﻿OBSERVATIONS 
  IN" 
  1905. 
  17 
  

  

  wood 
  pewee, 
  orchard 
  oriole, 
  lark 
  sparrow, 
  cardinal, 
  painted 
  bunting, 
  

   purple 
  martin, 
  and 
  mockingbird. 
  The 
  orchard 
  oriole 
  and 
  the 
  painted 
  

   bunting 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  numerous 
  and 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  seen 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  among 
  the 
  cotton 
  plants. 
  Of 
  the 
  stomachs 
  examined 
  from 
  this 
  

   locality 
  only 
  about 
  5 
  percent 
  contained 
  boll 
  weevil 
  remains. 
  Four 
  

   of 
  the 
  18 
  orchard 
  orioles 
  examined 
  had 
  eaten 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  6 
  boll 
  weevils, 
  

   and 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  20 
  painted 
  buntings 
  examined 
  had 
  eaten 
  1 
  weevil 
  

   each. 
  

  

  Cameron, 
  July 
  24-26. 
  — 
  Cotton 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  flourishing 
  condition 
  

   here 
  as 
  at 
  Cuero 
  and 
  Gurley. 
  

  

  Weevils 
  were 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  quite 
  numerous. 
  Twenty-five 
  hills 
  of 
  

   tall 
  cotton 
  in 
  a 
  bottom-land 
  field 
  were 
  searched 
  and 
  9 
  adult 
  weevils 
  

   found, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  crawling 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stalks. 
  Over 
  

   50 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  squares 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  were 
  infested. 
  

  

  Birds 
  were 
  rather 
  scarce, 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  which 
  were 
  at 
  all 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  in 
  the 
  cotton 
  fields 
  being 
  the 
  orchard 
  oriole, 
  lark 
  sparrow, 
  scissor- 
  

   tailed 
  flycatcher, 
  and 
  quail. 
  Of 
  the 
  9 
  orchard 
  orioles 
  taken, 
  4 
  had 
  

   eaten 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  7 
  weevils. 
  One 
  painted 
  bunting 
  and 
  1 
  least 
  flycatcher 
  

   were 
  taken, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  eaten 
  a 
  boll 
  weevil. 
  

  

  Columbus, 
  July 
  28-29. 
  — 
  Cotton 
  was 
  well 
  advanced 
  here, 
  as 
  at 
  

   localities 
  previously 
  visited, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  had 
  been 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  the 
  cotton 
  leaf-worm, 
  which 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  attractive 
  food 
  for 
  

   the 
  birds. 
  Weevils 
  were 
  very 
  scarce, 
  some 
  fields 
  being 
  very 
  slightly 
  

   infested, 
  others 
  containing 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  percent 
  of 
  infested 
  squares. 
  

   Birds 
  also 
  were 
  rather 
  scarce, 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  seen 
  in 
  any 
  numbers 
  

   being 
  the 
  orchard 
  oriole. 
  Of 
  8 
  orioles 
  examined, 
  2 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  

   have 
  eaten 
  1 
  weevil 
  each. 
  

  

  Beeville, 
  August 
  3-22. 
  — 
  During 
  this 
  period 
  cotton 
  picking 
  was 
  in 
  

   full 
  progress, 
  and 
  although 
  in 
  some 
  fields 
  the 
  dry 
  weather 
  was 
  

   beginning 
  to 
  retard 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  new 
  buds, 
  many 
  blossoms 
  were 
  

   opening 
  every 
  day. 
  

  

  Weevils 
  were 
  abundant 
  and 
  quite 
  evenly 
  distributed. 
  On 
  August 
  

   7 
  the 
  fallen 
  squares 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  20 
  hills 
  of 
  cotton, 
  and 
  in 
  them 
  

   were 
  found 
  74 
  weevil 
  larvae, 
  39 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  dead, 
  evidently 
  as 
  a 
  

   result 
  of 
  the 
  hot 
  weather. 
  On 
  August 
  20, 
  50 
  hills 
  were 
  examined 
  for 
  

   adult 
  weevils, 
  and 
  43 
  individuals 
  found. 
  The 
  cotton 
  leaf-worm 
  had 
  

   appeared 
  only 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  numbers 
  and 
  in 
  isolated 
  spots. 
  

  

  Birds 
  were 
  abundant 
  about 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  fields, 
  in 
  the 
  mesquite 
  

   thickets, 
  and 
  along 
  roadsides. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  certain 
  species 
  also 
  

   visited 
  the 
  cotton 
  fields 
  daily. 
  Of 
  the 
  birds 
  collected 
  here, 
  about 
  15 
  

   percent 
  had 
  taken 
  the 
  boll 
  weevil, 
  41 
  individuals 
  of 
  8 
  species 
  having 
  

   eaten 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  129 
  weevils. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  

   (August) 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  species 
  of 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  cotton 
  fields 
  was 
  

   the 
  painted 
  bunting 
  (Cyanospiza 
  ciris). 
  From 
  100 
  to 
  200 
  of 
  these 
  

   birds 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  field 
  nearly 
  every 
  morning. 
  After 
  about 
  

  

  