CHESTED ELYCATCHEK. 



27 



Syrphus sp. 



Nadata gibbosa. 



DIPTERA (flies). 



1| Tabanus sp 



LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies, moths). 

 1 | Dryocampa rubicunda. . 



HEMIPTERA (bugs). 



Sinea diadema, 



Metapodius femoratus . 



Nezara hilaris 



Nezara sp 



Euschistus sp 



Brochymena arborca 5 



Smilia sp 1 



Ceresa bubala 1 



Thelia uhleri 1 



ORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets). 



Scudderia sp 1 | Tettix sp 



NEUROPTERA (lace-winged flies, etc.). 

 Chrysopa sp. 2 | Mantispa sp 



VERTEBRATE. 

 Lizard (Anolis carolinensis) 3 



Vegetable food. — The vegetable food consists of small fruits and a 

 ' little rubbish. Thirteen different species of fruit were identified, but 

 no one was eaten to a much greater extent than the others. Some 

 fruit was eaten in every month except April, but more than half of 

 all was taken in August, when it amounts to 16.62 per cent of the 

 food of that month. For the year it aggregates 5.36 per cent. Rub- 

 bish is only 0.94 per cent and is probably accidental. 



The following fruits were found in the stomachs : 



Mulberry (Morus sp.) 3 



Pokeberry (Phytolacca decandra) 2 



Sassafras (Sassafras variifolium) 2 



1 



3 



2 



Grape ( Vitis sp.) 2 



Rough-leaved cornel (Cornus aspen- 

 folia) T 



Huckleberry (Gaylussacia sp.). . . 



Blueberry ( Vaccinium sp.) 



Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) 

 Fruit not further identified 



Spicebush (Benzoin sestivale) v .. 



Blackberry and raspberry (Rubus sp.) 



Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) 



Wild bird cherry (Prunus pennsyl- 



vanica) 



Virginia creeper (Psedera quinque- 



folia) 



Summary. — From the foregoing it is evident that the crested 

 flycatcher does little if any harm. It is a very desirable bird to have 

 about the orchard or garden, since it does not attack any cultivated 

 crop. As its natural nesting site is a cavity in a partially decayed 

 tree, it can probably be induced to nest in properly constructed 

 boxes, if such are placed in the orchard or other suitable situations. 

 Thus it can be induced to live in orchards and woodland not now 

 frequented by it because of the lack of nesting sites, and eventually 

 no doubt a substantial increase in its numbers can be effected. 



