Bird handing. — There have been marked 

 changes in the past 2 years in tlie method of proc- 

 essing banding data and reporting tlie resuUs to 

 banders and band recoverers. These changes in- 

 crease efficiency through greater use of machine 

 data-processing methods, and reduce errors in- 

 evitably associated with manual handling of large 

 volumes of data. Reports as now prepared are 

 being well received by hiintei-s and the general 

 public. 



Restoration of banding records following the 

 fire of 1959 was completed during the year. The 

 data are in better shape for research use than ever 



before, reflected by the sharp increase in i-ecjuests 

 for tabulations of banding data not only by Bu- 

 reau personnel, but also by the States, Canadian 

 Provinces, and individuals. 



Visitors to the Bureau's bird-banding record cen- 

 ter came from Asia, Africa, Europe, and South 

 America, the countries represented being Japan, 

 Malaya, South Korea, South Africa, Argentina, 

 Brazil, Poland, England, and other European 

 countries. Most of the visitors were in charge of 

 active or planned banding programs. 



Although bird-banding records for the calendar 

 year 1962 have not been completely tabulated, 



The Bureau has responsibility for wildlife research on the Public Lands, where it works cooperatively with 

 State and Federal agencies concerned with game management and land administration. (Photo by Lee E. Yeager) 



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