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Table; II. — Rainfall related to birds as carriers of the chestnut-blight fungus — Continued 
Date. 
Rainfall 
West 
Chester, Pa. 
in inches. 
Date. 
Martic 
Forge, Pa. 
No. 
of 
bird. 
Locality where 
shot 
(Pennsylvania). 
Date 
killed. 
Number 
of En- 
dothia 
parasitica 
spores. 
Number 
of fungus 
spores not 
Endothia 
parasitica. 
1913* 
1913- 
1913- 
Apr. 2 
York Furnace. 
Apr. 
2 
31, in 
Apr. 
2 
.... .do.. 
Apr. 
2 
Apr. 4 
*56 
Apr. 4 
•23 
15 
Martic Forge. 
Apr. 
4 
0 
16 
.do. 
Apr. 
7 
0 
80,000 
17 
Apr. 
7 
6,566 
78,691 
18 
West of Philadel- 
phia. 
Apr. 
10 
5,000 
140,000 
Apr. 10 
to 
r 2*49 
Apr. 11 
•55 
19 
.do... 
Apr. 
10 
5,655 
28,245 
Apr. 13 
1 
Apr. 15 
1.23 
.do. 
Apr. 
10 
0 
130,000 
Apr. 13 
1 
to 
> 1-57 
Apr. 16 
I -15 
21 
Martic Forge. 
Apr. 
15 
5,780 
115,607 
Apr. 16 
J 
Apr. 
17 
7,502 
West Chester. 
Apr. 
18 
49,985 
24 
Martic Forge. 
Apr. 
21 
0 
90,000 
25 
West Chester. 
Apr. 
2< 
27,108 
132,530 
Apr. 28 
Apr. 20 
} 2-43 
Apr. 28 
2- 33 
26 
Martic Forge. 
Apr. 
30 
59 , 742 
597,427 
Apr. 29 
.11 
Apr. 29 
.07 
27 
.do. 
Apr. 
30 
624,341 
346,390 
28 
West Chester. 
May 
2 
0 
28,581 
29 
May 
30 
Martic Forge. 
May 
< 
31 
.do. 
May 
5 
32 
.do. 
May 
5 
32 
West Chester. 
May 
Q 
27,933 
34 
.do. 
May 
9 
0 
28,571 
35 
.do. 
May 
36 
Martic Forge. 
May 
12 
0 
16,000 
Table; III .—Relation of maximum number of spores of the chestnut-blight fungus carried 
to periods of maximum rainfall 
Rainfall in inches. 
Date 
bird was 
shot. 
Locality where bird was shot 
( Pennsylvania ). 
Number of 
spores of 
Endothia 
parasitica 
carried. 
Date. 
West Ches¬ 
ter, Pa. 
Date. 
Martic 
Forge, Pa. 
1913 - 
Mar, 10 
Mar. 13 
to 
Mar. 15 
=•* 
f 1*38 
1913 - 
Mar. 10 
[Mar. 13 
(Mar. 15 
0. 55 
1913. 
1. 29 
•92 
Mar. 19 
Mar. 19 
Mar. 19 
West Chester. 
73,333 
109,022 
92,000 
.do. 
.do. 
Mar. 26 
to 
Mar. 27 
| 1.18 
[Mar. 26 
3-47 
Mar. 29 
Martic Forge... 
757,074 
Apr. 10 
to 
Apr. 13 
Apr. 13 
to 
Apr. 16 
2.49 
1-57 
Apr. 11 
•55 
Apr. 15 
Apr. 16 
1* 23 
i -15 
Apr. 18 
West Chester. 
254,019 
Apr. 27 
to 
Apr. 28 
| 2.43 
[Apr. 28 
2-33 
Apr. 30 
Apr. 3 
Martic Forge. 
59 , 742 
624,341 
.do. 
