provided for a rapidly growing bat-banding 

 program. In 1950, about 10,000 bands were 

 issued to cooperators throughout the coun- 

 try. In 1961 over 100,000 bands were issued 

 and 9,280 record cards were received con- 

 taining data on approximately 50,000 banded 

 bats. A little brown bat ( Myotis lucifugus ) 

 banded in Ontario in 1941 was recovered in 

 good health at the same locality almost ZO 

 years later. Other interesting records on 

 bat longevity and movements were obtained. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the period July 1, I960, to De- 

 cember 31, 1961, a total of 144 publications 

 by Branch personnel exclusive of Unit 

 Leaders appeared. (See Appendix C.) In the 

 same period 221 publications including 27 

 fishery papers emanated from the Cooper- 

 ative Wildlife Research Units. The fishery 

 papers were based upon research financed 

 primarily by non-Federal funds and were 

 generally accomplished by university staff 

 members or by graduate students super- 

 vised by these staff members. 



Branch reports issued in the various 

 publication series of the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service are available from the 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife or 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Washing- 

 ton, D.C. Reprints of most of the articles 

 published in outside technical journals or 

 in transactions of scientific meetings are 

 obtained in limited numbers to facilitate 

 the distribution of the findings to conserva- 

 tion agencies and individuals having need 

 for information on specific topics. Most of 

 the publications listed under the Cooper- 

 ative Wildlife Research Units are available 

 from the respective Units. 



Wildlife Review , an abstracting service 

 for wildlife management, has been pre- 

 pared, published, and distributed by the 

 Branch of Wildlife Research since 1935. 

 In 1961, authority was received by the 

 Bureau to increase to 5,000 the number of 

 each issue, and arrangements were made to 

 have the printing done quarterly by the 

 Government Printing Office. This increased 

 the availability of this publication inasmuch 

 as copies can now be purchased by indi- 

 viduals or institutions not on the free mail- 

 ing list. 



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