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Some idea of the extensiveness of starling migi'ations may be gained 

 from a few banding records. Several thousand starlings have been 

 banded, the majority in winter roosts. The recoveries of banded birds 

 indicates that the population of these roosts are drawn from a wide 

 area. Much banding has been done in winter roosts in central Ohio 

 and recoveries have been received from Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, 

 Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 and Maryland. The most distant was from Ste. Marie Bcauce, 

 Quebec, 14 months after banding. 



A bird banded at Columbus, Ohio, March 11, 1927, was taken at 

 Charleston, Mo., on January 28, 1928, and was the second specimen 

 from west of the Mississippi River. 



A bird banded as a nestling on June 8, 1936, at Ottawa, Ontario, was 

 found dead on February 25, 1937, at Thurmont, Md. Another banded 

 at the same place on June 22, 1936, was captured on December 26, 

 1936, at Ozark, Ark. 



In August 1938 several young were banded at Des Lacs Wildlife 

 Refuge near Kenmore, N. Dak. One of these was shot at Lindsay, 

 Mont., on February 19, 1939; another was found dead at Billings, 

 Mont., on February 14, 1939, and third at Tyvan, Saskatchewan, in 

 May 1939. 



A few records of longevity obtained through banding are of interest. 

 A bird banded at Washington, D. C, on March 23, 1928, was caught 

 in a pigeon loft at Mount Vernon, N. Y., July 8, 1936. One banded 

 at Columbus, Ohio, February 16, 1929, was recaptured at the same 

 place on March 23, 1939. One banded at Overbrook, Pa., on Novem- 

 ber 24, 1931, was found on March 4, 1939, at Narbeth, Pa. xinother 

 banded at Ardmore, Pa., on May 14, 1938, was retrapped at the same 

 station on JMay 15, 1942. 



Casual records. — A specimen was sent from Greenland in 1851 to 

 the Royal Museum at Copenhagen. In a collection at Godthaab, 

 Greenland, there are four specimens taken as follows : Julianehaab, 

 September 10, 1925 ; Fiskenaessit, November 7, 1925 ; Angmagassalik, 

 early summer 1926 ; and Godthaab, May 13, 1927. In the Berlin Mu- 

 seum was a specimen taken in Labrador about 1878. A specimen was 

 taken in spring about 1917, near Betchewun, Quebec. All these rec- 

 ords suggest the possibility that they may have come from Europe 

 rather than from the introduced birds. 



On March 3, 1929, a dying bird was picked up at St. George, Ber- 

 muda. 



On October 5, 1936, at M3'ggbukta, on the east coast of Greenland, 

 two specimens were taken from a flock of five, which were identified 

 as S. V. zetlandicus. This was following an exceptionally hard gale 

 at sea. 



