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found to be very poisonous to all grazing animals. Asclepias mexicana 

 and A. pumila are also known to be poisonous. 



In the South A. verticillata is looked on as an antidote in snake 

 poisoning. 



PILEATED WOODPECKER VISITS DOORYARD 



Madel Strong Heselton 



The writer has been receiving visits from a pileated woodpecker. I 

 first heard him in some woods just back of the house during the summer 

 and fall and one day in October, upon hearing the call very near the 

 house, I rushed out to find the bird on a small willow tree at the 

 foot of our garden, less than 10 rods from the house. All through 

 the winter (1919-1920) he has repeated his visits and I have had fine 

 opportunities to see him both with and without field glasses. I have 

 been much interested for it is the first time that I have ever seen the 

 bird alive. 



I am feeding a large flock of chickadees and nuthatches, among 

 them a pair of red-breasted ones, and a pair each of downy and hairy 

 woodpeckers. They come to my feeding place, high up under the edge 

 of our back piazza, where I keep doughnuts on nails and suet, pork, 

 bones and butternuts. Often there are a dozen birds at a time, this 

 being the largest number of birds I have entertained in many years. 



Since the heavy snow I have had redpolls and tree sparrows and 

 goldfinches but I am so afraid that the cat will get them that I do 

 not encourage them for I know that neighboring barns offer an abun- 

 dance of food and shelter. 



In Woodstock several ladies are feeding a fiock of 18 or more 

 evening grosbeaks but I have not been privileged to see them this 

 winter. I have a neighbor who is feeding as many birds as I am and 

 three fiying squirrels and two red squirrels in addition. 



REPORT ON VERMONT HEPATICAE FOR 1919 



Annie Lorenz 

 The only addition for 1919 is Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin, 

 collected by Dr. Evans at Jericho in 1903, which had been listed as 

 A. punctatus L. The writer collected A. crispulus at Ascutneyville, 



