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the spring. It now appears, however, that some birds make east 

 and west trips with the same regularity of others in their journeys 

 between the North and the South. The evening grosbeak {Hesperi- 

 fhona vespertina) is an excellent example. 



This large finch breeds almost entirely in the Canadian Zone, and 

 while it is a notorious wanderer, it is detected only occasionally as 

 far south as Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland. At one banding sta- 

 tion, operated at Sault Ste, Marie, Mich., it is plentiful, and many 

 are banded each year. From these, several return records are avail- 

 able, the points of recovery extending west to Karlstad, Minn., and 

 east to eastern Massachusetts and Connecticut (Magee, 1930). Alto- 

 gether some 9 or 10 records indicate the remarkable " sidewise " 

 movement of this bird. In addition to those banded at the Michi- 

 gan station and recovered at eastern and western points, one was 

 there recaptured which had been banded at Hanover, N. H. 



Banding records for other species indicate that east and west 

 movements may not be as unusual as has been believed. 



A coot (A515215), banded at Green Bay, Wis., on October 22, 

 1930, was killed at Essex, Conn., on November 5, 1930. 



A duck hawk (A701032), banded at Mohonk Lake, N. Y., on June 

 18, 1929, was recaptured at Grand Island, Nebr., on September 26, 

 1929. 



A chimney swift (A37826), banded at Thomasville, Ga., on Oc- 

 tober 3, 1925, was captured at Claremore, Okla., on June 6, 1928, and 

 again on May 8, 1929. 



A blue jay (A346309), banded at Hubbard Woods, 111., on May 

 13, 1930, was recovered at Bluevale, Ontario, on February 24, 1931. 



A purple finch (A124752), banded at Katonah, N. Y., on April 

 23, 1930, and another (C69545), banded at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 

 on August 17, 1930, were retrapped together at Milton, Mass., on 

 February 14, 1931. 



Another purple finch (A54292), banded at Cohasset, Mass., on 

 January 30, 1927, was retrapped at Pickford, Mich., on March 10, 

 1929. 



A junco (84691), banded at Crystal Bay, Minn., on October 13. 

 1923, was retrapped at Dernarest, N. J., on January 9, 1926. 



Another junco (A61943), banded at Paoli, Pa., on November 6, 

 1927, was retrapped at Jamestown, N. Dak., on April 23, 1928. 



Harris sparrow. — An important contribution to our knoweldge of 

 this little-known species has been made by Swenk and Stevens (1929). 

 The junior author, himself the operator of one of the larger band- 

 ing stations, established contact with six other stations where Harris 

 sparrows were common and so added greatly to the data for his 

 study. The records from one station (Fairbury, Nebr.) showed a 



