Sept. ar, rorg Birds and Chestnut Blight 415 
TaBLE II.—Rainfall related to birds as carriers of the chestnut-blight fungus—Continued 
Rainfall in inches. Number | Number 
No. Locality where Date of En- | of fungus 
of shot Killed dothia ores not 
Date West Date Martic |bird.| (Pennsylvania). * | parasitica | Endothia 
" |Chester, Pa. * | Forge, Pa. spores. | parasitica, 
12 31,111 4131333 
13 25,000 260, 000 
14 ° 90, 000 
1s ° ° 
16 ° 80, 000 
17 6, 366 78, 691 
18 
5,000 140, 000 
Ig |..... 5,655 28, 245 
20 |....- ° 130, 000 
2t | Martic Forge ; 5,780 115,607 
a2 |..... do 7) 502 330, 082 
23 | West Chester. 254,019 49,985 
24 | Martic Forge. ° 90,000 
2s | West Chester. 27,108 132,530 
59 742 5971427 
624,342 346,390 
° 
27,933 
° 28,571 
° 51,724 
° 16,000 
TaBLE III.—Relation of maximum number of spores of the chestnut-blight fungus carried 
to periods of maximum rainfall 
Rainfall in inches. Number of 
Date Locality where bird was shot Eadothia 
: bird was (Pennsylvania). 2p 
West Ches-} nate Martic shot. parasitica 
Date. | ter, Pa. Forge, Pa. carried. 
West Chester. 
Martic Forge. | 595 742 
eae CO ce son citiaresisa’ stale Aearaiale vie -siedlefetets 624,341 
