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Argusville, N. Dak., flew 1,100 miles in a southeasterly direction and 

 was killed at Guantanamo, Cuba. 



The number of small birds recovered after long flights is not so 

 large, but considering the size of the birds, some of the distances 

 traveled are none the less remarkable. For example, the family of 

 sparrows and finches are not usually considered as birds of powerful 

 flight, but a purple finch {Carpodacus purpureus) (A127258), 

 banded at Hyde Park, Mass., was recaptured more than 1,400 miles 

 to the southwest, at Nacogdoches, Tex., and another individual of 

 this same species (77230), banded at Peterboro, N. H., flew nearly 

 1,500 miles to Thornton, Tex. 



A tree sparrow {Splzella arhorea) (38765), banded at Berlin, 

 Mass., was recovered at Hardin, Tex.; a fox sparrow {Passerella 

 iliaca) (643516), banded at Ehinebeck, N. Y., on March 18, 1929, was 

 killed by a cat at Port au Port, Newfoundland, on April 30, 1929; 

 a chipping sparrow {Spizella passerina) (C79688), banded at North 

 Eastham, Mass., was recaptured at Grand Crossing, Fla. ; a white- 

 crowned sparrow {Zonotrichia leucophrys) (A196315), banded at 

 Woodland, N. Y., was retaken at Moody, Tex.; a snow bunting 

 {Plectrophenax nivalis) (C98323), banded at McMillan, Mich., on 

 February 17, 1931, was killed by an Eskimo at Igdlorpait, Juliane- 

 haab District of southern Greenland, on March 30, 1931; a mourn- 

 ing dove {Zenaidura 7nacroura) (306053), banded at Fort Riley, 

 Kans., was killed at Apipilulco, State of Guerrero, Mexico ; a catbird 

 {DuTiietella caroUnensis) (392781), banded at Schoharie, N. Y., was 

 recovered at Tela, Honduras; and a robin {Turdus tnigratorius) 

 (273933), banded at Crystal Bay, Minn., was recaptured at Pachuca, 

 State of Hidalgo, in southern Mexico. 



CONCLUSION 



Considering the material now assembled, it is proper to ask : Of 

 what value are these data? The answer is, that for the first time in 

 the history of ornithology there exists a mass of definite, precise in- 

 formation, obtained from living birds, which deals with the compli- 

 cated movements of the individual birds that go to make up migra- 

 tion. Previously the study of this subject involved the use of data 

 that were obviously incomplete, in most cases being little more than 

 observations of the arrival and departure of the various species in 

 diiferent localities. The movements of the birds that make up the 

 flocks could be only surmised, and the guess of one man was as good 

 as that of another. Second, we are now rapidly accumulating a 

 wealth of information showing how a bird develops, the transition 

 of its plumages, its identification with the same or different mates in 



