,121,951 970, 731 624, 341 4 
28 “May 2° "Wrest Chester. Black-and- 14 478; 571 28, 581 ° I 
white creep- 
er. 
ag |...do.....|.-.+- dOleeien eee Hairy wood- 14 (2) () (2) (2) 
Pack-: a © @) @) 
artic Forge..| Black-and- 16 (2) 
Cad Gace a . white creep- 
a @ a (2) 
st Ble a 8) @) 
- 16 | 1,893,854 64; 245 36,312 5 
ecker. 
34 |...do POvenceses Bla ck-and- 16 18, 181 28,571 ° 5 
oe GO,.eecfesces is 
er. 
$6: [sxddolgsaebr ee. doiivenccn Hairy wood- 20) 172,413 51) 724 $ ° 
i Martic Forge. . eae d- 16 24,000 16, 000 ° 4 
Mai : 
SP | Maw white creep- 
er. 
@ Discarded; too heavily seeded with ba: 
cteria for reliable test. 
