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October 13 
Taking a short walk behind Ball*s Hill this moi’ning, 
I started a Hermit Thru^ and saw several Yellow-mmps, three 
or four 3mBf a GolderiB-orest and a 31a^-poll Warbler, 
Some freshly-throwiv-out earth by the side of the path at¬ 
tracted rsy attention to a hole six or eight inohes in i/idth 
by about a foot in depth which a alrunk had evidently 
excavated, for hie footprinte were plainly visible, Dir@ot3y 
in front of this shallow btjtrrow lay two large pieces and 
several snail fragraents of the comb of the Yellow Jacket 
Hornet, Although none of the cells were injured, they 
were all quite e!3^>ty save one which contained a dead larva. 
Only a few days figo v/e dug out a nest of these Hornets 
and found all the cells stored with honey and In nearly 
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all the pluE§> ’.Haitiah larvae. From this I infer that after 
pulling out the comb the ^inl: mst have managed in some 
way to extract all the honey and larvae. If his nest wag 
as well-stored as ours* he must have had-a rich feast, Ho 
doubt his thick fur protected him from the stings of the 
adult Hornets or they may have been torpid at nl^t when 
his raid vms probably made. It is not likely that ha viould 
have dug out an old i‘eat and the fresii ^^.jearnnee of the coiab 
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as well as the presence of the dead lorvae showed oonclu- 
sively that the nest was not an old one, Bkunks have not 
been as ooroon in this nel^borhood this .year as they 
usually arej at least I have seen but few of their signs, 
even during the season when the turtles were laying. 
