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headed Woodpecker are found in the more open forest where dead or decay- 
ing stumps and branches offer nesting sites and food at the same time. In 
the dense, dark woods they are seldom met with. 
OTHER COMMON BIRDS. 
Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). Red-eyed Vireo. This vireo is quite common 
in the thick maple woods. It arrives about the first of May when the trees 
are partially leaved out and insects are plentiful. It is usually found among 
the branches of maple and oak, preferring the former. The nest is composed 
of plant fiber, fine strips of bark, grasses and spider webs. The food of 
adults consists principally of caterpillars, spiders, bugs, small beetles and 
ants. Two nestlings were taken which had eaten caterpillars, spiders, and 
beetles. 
Asio wilsonianus. (Less). American Long-eared Owl. During March 
and the first part of April these owls are very common, often three or four 
being found together in an evergreen. On one occasion a flock of seven 
were found roosting in a small arbor vitae. During the day they seldom 
venture out of the protecting evergreens. The Blue Jay is possibly their 
worst enemy, although it is not able to do them any material injury. When 
one of these owls is found by a jay an alarm is instantly raised and soon all 
the birds in the vicinity are there scolding and making a great racket. Not 
until he retreats to some more secluded spot will he be left in peace. Their 
food consists of deer and field mice, many pellets picked up under their roosts 
containing portions of the skull and other bones with the hairs of these 
mammals. 
Spizella socialis (Wils.). Chipping Sparrow. While this sparrow is not 
confined to the forest it is found there in large numbers especially in the 
more open spots where there are maple and apple trees. It shows little 
fear of man and often hops around picking up crumbs as they drop from 
the hand. The food found in ten stomachs consisted of insects and weed 
seeds, caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers and ants, and constituted the major 
part of the insect food while the seeds of crab-grass ( Polygonum aviculare), 
pigeon grass ( Syntherisma sanguinalis) , clover, ragweed ( Ambrosia artemi- 
siaefolia ), chick-weed, and furslane constituted the principal vegetable 
food. The nests are usually composed of grasses and horse hairs, both 
of which can be picked up in the vicinity and are built all the way from six 
to twenty feet above the ground. Maples and apple trees are generally 
selected, the latter being preferred. 
C, E N ER A L < ) BSER VATIO N S . 
During the migration several species of warblers pass through the forest the 
Magnolia Black and White, Myrtle, Black-throated Green, Black-throated 
Blue, and Redstart beingthe most common. Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers 
nest in the decayed limbs of apple, oak and maple trees. Flickers also nest 
in the old apple trees* and are quite common in the adjacent orchard. King- 
birds and Crested Flycatchers both nest here, the former choosing the open 
forest while the latter inhabits the denser portions. The Wood Fewee is 
commonly met with in the darker woods where a few nests have been found 
saddled into a horizontal limb usually about twenty feet from the ground. 
Scarlet Tangers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are generally found in the 
damp woods on the flood-plain where a few nests of each have been found. 
