Sept. 21,1914 
Birds and Chestnut Blight 
411 
Bird No. 23.—Brown creeper. (254,019.) 
Shot out of a black oak tree in woods north of coppice growth at West Chester, Pa., 
on April 18, 1913. Had not been seen on or about chestnut trees. Received and 
plated out on April 19, 1913. 
Bird No. 24.—Black-and-white creeper (Mniotilta varia). (o.) 
Shot out of a dogwood tree at Martic Forge, Pa., at 10.40 a. m., on April 21, 1913. 
Had been running up and down a chestnut tree, but was not seen on any cankers. 
Received and plated out on April 22, 1913. 
Bird No. 25.—Downy woodpecker. (27,108.) 
Shot while on a canker on a chestnut tree at West Chester, Pa., at 10.30 a. m., on 
April 25, 1913. Received and plated out on April 26, 1913. 
Bird No. 26—Downy woodpecker. (59,742.) 
Shot just east of chestnut orchard in a sprout growth of chestnut and oak at Martic 
Forge, Pa., at 12 m., on April 30, 1913. Had not been seen on or about cankers. 
Received and plated out on May 1, 1913. 
Bird No. 27.—Downy woodpecker. (624,341.) 
Shot just east of chestnut orchard from a canker in sprout growth at Martic Forge, 
Pa., at 12 m., on April 30, 1913. Received and plated out on May 1, 1913. 
Bird No. 28.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot out of a chestnut oak tree in woods north of sprout growth at West Chester, Pa., 
at 2.20 p. m., on May 2,1913. Wasnot seen on or about any chestnut trees. Received 
and plated out on May 3, 1913. 
Bird No. 29.—Hairy woodpecker, (o.) 
Shot out of chestnut tree west of badly infected coppice at West Chester, Pa., on 
May 2, 1913. Was not positively seen on or about cankers. Received and plated 
out on May 3, 1913. 
Bird No. 30.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot in sprout growth of chestnut and oak east of the chestnut orchard at Martic 
Forge, Pa., at 10.15 a. m., on May 5,1913. Was not seen on or about cankers. Received 
and plated out on May 6, 1913. 
Bird No. 31.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot from a badly diseased chestnut tree in sprout growth east of orchard at Martic 
Forge, Pa., at n a. m., on May 5, 1913. Was not seen on or about cankers. Received 
and plated out on May 6, 1913. 
Bird No. 32.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot in timber just west of orchard at Martic Forge, Pa., at 12.30 p. m., on May 5, 
1913. Had been seen on chestnut trees, but not about cankers. Received and 
plated out on May 6, 1913. 
Bird No. 33.—Downy woodpecker. (36, 3x2.) 
Shot in wood lot east of coppice at West Chester, Pa., at 10 a. m., on May 9, 1913. 
Probably was on a canker when shot, but was too high up for this to be positively 
determined. Received and plated out on May 9, 1913. 
Bird No. 34.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot out of a diseased chestnut tree about which it had been creeping, north of 
diseased coppice at West Chester, Pa., at 10.30 a. m., on May 9, 1913. Received and 
plated out on May 9, 1913. 
Bird No. 35.—Hairy woodpecker, (o.) 
Shot from a dead chestnut stub west of diseased coppice at West Chester, Pa., at 
12.55 P* m -> on May 9, 1913. Was not seen on or about any cankers. Received and 
plated out on May 9, 1913. 
Bird No. 36.—Black-and-white creeper, (o.) 
Shot in orchard at Martic Forge at 10.30 a. m., on May 12, 1913. Had been creeping 
over a small canker. Received and plated out on May 13, 1913. 
