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Hoy (1852) notes that sapsuckers visit "the orchards during 

 September and October to feed upon the inner bark of the peach 

 . . . , girdling the stems so effectually as not infrequently to kill the 

 trees." 



Hog plum (Prunus injucunda). — Stone Mountain, Ga. (A. A. and 

 A. M. 194). 



Wild red plum (Prunus americana). — Florida (A. M. 199); Illi- 

 nois (F. 26424). 



Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) . — Missouri (A. M. 197). 



Wild goose plum 



(Prunus Jiortulana). — 



Courtney, Mo. (A. M. 198) . 



Garden plum (Prunus 

 domestica). — Illinois (F. 

 26423); Wisconsin, (Hoy, 

 1865). 



Cultivated cherry 

 (probably Prunus 

 avium). — The sapsucker 

 is "very fond of cherry 

 sap " (J. P. Moore, Easton, 

 Pa., Oct. 9, 1887). It 

 "visits the orchards dur- 

 ing September and Oc- 

 tober to feed upon the 

 inner bark of the . . . 

 cherry, girdling the stems 

 so effectually as not infre- 

 quently to kill the trees" 

 (Hoy, 1852). 



Bitter cherry (Prunus 

 (Fig. 8.) 



Western choke cherry (Padus demissa). — California (A. M. 190). 



Wild black cherry (Padus serotina). — Erie, Pa., Todd; Washing- 

 ton, D. C; Randolph County, W. Va., (H. 6801a); Wisconsin, Hoy 

 (1865); southern Arizona (A. A. and A. M. 188). 



Islay (Laurocerasus ilicifolia). — California (A. A. and A. M. 185). 



the mimosa family (mimosauele). 



Fifteen species of this family become arborescent in the United 

 States, only one of which, so far as known, is attacked by sapsuckers. 

 Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). — Arizona (A. M. 174). 



Fig. 8.— Sapsucker work on bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata). 



emarginata). — Oregon (A. A. 191). 



