THE OOLOGIST 



95 



SAMUEL B. LADD. 



The older cologists will recognize 

 this name at a glance. During the 

 late '80's and nearly all of the '90's Mr. 

 Ladd and Mr. Thomas H. Jackson, 

 both of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 

 were very ]irominent in the Oological 

 world. 



Our old friend Jackson is still at it: 

 but Mr. Ladd has drifted away from 

 the hobby of early youth and but re- 

 cently Ye Editor has come into the 

 possession cf the entire collection of 

 North American birds eggs owned by 

 Mr. Ladd, including therein in all 

 probability, some of the more exten- 

 sive and finest series of North Ameri- 

 can Warblers eggs in existence. 



For many years Mr. Ladd, Mr. Jack- 

 son and J. P. Norris of Philadelphia, 

 were known to egg collectors through- 

 out the United States as being special- 

 ly interested in the warbler family, 

 and they all accumulated not only 

 large, but especially well selected ser- 

 ies of the eggs of these minute birds. 



The securing of this collection is 

 indeed a prize for our cabinet. Mr. 

 Ladd says in his final communication 

 I'elating to this transaction: 



"Mr. Barnes. I desire especially to 

 thank you for your exceedingly prompt 

 and liberal settlement of this matter." 



We may say for Mr. Ladd that, 

 though we have unpacked and check- 

 ed up a good many collections of 

 North American birds eggs, he is by 

 far the most careful packer of speci- 

 mens of this character with whom we 

 have come in contact. Though the out- 

 side case containing this collection 

 was badly rent, smashed and split by 

 the very careful (?) usage it received 

 in expressage, yet there was but one 

 single egg of the entire lot that was 

 broken; something very unusual. 

 Though, of course, there were a num- 

 ber of sets, as there always are on 



such deals, as this, that failed to 

 check up with the data, all of which 

 was no fault of Mr. Ladd. 



We hate to lose him from our ranks 

 and have no doubt that anything he 

 undertakes will be pursueil in the 

 same careful, painstaking manner that 

 will ultimately make fcr success. 



American Bird Banding Association. 



On December 8, 1909, there was or- 

 ganized in New York City, The Am- 

 erican Bird Banding Association, the 

 object of which is "the banding of 

 wild birds and recording of accurate 

 data on their movements." 



The formation of this society was 

 the outgrowth of a movement which 

 was started in 1908 by a committee 

 of the New Haven Bird Club, having 

 in mind the study of the movements 

 and migrations of wild birds by means 

 of metal bands which should be at- 

 tached to their legs. These birds 

 bear an address and a serial number, 

 and in anscription reading "Notify 

 The Auk, New York." When a bird 

 is banded, a record i-s made of the 

 number of the band and the species of 

 the bird on which it is used, as well 

 as the date and place of banding. 

 Should this bird ever fall into any- 

 one's hands, it is hoped that as a re- 

 sult of the inscription on the band, a 

 notification of the finding will be sent 

 to The Auk together with a record of 

 the number. In this way it is suppos- 

 ed accurate data may be obtained of 

 the movement of the individual birds, 

 a thing which is not possible by the 

 ordinary methods of the migration 



FROM MINNESOTA. 

 Minnesota is Popular Summer and 

 Winter resort for 316 Species. 

 Minnesota has 316 species of birds, 

 out of which eighteen are classed un- 

 der the "accidentals and rare," was 



