February 14,1919. 
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IHaBlutuitmt, B. (£. 
Dear Will: 
I am Had that you are going on a special diet,and ao not doubt that 
you will soon feel the benefits therefrom.I sincerely hope that you can go to 
the farm earlier than usual,ana if the type of weather we are enjoying here is 
any criterion of what it is with you there need be little delay.Today is a real 
may day which came to us after a real rainy yesterday.To clear up warm is a rare 
experience in these parts,but it has been sunny and fine ever since a olearing 
shower about seven in the morning.There has been a pair of bluebirds about the 
course intermittently all winter,but they have.noting in particular to say for 
themselves.But today the pair went crazy.The male was warbling most of the time, 
and the female spent some time in the trees investigate housekeeping possibili¬ 
ties. 
4.K.made some interesting notes on a pileated woodpecker on the island 
whion greatly interested me.He chopped out a lot of big grubs while preparing 
kindling,and 3oma of these he put into the ooooanut whuoh contains suet.These the, 
bird found ,and promptly appropriated.After eating them he proceeded to sound 
the ooooanut with his bill,cooking his head first on one 3ide and then on the 
other with a view,as I think,of asoertaing whetherohrra were any more hidden in 
the shell. When he found there were none he left when .4. X. replenish:! the larder. 
He soon returned,ate the grubs, and again tapped the shell with the greatest inter 
eat listening for the movements of the ■! ttitt-t i nn ?> 1 grub3 which he evidently felt 
pretty sure must be imprisoned in the shell somewhere.If you do not oall .this 
reasoning what is itf.4.K.says that neither he nor any other woodpecker has ever 
before tapped the shell.lt showed that the old f el low is on to his job all right. 
